Håvard Jørgensen (born 26 September 1975), also known as Haavard, Lemarchand, is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He was the original guitarist of the Norwegian
black metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with t ...
bands
Satyricon
The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petro ...
and
Ulver
Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...
.
Career
Satyricon
One of the initiators of the band Eczema (which later on became
Satyricon
The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petro ...
) which started up in 1991. Eczema won (as the first
death metal
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-act) the Oslo Championship of Rock in 1992 – and changed thereafter the name to
Satyricon
The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petro ...
. Jørgensen participated on the first demo ''
The Forest Is My Throne'', but quit the band to join the newly founded
Ulver
Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...
in 1993.
Ulver
Jørgensen was with
Ulver
Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album '' Bergtatt'', were categorised as folklore-influenced black metal, but the band h ...
from 1993 to 2000, and later as a session-guitarist.
Snøhvitt
Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in Snøhvitt
Discography
Satyricon
* ''Satyricon'' (demo, 1992)
Ulver
* ''
Rehearsal 1993'' (demo, 1993)
* ''
Vargnatt
''Vargnatt'' is the debut demo tape by Norwegian black metal band Ulver, issued in 1993 independently. The cassette was limited to 200 hand-numbered copies. The demo was self-produced by Ulver, and recorded in the Norwegian trollforest between 1 ...
'' (demo, 1993) – acoustic guitar
* ''
Bergtatt – Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler
''Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler'' (translated as "''Spellbound – A Fairy Tale in 5 Chapters''") is the debut studio album by the Norwegian band Ulver, issued on February 1995 via Head Not Found. The album was recorded at Endless Lydstud ...
'' (1994) – guitar
* ''
Kveldssanger
''Kveldssanger'' (translated as ''"Twilight Songs"'') is the second studio album by Norwegian band Ulver, issued in March 1996 via Head Not Found. The album was recorded at Endless Lydstudio, Oslo, Norway in the summer and autumn of 1995, with Kri ...
'' (1995) – acoustic guitar, producer
* ''
Nattens Madrigal – Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden
''Nattens Madrigal – Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden'' (translated as ''"Madrigal of the Night – Eight Hymns to the Wolf in Man"'') is the third studio album by Norwegian band Ulver, issued on 3 March 1997 via Century Media. Composed and arran ...
'' (1996) – guitar
* ''
'' (box set, 1997) – guitar
* ''
Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
''Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian experimental electronica band Ulver. Produced with Kristoffer Rygg, together with Knut Magne Valle and Tore Ylwizaker, it was issued on 17 De ...
'' (1998) – electric guitar
* ''
Metamorphosis
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'' (EP, 1999) – electronic programming
* ''
Perdition City
''Perdition City'' (subtitled ''Music to an Interior Film'') is the fifth studio album by Norwegian experimental electronica band Ulver, issued in March 2000, via Jester Records. The album was recorded and produced by Kristoffer Rygg and Tore ...
'' (2000) – electric guitar
* ''
Blood Inside
''Blood Inside'' is the sixth full-length studio album by Norwegian experimental electronica band Ulver. Produced by Ulver, together with Ronan Chris Murphy, the album was recorded and mixed in early 2004, and issued in June 2005 via Jester Record ...
'' (2005) – guitar on ''Dressed in Black'', ''For the Love of God'' and ''Your Call''
* ''
Gods of Thunder: A Norwegian Tribute to Kiss'' (compilation, 2005) – ''Strange Ways''
* ''
Trolsk Sortmetall 1993-1997'' (box set, 2014) – guitar, keyboards
Sannhet på boks - En hyllest til Raga Rockers by various artists(compilation, 2015) – ''Trist At Det Skulle Ende Slik''
* ''
The Assassination of Julius Caesar'' (2017) – guitar on ''1969''
The Mindtrip Project
* ''Fragmentation'' (EP, 2000) – ''Departure'' and ''Content Zero''
SCN
* ''Inside Out'' (2001) – guitar on ''All Tied Up'' and ''So Free''
Head Control System
* ''
Murder Nature'' (2006) – lead guitar on ''Masterpiece (of Art)'' and ''Rapid Eye Movement''
References
Sources
Ulvers medlemmer
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Norwegian songwriters
Norwegian composers
Norwegian male composers
Musicians from Oslo
Norwegian guitarists
Norwegian male guitarists
English-language singers from Norway
Norwegian male singers
Norwegian rock singers
Norwegian black metal musicians
Norwegian heavy metal musicians
Satyricon (band) members
Living people
Norwegian heavy metal guitarists
Black metal singers
1975 births
Ulver members