''II'' (also called ''Sahg II'') is the second studio album by the Norwegian

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band

Sahg Sahg is a three-piece Norwegian hard rock/doom metal band formed in Bergen in the summer of 2004, by key figures in the metal scene of their country: Tom Cato Visnes ( King ov Hell), Einar Selvik (Kvitrafn), Olav Iversen and Thomas Tofthagen. Iv ...

, released on March 18, 2008, under the Swedish record label

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. The album was recorded as a trio after the departure of original drummer

Kvitrafn Einar Selvik (born 18 November 1979), also known by his stage name Kvitrafn ("white raven"), is a Norwegian musician known for being the drummer in the black metal band Gorgoroth from 2000 to 2004, and for fronting the Nordic folk project Wardru ...

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Track listing

Personnel

Sahg

Olav Iversen Olav Iversen (born September 23, 1977, in Sandøy, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian heavy metal singer-songwriter and musician. He is better known as a founding member and the guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Sa ...

– Vocals, Guitars, Percussion,

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(Track 5) *

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– Guitars *

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– Bass

Guest/session musicians

*Brynjulv Guddal – Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond organ *Torkjell Rød, Per Vidar Staff, Marita Moe Sandven, Lindy Fay Hella, Elise Heradstveit Schei – Vocals (choirs) (Track 3)

Production and engineering

*Martin Kvamme – Cover art *Thor Brødreskift – Photography *Brynjulv Guddal – Producer, Engineering *

Rob Caggiano Robert Caggiano (born November 7, 1976) is an American guitarist and record producer. Since 2013, Caggiano has been the lead guitarist of the rock band Volbeat. He had formerly been guitarist of thrash metal band Anthrax and nu metal band Boile ...

– Mixing, Mastering *Paul Orofino – Mixing, Mastering *Mixed and mastered in Millbrook Sound Studio, Millbrook, New York

References

External links

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