''I'' (also called ''Sahg I'' or ''Sahg 1'' ) is the debut album by the Norwegian

doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

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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 1, 2006, under the Swedish record label

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. The artwork for the album was created single-handedly by the band members, and the video for "Godless Faith" was shot in October the same year, and was directed by Tommy Naess. ''Sahg I'' entered the Norwegian charts at no. 31,Search for "sahg"
at norwegiancharts.com and garnered some rave reviews across Europe.

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, Guitar *

Thomas Tofthagen Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

- Guitars *

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

- Bass *

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 ...

- Drums, Throat-singing (Track 1)

Guest/session musicians

*Brynjulv Guddal - Percussion, Flute, Organ, Piano, Synthesizers

Production and engineering

*The Twin Axe Warriors - Art direction *The Pre-Apocalyptic Sorcerer - Artwork *Tommy Næss - Photography *Hans Peter Klasson - Photography *Brynjulv Guddal - Producer, Recording, Mixing *Peter In de Betou – Mastering * Recorded and mixed in Earshot Studio, Bergen, Norway *Mastered at Tailormaid Productions

References

External links

Discogs.comMetallum Archives
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