Jens Fredrik Ryland (born 5 May 1974) is a

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most notable for his work with the heavy metal band

Borknagar Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganis ...

. He is known also for being the founder of the Inferno Festival in Oslo.

Biography

Jens was born in

Narvik ( se, Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ball ...

, Norway and grew up in Evenes. His first instrument was the piano before he moved on to guitar at the age of 10. First band experience was through the local youth club which led to the first concert already at the age of 14 in front of 400 kids at the festival Rock Mot Rus March 1989. In 1991, he and some friends formed Gangland, a '70s and '80s hard rock cover band. They did several gigs in the two-year period they were together, among these performing at Rock Mot Rus both in 1992 and- 93. The band was disbanded as Jens joined the airforce. Jens joined

in 1997. He technically left the band in 2003, but performed at all concerts between 2003 and 2007. In this period Borknagar recorded Epic and Origin without Jens' participation. He formally rejoined again in 2007 and participated in the recording of ''Universal''. Jens further participated on Urd and Winter Thrice before departing in January 2018. In 2011 Jens joined the solo project of

ICS Vortex Simen Hestnæs (born 4 March 1974), better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus and the doom metal band Lamen ...

and was a part of the lineup for about a year.

Inferno Festival

Ryland founded Oslo's famous "Inferno Festival" in 2001 fuelled by a desire for the Norwegian metal community to unite, focusing on extreme music.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=132390 In that year, the festival already included 22 of the biggest names in the metal scene, like Borknagar and Enslaved. After two years, Jens decided to leave.

Discography

The Archaic Course ''The Archaic Course'' is the third studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. It is the first album to feature Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs on vocals following the departure of Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (who, according to Øystein Brun, ...

(1998) * Quintessence (2000) *

Empiricism In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological theory that holds that knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empir ...

(2001) *

Universal Universal is the adjective for universe. Universal may also refer to: Companies * NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment company ** Universal Animation Studios, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal ** Universal TV, a t ...

(2010) * Urd (2012) *

Winter Thrice ''Winter Thrice'' is the tenth studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. This is the only album to feature drummer Baard Kolstad and the last to feature longtime members Vintersorg and Jens F. Ryland. Track listing Personnel Bo ...

(2016)

References

External links

Inferno-sjef takker for seg (Ballade)

The Inferno Festival (VisitNorway.com)Artisan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryland, Jens Fredrik 1974 births Living people Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Borknagar members 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Musicians from Narvik People from Evenes