Jørn Inge Tunsberg (born 4 December 1970 in

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) is a

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musician. He lives in

and plays guitar in the black metal band Hades Almighty and the industrial metal band Dominanz. Tunsberg played in the bands Old Funeral, Amputation and

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. He "got kicked out of the band" Immortal after the second demo, ''Northern Upins Death'', was recorded in summer 1991. He then formed his own band, Hades, which is now known as Hades Almighty. He was convicted for an arson attack on the

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on Christmas Eve 1992 along with

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and spent two years in prison. He gave interviews in '' Satan Rides the Media'' (a documentary focused on Varg Vikernes and the whole early Norwegian black metal scene) and '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey''. Tunsberg says in both these documentaries, and also in an interview with '' Bergensavisen'', that he regrets nothing. In the 1990s, in ''Satan Rides the Media'', Tunsberg stated that the action was a response to Christian morals and that "Norway should not be Christian", the point being "very symbolic". When

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interviewed Tunsberg for his 2005 documentary ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'', he replied that: "The most important thing that happened was that the church were burnt up. So that's something I stand for, and I stood for it then, I will stand for it now and I will stand for it until I die. ��It's kind of a statement, to break down Christianity."

, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise: '' Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'', 2005.

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1970 births Living people Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Black metal musicians Norwegian critics of Christianity 20th-century Norwegian criminals Norwegian male criminals Norwegian arsonists People convicted of arson Immortal (band) members Old Funeral members 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Anti-Christian sentiment in Norway {{guitarist-stub