Jan Erik Tiwaz, aka Tyr (born 22 June 1972) is the former bassist for the Norwegian black/folk 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 for his progressive playing style in black metal and his use of extended range basses. He also made of use of these in his later work with Borknagar, namely a 6 string fretless on '

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' and a custom 8 string fretless on '

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'. Tyr has also been a touring bassist for

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 ...

, as featured in their live video Roadkill Extravaganza (2001) and with

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as seen in Emperial Live Ceremony (2000). He currently resides in Drammen, Norway. During June 2010, an announcement was released that due to "general disagreements", Jan Erik Tiwaz left Borknagar.Borknagar Part Ways With Bassist
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Discography

: Emperial Live Ceremony (CD) (Candlelight 1999) *Emperor : Emperial Live Ceremony (VHS/DVD) (Candlelight/Plastichead 1999) *

: RoadKill Extravaganza (VHS/DVD) (Moonfog 2001) *

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 ...

(CD) (Century Media Records 2001) *Borknagar :

(CD) (Century Media Records 2006) *Borknagar :

(CD) (Indie Recordings 2010)

Other releases

* Morpheus Web : Through Different Eyes – A Tribute To Fates Warning : The Sorceress (CD) (Planet Sarcasm 1999) *

Koldbrann Koldbrann ("Gangrene") is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001. Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Ma ...

: Infernal Gathering (Inferno Festival Sampler) : Fortapelse I Svovel Og Helvetesild (Guest Appearance) (CD) (Plastichead 2003) * Carpticon : Master Morality (Guest Appearance on "Darkened") (CD) (BlackSeed Productions 2006)

References

External links

Official Borknagar website

Myspace Borknagar website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwaz, Jan Erik 1972 births Living people Norwegian heavy metal bass guitarists Norwegian male bass guitarists Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian rock bass guitarists Borknagar members Satyricon (band) members Emperor (band) members 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists