Per Oscar "Pete" Johansen is a Norwegian

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist born 11 May 1962, recognized for his many recordings in albums by

gothic metal Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy met ...

bands, in which he is distinguished for his peculiar style.

Biography

Johansen began playing the

at the age of 9, and started his first tour with a

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band when he was 16 years old. During the 1990s, he fronted a band called Modesty Blaise. The band released one album on SPM Records called "Face of the Sun." He has worked with

The Sins of Thy Beloved The Sins of Thy Beloved was a death-doom/ gothic metal band from Bryne, Norway, founded in 1996. Biography The band was formed in November 1996 by Glenn Morten Nordbø, Arild Christensen, and Stig Johansen. The band was initially called ''Pu ...

, Tristania,

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and

Morgul Morgul is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band formed in Råde in 1991. History In 1991 Morgul soon recorded two demo-tapes: Vargvinter and In Gowns Flowing Wide, which were spread through the underground. Eventually this managed to garner the ...

. Currently, he plays violin for The Art of Departure, whose debut EP is set to come out some time in 2021.

Discography

Johansen has played with the following bands on the following albums: *

** '' Lake of Sorrow'' ** '' Perpetual Desolation'' * Tristania ** '' Widow's Weeds'' ** '' Beyond the Veil'' ** '' World of Glass'' ** ''

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'' *

** '' All Dead Here...'' ** ''The Horror Grandeur'' ** '' Sketch of Supposed Murderer'' *

** ''

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'' * The Art of Departure ** TBA (2021)

References

External links

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* - Pete Johansen playing 1962 births Living people Norwegian heavy metal musicians 21st-century violinists {{violinist-stub