Pål Mathiesen (born on 14 August 1977), also known under the stage names Athera and Shady Blue, is a Norwegian singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of the
black
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/
thrash metal
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band
Susperia. He is also the former lead vocalist of
Chrome Division
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and a session live vocalist in
Borknagar
Borknagar is a Norwegian progressive metal band with black metal and folk influences. It was founded in Bergen in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun primarily as a black metal band before later switching to a more melodic and progressive style. Borkn ...
.
In 2009, Athera suffered a heart attack which resulted in major
open-heart surgery.
Discography
Vanaheim
*''En Historie'' (1997)
*''Helter og Kongers Fall'' (1998)
Susperia
*''
Illusions of Evil'' (demo, 2000)
*''
Predominance'' (
Nuclear Blast
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, 2000)
*''
Vindication'' (Nuclear Blast, 2002)
*''
Unlimited'' (
Tabu, 2004)
*''Devil May Care'' (EP, Tabu, 2005)
*''
Cut from Stone'' (Tabu, 2007)
*''
Attitude
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** Attitude change
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Science and technology
* Orientation ...
'' (
Candlelight Records
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, 2009)
Chrome Division
* ''
Third Round Knockout'' (Nuclear Blast,
2011)
* ''
Infernal Rock Eternal'' (2014)
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian male singers
21st-century Norwegian male singers
Norwegian black metal musicians
Norwegian heavy metal singers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Norwegian songwriters
Chrome Division members
Susperia members
Borknagar members
Thrash metal musicians