Morten Bergeton Iversen (born 19 November 1974), better known by his stage name Teloch ( ), is a Norwegian

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musician known for being a live guitarist for

Gorgoroth Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is also the only original member remaining, and the band have since released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanic band and have ...

God Seed God Seed was a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen, Norway. Former Gorgoroth members Gaahl and King ov Hell adopted the name in March 2009 following the ending of the Gorgoroth name dispute. After performing a few gigs as God Seed, vocalis ...

and 1349. He is currently the guitarist for Mayhem.

Career

Teloch's musical career began in the early 1990s in a punk band called Dødsdømt and a thrash/death metal band called Legions from Horten (Vestfold). He founded Nidingr in 1996. That same year they recorded their first demo show 1996 and, in 1999, the second demo. In 2004, he joined the band Orcustus. In 2005 Nidingr published their first studio album, ''Sorrow Infinite and Darkness''. In 2006, he joined the band 1349 as a live guitarist. The following year he left 1349 and was contracted as guitarist by the band

, which at that moment was divided into two groups. Facing the impossibility of King ov Hell and

Gaahl Kristian Eivind Espedal (born 7 August 1975), better known by his stage name Gaahl, is a Norwegian vocalist and painter. He is best known as the former frontman of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He is also the founder and lead vocalist of ...

to work under the name of Gorgoroth, they were forced to change the name to

(in March 2009), still counting on the help of Teloch as session musician. In August 2009, vocalist Gaahl announced his retirement from black metal, putting an end to the band's short existence. Nidingr released their second album, ''Wolf-Father'', in 2010. Iversen was a guest guitarist on the French breakcore project Igorrr and the album ''Hallelujah'' (2012). The same year Nidingr released their third album, ''Greatest of Deceivers''. Iversen wrote the music for a 2015 production of the stage play ''Mor Courage og barna hennar'' at the Norwegian Theatre.Grønneberg, Anders (2015)
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'', 2 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017 Iversen has been a member of Mayhem since 2011 and wrote almost the whole album ''

Esoteric Warfare ''Esoteric Warfare'' is the fifth full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It was released by Season of Mist on 6 June 2014 in Europe and Asia, and on 10 June 2014 in North America. It is the band's first album with Teloch ...

'' on his own. Nidingr released their fourth album, ''The High Heat Licks Against Heaven'', in 2017.

Discography

With

Orcustus Orcustus is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2002. History Orcustus formed in Bergen, Norway, in early 2002 by Taipan, Dirge Rep, Infernus and Tormentor. Their moniker, meaning "the inner circle of Hell where Lucifer resides on his thron ...

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Wrathrash ''Wrathrash'' is the second EP released by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released in 2005 on 7" vinyl only, by the US record label Southern Lord, in a limited pressing of 1,500 copies on red and black vinyl. Track listing Music ...

'' (EP) (2005) *''

'' (2009) With Nidingr *''Sorrow Infinite and Darkness'' (2005) *''Wolf-Father'' (2010) *''Greatest of Deceivers'' (2012) *''The High Heat Licks Against Heaven'' (2017) With Mayhem * ''

'' (2014) * ''

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Langhus in 1984. They were one of the founders of the Norwegian black metal scene and their music has strongly influenced the black metal genre. Mayhem's early career was highly controversial, pr ...

'' (2016) * ''

Daemon Daimon or Daemon (Ancient Greek: , "god", "godlike", "power", "fate") originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy. The word ...

'' (2019) With

Myrkur Myrkur is a Danish black metal band led by singer Amalie Bruun. Myrkur is a solo project within the genre of second-wave black metal. Initially, the real-life identity of the person behind the project was kept unknown. Her identity has since be ...

* '' M'' (2015)

References

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