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Galder
Tom Rune Andersen (born 18 October 1976), also known by his stage name Galder, is a Norwegian guitarist and vocalist. He is from the small town of Jessheim, north of Oslo. He is a founding member of the melodic black metal band Old Man's Child as well as the lead guitarist in Dimmu Borgir. In 1993, under the stage name Grusom, he, Jardar and Tjodalv created Old Man's Child. On Old Man's Child albums, he has performed vocal work, guitars, bass, and keyboards, though with a full line-up his primary instruments are guitar and keyboards, as well as vocals. He joined Dimmu Borgir in 2000 but has kept Old Man's Child alive. Galder has also worked with other Norwegian bands such as Dødheimsgard. Member of Dødheimsgard, Aldrahn, wrote some of the lyrics for Old Man's Child demo album ''In the Shades of Life''. He has two sons, Alex and Kevin, who could be read on the credits of '' Slaves of the World''. Discography With Old Man's Child #''In the Shades of Life'' (1994) #''Born of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man's Child
Old Man's Child is a Norwegian black metal band from the city of Oslo. The band is the brainchild of Galder (formerly known as Grusom; birth name: Thomas Rune Andersen) who is the only permanent member of the band. History Old Man's Child was officially founded in 1993, but its roots go back to 1989 when Galder, Jardar, and Tjodalv formed a death/thrash band called "''Requiem''". They originally played Slayer and Metallica covers but later released one demo album in 1990. "Requiem" dissolved in 1992. In 1996, after they released their first full-length album Born of the Flickering, they signed to Century Media. After release of The Pagan Prosperity and Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion through Century Media, the band went on one of their infrequent tours. Old Man's Child have rarely toured because of the constant line-up changes over the years. In 2000 Galder went to play in Dimmu Borgir. However, Galder did not stop working with Old Man's Child. Over the years, Old Man's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The band has been through numerous lineup changes over the years; vocalist Shagrath and rhythm guitarist Silenoz are the only original members who still remain, with lead guitarist Galder being a longstanding member.Bradley TorreanoDimmu Borgir AllMusic. Retrieved on 11 June 2011. History ''For All Tid'' and ''Stormblåst'' period Dimmu Borgir was founded in 1993 by Silenoz and Tjodalv. Shagrath, Brynjard Tristan, & Stian Aarstad later joined Dimmu Borgir, and then released an EP in 1994 entitled '' Inn i evighetens mørke'' ("''Into the Darkness of Eternity''" in English). This short EP sold out within weeks, and the band followed up with the 1994 full-length album ''For All Tid'' ("''For All Time''" in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Cult Armageddon
''Death Cult Armageddon'' is the sixth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on 9 September 2003. It has since sold over 100,000 copies in the United States; the first album under Nuclear Blast to do so; and debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 169. The song "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" was released as a single with an accompanying music video. This would also be the last album to have Nicholas Barker on drums. The artwork within the album, done by Swiss artist Joachim Luetke, displays what appears to be an industrial factory, inside of which the band members are living out their fantasies, some of which are similar to scenes seen in the music video for "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse". Most of the songs have a common apocalyptic theme. Release history ''Death Cult Armageddon'' saw initial release on CD, vinyl and DVD-Audio on 9 September 2003 under Nuclear Blast, the DVD-Audio edition featuring all three bonus trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermin (album)
''Vermin'' is the sixth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 14 October 2005. Track listing All music and lyrics written and composed by Galder, except "Twilight Damnation" (music by Galder and Jardar, lyrics by Galder). #"Enslaved and Condemned" – 4:15 #"The Plague of Sorrow" – 4:09 #"War of Fidelity" – 4:19 #"In Torment's Orbit" – 5:04 #"Lord of Command (Bringer of Hate)" – 4:51 #"The Flames of Deceit" – 4:39 #"Black Marvels of Death" – 4:22 #"Twilight Damnation" – 4:42 #"...As Evil Descends" – 1:11 Credits * Galder – vocals, lead guitars, bass guitar, acoustic guitars, and keyboards *Reno Kiilerich – drums (session) *Eric Peterson – Guest guitar lead on "In Torment's Orbit" Additional personnel * Christophe Szpajdel Christophe Szpajdel (; born 29 September 1970) is a Belgian-born international calligraphist and illustrator, principally known for designing band logos. Life Szpajdel was born on 29 September 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Defiance Of Existence
''In Defiance of Existence'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 20 January 2003. Track listing All music and lyrics written and composed by Galder, except on tracks 4 & 7 music by Galder/Jardar. # "Felonies of the Christian Art" – 5:48 # "Agony of Fallen Grace" – 4:28 # "Black Seeds on Virgin Soil" – 4:57 # "In Defiance of Existence" – 4:56 # "Sacrifice of Vengeance" – 4:31 # "The Soul Receiver" – 4:31 # "In Quest of Enigmatic Dreams" – 0:52 # "The Underworld Domains" – 4:48 # "Life Deprived" – 4:49 Personnel * Galder – Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Synth * Jardar – Guitars * Nicholas Barker - Drums *Gus G – Guest guitar solos on tracks 1 and 9 Additional personnel * Christophe Szpajdel Christophe Szpajdel (; born 29 September 1970) is a Belgian-born international calligraphist and illustrator, principally known for designing band logos. Life Szpajdel was born on 29 September 1970 in Gembloux, Namur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dødheimsgard
Dødheimsgard (also known as DHG) is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed in 1994. Dødheimsgard originally played black metal, but 1999's '' 666 International'' saw them change their style into experimental and avant-garde/industrial metal. In 2000, they shortened their name to DHG. Their name,"Dødheimsgard" is a contraction of three words: ''Død'' which means 'death', ''heim'' which means 'home' and ''gard'' which means (at least in this context) 'realm'. A natural translation into English would be "Realm of Death". History Founding of the band and ''Kronet til Konge'' (1994–1995) The band was founded in 1994. At the time they consisted of three members: Vicotnik (drums, backing vocals), Fenriz (bass, additional vocals) and Aldrahn (lead vocals and guitar) This line up recorded a promotional demo before releasing their debut album ''Kronet til Konge'' on Malicious Records in 1995. After the release of the album they recorded another promotional demo. ''Monumental Poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
''Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2001. This is the first album to feature drummer Nicholas Barker, guitarist Galder, and ICS Vortex on bass. It is also the first album upon which the band used real orchestral instrumentation instead of keyboard lines. A remixed and remastered version of the album was announced for 28 October 2022. Critical reception AllMusic wrote, "A minority of purists might see this as too much of a departure, a complaint that would have more merit if ''Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia'' wasn't as exquisite as it is diverse." Track listing Credits Dimmu Borgir *Shagrath – lead vocals/harsh vocals, lyrics (5, & 12); synth * Galder – lead guitar *Silenoz – rhythm guitar, lyrics (2-4, & 6-9) *ICS Vortex – bass guitar, co-clean vocals (3, 4, 8, 10, & 13), lyrics (10) *Mustis – synthetics and samples * Nicholas Barker – dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion
''Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion'' is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child. Most of the vocals were improvised by Galder while in the studio. Track listing All music, lyrics and arrangements by Galder. # "Towards Eternity" – 5:17 # "The Dream Ghost" – 3:41 # "Demoniacal Possession" – 3:31 # "Fall of Man" – 4:00 # "Captives of Humanity" – 4:42 # "God of Impiety" – 5:23 # "My Evil Revelations" – 3:59 # "Thy Servant" – 4:46 Credits * Galder – vocals, guitars, bass and synth * Gene Hoglan – drums (incorrectly credited as Gene Hogland) Additional personnel * Christophe Szpajdel Christophe Szpajdel (; born 29 September 1970) is a Belgian-born international calligraphist and illustrator, principally known for designing band logos. Life Szpajdel was born on 29 September 1970 in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium, and grew up in ... — logo References Old Man's Child albums 1998 albums Century Media Records albums { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrahadabra (album)
''Abrahadabra'' is the ninth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released in 2010. The first single from the album, "Gateways", was released on 20 August in Europe and 24 August in North America. On 14 September a video for "Gateways" was released featuring Djerv front-woman, Agnete Kjølsrud. On 17 September the song "Born Treacherous" was released on Dimmu Borgir's official Myspace for streaming. On 24 September the band announced they would stream ''Abrahadabra'' in its entirety, until 7 p.m. EST that evening. This would mark the first official release of all the tracks on the album. The album features drummer Daray and additional keyboards by Gerlioz. Track listing All music & lyrics composed by Shagrath, Silenoz and Galder. Production ''Abrahadabra'' was in production for eleven months. Silenoz explained that the growing periods of time between albums was because the band had stopped writing music while touring, which was affect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revelation 666 – The Curse Of Damnation
''Revelation 666: the Curse of Damnation'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 13 March 2000. Track listing All music and arrangements by Galder. Lyrics by Old Man's Child. # "Phantoms of Mortem Tales" – 5:35 # "Hominis Nocturna" – 5:22 # "In Black Endless Void" – 4:27 # "Unholy Vivid Innocence" – 5:06 # "Passage to Pandemonium" – 4:13 # "Obscure Divine Manifestation" – 4:20 # "World Expiration" – 6:06 # "Into Silence Embrace" – 5:02 Credits * Galder – vocals, guitar, and synths * Jardar – guitars * Memnoch – bass * Tjodalv Tjodalv (born Ian Kenneth Åkesson in 1976) is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of both Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on the first Dimmu Borgir albums '' Inn i evi ... – drums on tracks 2, 3, 5 and 7 * Grimar – drums on track 1, 4, 6 and 8 * Marielle Andersen – additional vocals on track 4 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Sorte Diaboli
''In Sorte Diaboli'' (Latin for "In league with the devil") is the eighth studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released in 2007. It is the band's first concept album. A site on the Nuclear Blast website was created for ''In Sorte Diaboli'', in which a new promotional photo can be seen and an audio sample can be heard. This would be the last album by Dimmu Borgir to feature ICS Vortex, Hellhammer and Mustis. Concept ''In Sorte Diaboli'' is the band's first concept album, with a story located in medieval Europe. It is about a priest who begins to doubt his faith, and then ends up taking the place of the Antichrist. "There's this dude that works as a priest's assistant, and after a while he just discovers that he has nothing to do with Christianity", Silenoz says. "He just sort of has this awakening and realizes that he has different abilities and different powers and is leaning more to the dark side." The words "In Sorte Diaboli" are a repeated line i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Øyvind Andersen
Jon Øyvind Andersen (born 29 July 1965), mostly known as Jardar, is a Norwegian black metal guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the band Old Man's Child, with Galder and Tjodalv. He has played on all the band's albums, except ''Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion'' (1998), ''Vermin'' (2005) and ''Slaves of the World'' (2009) , where Galder was the sole guitarist. Besides as a guitarist, Jardar has also contributed with backing vocals, and he was also co-writer on two songs on ''In Defiance of Existence''. In 2005 he formed the band Insidious Disease, together with Silenoz, the Dimmu Borgir guitarist, singer Marc Grewe of Morgoth, the bass player Shane Embury from Napalm Death and drummer Tony Laureano. Discography With Old Man's Child *'' In The Shades Of Life'', Hot Records, 1994, *''Born of the Flickering'', Hot Records, 1995 *''The Pagan Prosperity'', Century Media, 1997 *''Revelation 666 - The Curse of Damnation'', Century Media, 2000 *''In Defiance of Exis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
