Agnete Maria Forfang Kjølsrud (born 1 December 1976) is a Norwegian rock singer. She has been the lead vocalist of the

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band since 2009. Kjølsrud previously fronted the

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band

Animal Alpha Animal Alpha was a five-piece Norwegian rock group formed in 2002 and disbanded in 2009. History The band spent much of 2004 playing shows around Norway. Their performance at Oslo's Øya Festival received 8 out of 10 points in the British maga ...

between 2002 and 2009. She appeared on the two albums released by the band, ''

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'' (2005) and ''You Pay for the Whole Seat, But You'll Only Need the Edge'' (2008). Kjølsrud also collaborated with

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 lang ...

on their studio album titled ''

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'' and

Solefald Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Nedland singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Jakhelln singing ...

on their studio album titled

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. In 2013, she sang "Get Jinxed" for the video game ''

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''; its music video has over 100 million views on

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. In 2024, she sang "Rebel Heart", a track featured in the second season of ''

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''.

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* 1976 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian singers Norwegian rock singers Norwegian heavy metal singers Norwegian women heavy metal singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers {{Norway-singer-stub