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Ihsahn

Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn (/ˈiʃɑːn/ ee-SHAHN), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor. Tveitan is also a founding member of Thou Shalt Suffer, where he played guitar and keyboard in addition to…

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Born
Vegard Sverre Tveitan (1975-10-10) 10 October 1975 (age 50) Notodden, Norway
Formerly of
Thou Shalt Suffer · Peccatum · Zyklon-B · Ildjarn
Genres
Black metal · symphonic black metal · avant-garde metal · progressive metal · progressive rock
Instruments
Guitar · vocals · piano · keyboards · synthesizer
Labels
Candlelight · Mnemosyne · Century Media
Member of
Emperor

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Ihsahn

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples59
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Ihsahn

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related to Beliefs · 10
Ihsahn → As, Christian, Darwinist, Emperor, European, He, In, Norway, Satanism, Satanist
related to Personal life · 10
Ihsahn → Angell Solberg Tveitan, Einar Solberg, He, Heidi Solberg Tveitan, Ihriel, Kenneth Solberg, Leprous, Lord PZ, Peccatum, Starofash
Instruments · 7
Ihsahn → bass, drums, Guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, vocals
Genres · 5
Ihsahn → avant-garde metal, Black metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, symphonic black metal
Occupations · 5
Ihsahn → composer, Musician, producer, singer, songwriter
Formerly of · 4
Ihsahn → Ildjarn, Peccatum, Thou Shalt Suffer, Zyklon-B
Labels · 3
Ihsahn → Candlelight, Century Media, Mnemosyne
related to External links · 3
Ihsahn → AllMusic, Official, Productions
Born · 1
Ihsahn → Vegard Sverre Tveitan (1975-10-10) 10 October 1975 (age 50) Notodden, Norway
Member of · 1
Ihsahn → Emperor

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tveitan album emperor released also band solo metal studio peccatum black known albums time music thou shalt suffer year 2006

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IhsahnBornVegard Sverre Tveitan (1975-10-10) 10 October 1975 (age 50) Notodden, Norway1.00infobox
IhsahnFormerly ofThou Shalt Suffer1.00infobox
IhsahnFormerly ofPeccatum1.00infobox
IhsahnFormerly ofZyklon-B1.00infobox
IhsahnFormerly ofIldjarn1.00infobox
IhsahnGenresBlack metal1.00infobox
IhsahnGenressymphonic black metal1.00infobox
IhsahnGenresavant-garde metal1.00infobox
IhsahnGenresprogressive metal1.00infobox
IhsahnGenresprogressive rock1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentsGuitar1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentsvocals1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentspiano1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentskeyboards1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentssynthesizer1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentsbass1.00infobox
IhsahnInstrumentsdrums1.00infobox
IhsahnLabelsCandlelight1.00infobox
IhsahnLabelsMnemosyne1.00infobox
IhsahnLabelsCentury Media1.00infobox
IhsahnMember ofEmperor1.00infobox
IhsahnOccupationsMusician1.00infobox
IhsahnOccupationssinger1.00infobox
IhsahnOccupationssongwriter1.00infobox
IhsahnOccupationscomposer1.00infobox
IhsahnOccupationsproducer1.00infobox
IhsahnWebsiteihsahn.com1.00infobox
IhsahnYears active1990–present1.00infobox
Ihsahnis abrother-in-law of Einar Solberg0.90text

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