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Samoth

Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (born 9 June 1974), better known by his stage name Samoth, is a Norwegian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the country's black metal scene. He is well known for his distinct guitar work and drumming in the band Emperor, as well as his formation of the death metal band Zyklon. In very early Emperor releases, he was called…

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Occupation
Musician
Also known as
Samoth, Samot (early)
Born
Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (1974-06-09) 9 June 1974 (age 52) Hammerfest, Norway
Formerly of
Zyklon · Zyklon-B · Gorgoroth · Satyricon
Genres
Black metal · death metal · thrash metal
Instruments
Guitar · bass guitar · keyboards · synthesizers · drums

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Samoth

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Edges37
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Samoth

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related to Biography · 27
Samoth → Akkerhaugen, At, Bergen, Blues, Dark Device, Embryonic, Emperor, Euronymous, Faust, Hammerfest, He, Ihsahn, Ihsahn's, Jens Haugen, June, Mayhem, Mortiis, Norway, Partially, Spoonful
Instruments · 8
Samoth → bass guitar, double bass, drums, Guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, viola, violin
related to External links · 5
Samoth → Interview, Nocturnal Art Productions, Samoth's, The Lodge, The LodgeZyklon Interview
Formerly of · 4
Samoth → Gorgoroth, Satyricon, Zyklon, Zyklon-B
Genres · 3
Samoth → Black metal, death metal, thrash metal
Member of · 3
Samoth → Emperor, Scum, The Wretched End
Also known as · 1
Samoth → Samoth, Samot (early)
Born · 1
Samoth → Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (1974-06-09) 9 June 1974 (age 52) Hammerfest, Norway
Occupation · 1
Samoth → Musician

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emperor metal ihsahn zyklon known band black guitar death faust name also bass born early playing release haugen called tomas

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SamothAlso known asSamoth, Samot (early)1.00infobox
SamothBornTomas Thormodsæter Haugen (1974-06-09) 9 June 1974 (age 52) Hammerfest, Norway1.00infobox
SamothFormerly ofZyklon1.00infobox
SamothFormerly ofZyklon-B1.00infobox
SamothFormerly ofGorgoroth1.00infobox
SamothFormerly ofSatyricon1.00infobox
SamothGenresBlack metal1.00infobox
SamothGenresdeath metal1.00infobox
SamothGenresthrash metal1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsGuitar1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsbass guitar1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentskeyboards1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentssynthesizers1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsdrums1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsviola1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsviolin1.00infobox
SamothInstrumentsdouble bass1.00infobox
SamothMember ofEmperor1.00infobox
SamothMember ofScum1.00infobox
SamothMember ofThe Wretched End1.00infobox
SamothOccupationMusician1.00infobox

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