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Ihsahn (born 1975), born Vegard Sverre Tveitan, is a Norwegian guitar, bass and keyboard player and vocalist. He is best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band Emperor. He played in Peccatum with his wife Ihriel (real name Heidi S. Tveitan) until 2006 and has appeared in Thou Shalt Suffer, Zyklon-B and Hardingrock, and now devotes himself to his solo project, Ihsahn. In very early releases he went by the name Ygg.

Born in the town of Notodden, Norway, Tveitan began playing piano at seven and guitar at ten and began recording songs shortly thereafter. His influences range from heavy metal, classical, ambient and techno. He grew up on a large farm in rural Norway.

Tveitan first met his partner in numerous musical projects, Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen (a.k.a. Samoth) at the age of thirteen at a music seminar. Tveitan gained Haugen’s attention with his Iron Maiden patches. In 1991 they formed Thou Shalt Suffer together, a death/black metal band where Tveitan was guitarist and keyboardist. They produced several releases before Haugen left the band. Tveitan was left as the only member of the band and continues it to this day as a side-project. Unlike his solo work under his own name, Ihsahn’s latest compositions for Thou Shalt Suffer are predominately keyboard-based and more classical in nature and influence.

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Shad4k wrote:
5 hours ago

COME SUFFERING APOCALYPSE RELEASE THE FIRES OF HELL I CALL UPON DESTRUCTION AND DESPAIR <3

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XXXSTIGMATAXXX wrote:
Tuesday evening

GREAT.....HI'S MY GOOOOOOOD

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harnessing_ruin wrote:
last week

After is absolutely lovely. I am not a fan of his first two albums but After just blew me away.Totally in love with it.

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last month

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Deathexplosion wrote:
last month

After is fucking amazing.definitely album of the year.

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cyclops_xbd wrote:
last month

[PICTURES] Ihsahn, Shining, Leprous @ Electric Ballroom, London > http://www.soundshock.com/index.php/live-reviews/2296-live-review-ihsahn-shining-leprous-electric-ballroom-london-19th-august-2010 [PLEASE SPREAD]

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borelee wrote:
last month

He was awsome at BA, salute !!! But i missed the saxofone... [2]

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Prod_CZ wrote:
last month

He was awsome at BA, salute !!! But i missed the saxofone...

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Winter_Dave wrote:
last month

awesome gig at Brutal Assault [666]

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neverbe wrote:
last month

awesome gig at Brutal Assault [3]

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Einsk wrote:
last month

awesome gig at Brutal Assault

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Zabri_again___ wrote:
last month

awesome gig at Brutal Assault too

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Lone__Wolf wrote:
last month

fuck this is better than the new Iron Maiden album. there's no connection except that after years of silence i downloaded couple of metal albums. :/ Only Burzum satisfied me so far. everything else is so far fucking dead or same old shit. havent listened to the new DarkThrone yet.

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Whisperes wrote:
last month

I feel ashamed for only having checked them out now. Such brilliance!

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GodOfLeprosy wrote:
last month

Awesome gig in Wacken, didn't know what to expect and got blown out of my boots -- one of the best acts of the festival, if not THE one

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chinometal wrote:
last month

bes of the best

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ScroogeFlu wrote:
July 2010

Ihsahn is such a fuckin pro. I'm about to get Adversary and AngL. Expecting good things.

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astrallis wrote:
July 2010

Ihsahn - After review on Prog Sphere

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dhomas wrote:
July 2010

Hehehehe his wife's name is Heidi :D

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s3nny wrote:
July 2010

i would like to hear some orchestra with his metal influences... that would be fucking awesome

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