Tchort
Encyclopedia
Terje Vik Schei better known by his stage name Tchort, is a Norwegian
musician
. He is known for his time spent playing bass
for the black metal
band Emperor
and for leading the progressive metal
band Green Carnation
. He has also played with Carpathian Forest
and Blood Red Throne
, Satyricon
and Einherjer
.
Tchort is known to be married and to have a son and a daughter.
Tchort is a Slavonic word (Russian
Чёрт, Czech
and Slovak
Čert, Ukrainian
and Belarusian
Чорт, Polish
Czort or Czart) meaning Devil
.
He was arrested in the early/mid nineties for assault and was in prison for 2 years.
, Chain Collector
, and Harm
, and are looking to sign more.
Sublife Productions also acts as a booking agent for these artists as well as Carpathian Forest
and Blood Red Throne
.
The company is also turning its eye to cover design, and has stated that "various artists will present their work on Sublifeproductions.com in the near future"
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He is known for his time spent playing bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
for the black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Emperor
Emperor (band)
Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...
and for leading the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Green Carnation
Green Carnation
Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
. He has also played with Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
and Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne is a death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. They released their fourth full-length album, Come Death, on 27 August 2007...
, Satyricon
Satyricon (band)
Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...
and Einherjer
Einherjer
Einherjer is a Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway, founded in 1993. Some of the band's albums are heavily folk influenced, while others have a more traditional black metal sound. Their lyrics retell Norse legends, and each of their albums has its own theme...
.
Tchort is known to be married and to have a son and a daughter.
Tchort is a Slavonic word (Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
Чёрт, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
and Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
Čert, Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
and Belarusian
Belarusian language
The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
Чорт, Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
Czort or Czart) meaning Devil
Devil
The Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
.
He was arrested in the early/mid nineties for assault and was in prison for 2 years.
Behind the Scenes
Tchort with fellow Green Carnation performer Kjetil Nordhus, established his own record label, Sublife Productions in Kristiansand, Norway, on the 1st July 2005. The label has already signed Green CarnationGreen Carnation
Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
, Chain Collector
Chain Collector
Chain Collector is a heavy metal band from Norway that formed in 2003. Some of the members come from other bands such as Green Carnation, Carpathian Forest, Trail of Tears, Dismal Euphony and In the Woods. In 2004, the Forthcoming Addiction demo, containing four songs, was recorded at DUB studio...
, and Harm
HARM
HARM or H.A.R.M. may refer to:* AGM-88 HARM, a high-speed anti-radiation missile* Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, a museum in Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States...
, and are looking to sign more.
Sublife Productions also acts as a booking agent for these artists as well as Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
and Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne is a death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. They released their fourth full-length album, Come Death, on 27 August 2007...
.
The company is also turning its eye to cover design, and has stated that "various artists will present their work on Sublifeproductions.com in the near future"
Discography
- Green CarnationGreen CarnationGreen Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
- Hallucinations of Despair (1991) Demo - EmperorEmperor (band)Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...
- In the Nightside EclipseIn the Nightside EclipseIn the Nightside Eclipse is the first full-length album and fourth official release by Norwegian black metal band Emperor. It features one of Emperor's best-known songs, "I Am the Black Wizards". It was recorded in July, 1993 at Grieghallen and released in 1994 by Candlelight Records. The cover was...
(1994) - Green Carnation - Journey to the End of The NightJourney To The End Of The Night (Album)Journey to the End of the Night is the debut studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation, released by The End Records on May 28, 2000...
(1999) − CD - Carpathian ForestCarpathian ForestCarpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
- Strange Old BrewStrange Old BrewStrange Old Brew is the second album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest.-Track listing:#"Intro - Damnation Chant" – 1:01#"Bloodcleansing" – 2:43#"Mask of the Slave" – 4:12#"Martyr / Sacrificulum" – 3:26#"Thanatology" – 4:40...
(2000) - Blood Red ThroneBlood Red ThroneBlood Red Throne is a death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. They released their fourth full-length album, Come Death, on 27 August 2007...
- Monument of Death (2001) - Carpathian Forest - Morbid Fascination of DeathMorbid Fascination of DeathMorbid Fascination of Death is the third album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest.-Track listing:#"Fever, Flames and Hell" – 2:31#"Doomed to Walk the Earth as Slaves of the Living Dead" – 3:12#"Morbid Fascination of Death" – 2:28...
(2001) - Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of DarknessLight of Day, Day of DarknessLight of Day, Day of Darkness is the second studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band, Green Carnation. The album was composed, written and arranged by founding member Terje Vik Schei . It was released by The End Records on 8 January 2002. It is composed of a single 60-minute track...
(2001) - Blood Red Throne - Affiliated With the Suffering (2003)
- Carpathian Forest - Defending the Throne of EvilDefending the Throne of EvilDefending the Throne of Evil is the fourth album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. This is Carpathian Forest's longest album.-Track listing:#"It's Darker Than You Think" – 4:41#"Skjend Hans Lik" – 5:07...
(2003) - Green Carnation - A Blessing in Disguise (2003)
- Carpathian Forest - We're Going to Hollywood for This - Live Perversions DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
(2004) - Green Carnation - The TrilogyThe Trilogy (album)The Trilogy is an LP boxset containing the albums; Journey to the End of The Night, Light of Day, Day of Darkness and A Blessing in Disguise created by the Norwegian progressive metal band, Green Carnation...
(2004) − Box set - Green Carnation - Alive and Well... In KrakowAlive and Well... In KrakowAlive and Well... In Krakow, is Green Carnation's first live DVD, released under the Metal Mind Records label in August 2004.This live recording was made in Kraków in January 2004 and was released on August 3, 2004...
(2004) − DVD - Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis (2005)
- Green Carnation - The Quiet OffspringThe Quiet OffspringThe Quiet Offspring is the fourth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on February 22, 2005. In this recording, the band breaks away from their previous offerings...
(2005) - Green Carnation - The Burden is Mine... AloneThe Burden Is Mine... AloneThe Burden Is Mine... Alone is an EP by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation, released in October, 2005 by Profound Lore Records. The EP would be an indicator of the stylistic shift the band planned for their next album, The Acoustic Verses. The EP and following album are very...
(2005) − EP - Carpathian Forest - Fuck You All!!!!Fuck You All!!!!Fuck You All!!!! is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. The title's second part is Latin for "Your head is up [your] anus".-Track listing:...
(2006) - Green Carnation - The Acoustic Verses (2006)
- Blood Red Throne - Come Death (2007)
- Green Carnation - A Night Under the DamA Night Under the DamA Night Under the Dam is Green Carnation's second live DVD, released under the Sublife Productions label on February 1, 2007. This live recording was made several kilometers into the Norwegian mountains, under a thirty-meter-tall dam built in 1939, hence the name.The band performed its entire The...
(2007) − DVD - Green Carnation - The Rise and Fall of Mankind (expected future release)
- Blood Red Throne - Souls of DamnationSouls of DamnationSouls of Damnation is the fifth full-length studio album by Norwegian death metal band, Blood Red Throne. The album was released in 2009 by Earache Records.-Track listing:# "The Light, The Hate" – 4:19# "Harme" – 4:35...
(2009)