Tormentor (musician)
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Tormentor is a black metal
musician who is best known for his work as guitarist with the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth
.
(1998) and Incipit Satan
(2000), both albums released by Nuclear Blast
. He toured with Gorgoroth both in Europe
and South America
. He left the band in 2002 due to no longer being able to coorporate with bassist King ov Hell
, but returned for a one-off concert in Bergen
, Norway
, in 2003. In late 2007, after internal conflicts in Gorgoroth resulted in the departure of King and vocalist Gaahl
, Infernus announced that Tormentor would assist him in the pre-production of the next Gorgoroth album, Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
. In September 2008, Tormentor officially rejoined Gorgoroth.
In addition to his work with Gorgoroth, in 2002 Tormentor was one of the founding members of Orcustus
, together with Taipan, Infernus, and Dirge Rep. After releasing a demo and two 7" vinyl singles, Orcustus' debut full-length album was released in 2009 by Southern Lord Records
.
Tormentor also participated on the album Metal for Demons (1998) by the thrash metal side project Desekrator, featuring members of Gorgoroth, Old Funeral
and Enslaved
. He has also appeared as bassist
on releases by Gaahlskagg
, and together with Infernus (as Norwegian Evil) he covered Von
's Satanic Blood on a 2005 tribute double 7".
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....
musician who is best known for his work as guitarist with the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
.
Biography
Tormentor joined Infernus in Gorgoroth in 1996, and participated as guitarist and songwriter on the two Gorgoroth albums DestroyerDestroyer (Gorgoroth album)
- Personnel :*Ares - bass *Daimonion - synth *Frost - drums *Gaahl - vocals *Infernus - guitars , bass , vocals , drums...
(1998) and Incipit Satan
Incipit Satan
Incipit Satan is the fifth full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released in February 2000 through Nuclear Blast and reissued in 2006 by Back on Black Records.The music was written entirely by guitarists Infernus and Tormentor...
(2000), both albums released by Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
. He toured with Gorgoroth both in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. He left the band in 2002 due to no longer being able to coorporate with bassist King ov Hell
King ov Hell
Tom Cato Visnes , better known as King ov Hell or simply King, is a Norwegian musician and ex-teacher. He is best known as the former bassist of black metal band Gorgoroth, but he is also the co-founder of Ov Hell, God Seed, Jotunspor, Sahg and I...
, but returned for a one-off concert in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
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...
, in 2003. In late 2007, after internal conflicts in Gorgoroth resulted in the departure of King and vocalist Gaahl
Gaahl
Kristian Eivind Espedal , better known by his stage name Gaahl, is a Norwegian vocalist, best known as the former frontman of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He is also the founder and frontman of Trelldom and Gaahlskagg...
, Infernus announced that Tormentor would assist him in the pre-production of the next Gorgoroth album, Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released in October 2009 through Regain Records....
. In September 2008, Tormentor officially rejoined Gorgoroth.
In addition to his work with Gorgoroth, in 2002 Tormentor was one of the founding members of Orcustus
Orcustus
-History:Orcustus is a black metal band formed in Bergen, Norway, in early 2002 by Taipan, Dirge Rep, Infernus and Tormentor. Their moniker, meaning "the inner circle of Hell where Lucifer resides on his throne", was suggested by Dirge Rep and the band got approval to use it from the name's...
, together with Taipan, Infernus, and Dirge Rep. After releasing a demo and two 7" vinyl singles, Orcustus' debut full-length album was released in 2009 by Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
.
Tormentor also participated on the album Metal for Demons (1998) by the thrash metal side project Desekrator, featuring members of Gorgoroth, Old Funeral
Old Funeral
Old Funeral was a black/death metal band from Bergen, Norway.Old Funeral was one of the first bands to form in the Norwegian extreme metal scene, getting its start in 1988...
and Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
. He has also appeared as bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
on releases by Gaahlskagg
Gaahlskagg
Gaahlskagg is a Norwegian black metal band from Sunnfjord, Norway, founded in 1998 by Gaahl and Skagg. Gaahl and Skagg were also members of the band Sigfader at the time, and they established this band to create more extreme and shocking music.They first released the Split CD: Erotic Funeral Party...
, and together with Infernus (as Norwegian Evil) he covered Von
Von (band)
Von was a First Wave black metal band from San Francisco, California, USA. They are thought to be the first American black metal band, and have strongly influenced the second wave of black metal.-Biography:...
's Satanic Blood on a 2005 tribute double 7".
Gorgoroth
- Darkthrone Holy DarkthroneDarkthrone Holy DarkthroneA tribute album to the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone, with contributions from other leading Norwegian black metal bands, this album was released in 1998 by Moonfog Productions.-Track listing:#"Kathaarian Life Code" - Satyricon...
(Tribute albumTribute albumA tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to DarkthroneDarkthroneDarkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and...
) (Song: "Slottet i det fjerne") (1998) - DestroyerDestroyer (Gorgoroth album)- Personnel :*Ares - bass *Daimonion - synth *Frost - drums *Gaahl - vocals *Infernus - guitars , bass , vocals , drums...
(1998) - Incipit SatanIncipit SatanIncipit Satan is the fifth full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released in February 2000 through Nuclear Blast and reissued in 2006 by Back on Black Records.The music was written entirely by guitarists Infernus and Tormentor...
(2000) - Originators of the Northern Darkness - A Tribute to MayhemOriginators of the Northern Darkness - A Tribute to MayhemA tribute album to the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, with contributions from some of the leading bands in the black metal and death metal scene. All the songs were recorded between 1998 and 2000 in various locations, and the album was released on CD in 2001 by Avantgarde Music...
(Tribute albumTribute albumA tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to MayhemMayhem (band)Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
) (Song: "Life Eternal") (2001) - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem TrahuntQuantos Possunt ad Satanitatem TrahuntQuantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released in October 2009 through Regain Records....
(2009)
Orcustus
- Demo 2002Demo 2002 (Orcustus album)Demo 2002 was the first release by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus, founded by Taipan and featuring Infernus and Tormentor of Gorgoroth and Dirge Rep of Enslaved and Gehenna It was limited to 1000 copies on CD...
(2002) - World DirtnapWorld DirtnapWorld Dirtnap is an EP by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released the same year as their debut, the self-released Demo 2002, and contains the first two tracks of that demo. The EP was released on 7" vinyl only in late 2003, limited to 1100 copies - 800 copies on black vinyl and 300...
7" (2003) - WrathrashWrathrashWrathrash is the second EP released by the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released in 2005 on 7" vinyl only, by the US record label Southern Lord...
7" (2005) - OrcustusOrcustus (album)Orcustus is the debut full-length album of the Norwegian black metal band Orcustus. It was released by Southern Lord in March 2009.-Track listing:#"Coil" - 5:13#"Of Sophistry, Obsession and Paranoia" - 8:49#"Conversion" - 5:21...
(2009)
Desekrator
- Demo (1997)
- Metal for Demons (1998)
- Hot in the City/Overdose/Take Us to the Pub (3 x 7" picture vinyl) (1999)
Gaahlskagg
- Erotic Funeral Party I (Split with Stormfront) (1999)
- Erotic Funeral (2000)
Norwegian Evil
- A Norwegian Hail to VON - gatefold double 7" with Amok, TaakeTaakeTaake, pronounced [toke], is a Norwegian black metal band whose name is the old spelling form of the Norwegian word "tåke" .-History:In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg, now known as Ulvhedin Høst , formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with Svartulv, who was only twelve...
and UrgehalUrgehalUrgehal is a black metal band from Norway. It was formed in Hønefoss, 1992 by Nefas and Enzifer. Their musical style and sound resemble that of the Norwegian black metal bands that arose in the early 1990s....
) (2005)