#vegard tveitan

[rapturence]

cant sleep so heres a powdered donut & count fagula doodle (no corpsepaint ver below the cut)

[andrew-thy-accursed]

Emperor polycule boys in Irasutoya-san's style

[princess-lvcifer]

you and me, always together

[child0feden]

okay but seriously, where are the men like this these days? where are you guys? please come out of hiding :(

the way i live a little under an hour away from bedford too… wowww, if i was alive and of age in the 90s i would have been racing to this concert and i would have left with a future husband, trust me guys… i really would have come out of there with a lover… probably… maybe…

i really love the corpse paint vegard had here too, looks so sweet <3

[mordrer]

Thou Shalt Suffer

1991 | Live in Notodden, Norway

line up:

Samot(Tomas Haugen) ��� Guitars

Ygg(Vegard Tveitan) – Vocals, Guitars

Ildjarn – Bass

Thorbjørn Akkerhaugen – Drums

[cidonis]

Thou Shalt Suffer 1991

I LOVE THEMMM ^⁠_⁠^

A small part of the Notodden show (Norway) 1991

EPs/Demos and Albums

Open the Mysteries of Your Creation (EP 1991) LEFT

Into the Woods of Belial (Demo 1991) RIGHT

Into the Woods of Belial (Compilation 1997) LEFT

Somnium (Album 2000) RIGHT

[chkaarin]

That's so bad

Idk how to draw appearance im sorry

[broidobe]

𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔥𝔰𝔞𝔥𝔫 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔡𝔢

requested!

⁎⁺˳✧༚black metal masterlist

lowkey really romantic

but not like a 1940s going to a carnival type thing

like a cemetery date, sitting by a fire in the forest type of thing

he’s not very affectionate but his gestures are deeply meaningful

he’s very quietly affectionate

a hand on your back during a walk

soft kiss on your forehead

clingy but not really

like will not leave your side during an event but won’t be all over you

not one to rush a relationship

like he stays very subtle and doesn’t move things fast

his approach at the start is very modest

he’ll give you like a book or something

LONG CONVERSATIONS about life, philosophy, art, where he listens and VALUES your perspectives

grounded and humble

enjoys the small, quiet things in life

just sitting at home, listening to a record makes his happy and fulfilled

loves buying you tickets to your favorite bands

tea connoisseur

like big time

i heard there was a store around here that sells these luxury tea’s and..

total perfectionist

in music

in the house

but in the kitchen…

MAJOR

there’s a piece of garlic clove in there that is way bigger than the rest

it could overpower it

it says “ONE CUP” not “free hand it to whatever feels right”

comes up with the WORST nicknames for you

goddess of grit

warden of the witty

overthinks the smallest of decisions

WHAT DO I EAT

“i dont know just pick something simple”

YEAH BUT WHAT IF IT DOESN’T FULFILL ME??

[asphyxiating-endless-darkness]

Embryonic

after a show in Haugesund they received a prize on the form of a scholarship in the amount of 5.000 kroner which will be used to record an instrumental album.

on the photo Tomas Haugen (Samoth) ,Jon Jarke Haugen (music critic) ,Vegard Tveitan (Ihsahn) after the award.

photo from Norway newspaper "TA" may 1991.

photo and text posted by Black Metal Pics From The Past

[rapturence]

sequel to the last thing. do not ask about the varg picture he WILL bite you

bonus ihsahnfear.jpeg

[andrew-thy-accursed]

🔞 FaustIhsahn doodles before I sleep : https://bsky.app/profile/andrewthyaccursed.bsky.social/post/3lewpifgyl22z

[princess-lvcifer]

[child0feden]

Rare pictures? Maybe? That's the only other Bård court picture I've seen aside from the one where his back is fully turned showing off that cunty sweater lol I'd kill for a photo of him in court showing his face. Especially since he was described as cowardly and squeamish 😭

And I don't see enough people talking about this one of Vegard and Tomas (?). Vegard usually looks pretty nerdy in the early 90s pics without corpse paint but here I think I might be scared of him a bit. He looks like a 90s degrassi bully lolol

i have seen both of these before but i am very pleased to see them again because they are both really great pictures so either way, thank you for sending them in to me!

yesss, his little court sweater is super cute! i bet he was real comfy in that court room! is it just me or are places like that always super cold inside? but bård was probably quite warm and cozy as hell in his cunty little sweater lolol… i would have loved to see a front facing picture of him in court too, really just to examine his face i suppose? a persons emotions can often be so well shown in their face and deep in their eyes… or not, i just wonder what his facial expressions did show in court and what his eyes held… descriptions of ones attitude and demeanour are nice but unfortunately pictures are much nicer…

i can definitely understand your point there about the picture of vegard! i think the angle may be making vegard look a little different in comparison to many other pictures of him but i do not think i could ever be scared of him lolol! his cute curly hair takes all of the fear away, curly hair is just absolutely adorable to me and washes away any fear at all, you know?

he was cute in the early 90s with his curly hair, hot in the late 90s with his buzz cut, cute again in the early 2000s with his curly and now he is hot again as an older man with curly hair! i think he was especially super cute in the early 2000s because he was kind of chubby? i do not know if chubby is really the right word for it though! he just had a bit more of a well rounded face, a bit of pudge or something and it made his cheeks ( or really his entire face ) look so damn kissable hehe

his early 2000s chubbiness ( ? ) is especially prominent in video interviews, like the one he did for metal: a headbangers journey which i rewatch far too often just to see his handsome face and head his gorgeous soft voice

i just think damn near everyone in the black metal scene is so fucking gorgeous in general, wether they be cute or hot! i loveee seeing pictures of them so thanks once again for sending these in to me <3

[mordrer]

PRE-EMPEROR

Dark Device – death metal from Norway formed in 1990. Currently, there’s no any recordings of Dark Desire. Barely being active under that name, they’ve changed it to Xerasia in the same year.

XERASIA(1990)

From left to right, BACK: Ronny Johnsen(Drums) and Finn Arne Nielsen(Bass, Vocals)

From left to right, FRONT: Tomas Haugen(Guitars) and Vegard Tveitan(Guitars, Keyboard)

Under their new name the band released a live rehearsal tape in 1990. It was distributed by the band itself. Interested people could send them an empty tape, and they would copy their demo on to it and return it. But, in the same year Finn left the band and Xerasia became Embryonic, Vegard taken on the role of vocalist. While Finn still was in Xerasia he wrote 2 songs(Morbid Silence and Throne of Blood) which ended up in «The Land of the Lost Souls» (Embryonic’s demo).

From left to right, BACK: Tobben(Bass) and Ronny Johnsen(Drums)

From left to right, FRONT: Vegard Tveitan(Guitars, Vocals) and Tomas Haugen(Guitars)

Unlike Xerasia, Embryonic was recorded at Notodden Lydstudio in November 1990. Håvard Ellefson(Mortiis) has contributed to the lyrics of the title track.

In 1991 they’ve changed their name to the more well known Thou Shalt Suffer(which in turn became the foundation for the Emperor)

line up, left to right: Tobben(Bass), Vegard Tveitan(Guitars, Vocals), Tomas Haugen(Guitars), Ronny Johnsen(Drums)

Fun fact: this photo was taken by tomas’s father – Jens Olav Haugen

In July they’ve released an EP «Open the Mysteries of Your Creation» and in October they also released a demo «Into the Woods of Belial». Around that time Vegard and Tomas dyed their hair black & they went by Ygg(Vegard) and Samot(Tomas). For TSS promo pictures they started wearing full-black outfits, spikes and corpsepaints which shows that they are slowly being influenced by BM

Listen to Xerasia – https://youtu.be/kfW33j0wbD0?si=jVEQnYYo98atAHRR

Listen to Embryonic – https://youtu.be/sG25ZHeR1u0?si=Ba9m_PZiTYJ4pPrw

Listen to Thou Shalt Suffer:

Open the Mysteries of Your Creation – https://youtu.be/pZhYDJ9ua8k?si=nT3bKDNjZrVBYwxZ

Into the Woods of Belial – https://youtu.be/eRo6Aqe7KUY?si=uNMV6TZIm4sVpHQS

More archive stuff coming soon!

[cidonis]

EMPEROR

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 1997

(Cover) (Back cover)

This is my favorite Emperor album and also my favorite of all time, I love the technique the band brought compared to the other materials. The addition of Trym to the band gave everything an upgrade, his insane blast beats improve everything! He is the face of Emperor and you can see the improvement that Ihsahn's new keyboard and orchestral equipment has added to the band's musicality.(⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

This work is different from anything Emperor has ever done and is certainly the most unique, long live Emperor!

(Some photos taken to promote the Album)

With Strength I Burn Live in Bergen (Norway) 1997

Time to appreciate the beauty of TRYM TORSON🤤🤤(⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

[mysteriis-moon666]

IHSAHN - Ihsahn

Démarré au piano en ébauche, c’est pour finir une étendue d’orchestration digne d’un péplum que le Norvégien Ihsahn aka Vegard Tveitan a engendré dans son opus éponyme.

« L'art fait appel à la métaphysique et aux archétypes de notre existence - il nous permet de faire face aux expériences liées à une perte, à la mort, à l'amour - il nous prépare à toutes ces choses d'une certaine manière. C'est la valeur, la perspective, à partir de laquelle je souhaite créer. » Ihsahn

Vous souvenez-vous du moment où un tourbillon monstrueux et dément s'était emparé de vous ?

Ce disque est un château, hanté de meringue et de chantilly progressive, avec des herses, des meurtrières, et des machicoulis de buvard d’acide metAl comme un vent fort, impétueux et sans relâche. Peut-être parviendrez-vous à ressentir ces sentiments qui semblent si grands dans la poitrine comme si quelque chose était si beau que ça faisait mal.

C’est une corde lumineuse à la Tolkien et sacrée dans le tumulte noir et orageux, le reflet lumineux d'une étoile pâle dans l'écume bouillonnante des vagues sombres d'un volcan en ébullition …Quand le maelström s'immobilise sur une mer plus calme, les eaux bouillantes en dessous refont surface pour formuler le suspense à Hitchcock

Ihsahn est un artiste, visionnaire d’un territoire qu’il peint à travers son metal progressif impressionniste et cinématographique. D’ailleurs ce huitième album studio est disponible en deux versions l'une métal, l'autre symphonique.

C’est une genèse de lumière dans un cloître sombre qui s’élève, hantant tous les rites dans une largesse créative que l’obscurité des églises humides abondent d’une pâle figure à côté. Ihsahn fait éclore des frémissements progressifs où couvaient les sarcophages musicaux, les titres apportent un souffle chaud, le battement veineux d’une musique hors sol, à travers l’apparition spectrale de votre propre imagination. Vous allez palpiter et trembler devant la tempête qui se déverse comme un ouragan dans une éternité de rugissements soniques, de convulsions infernales, pour une messe sombre assit sur le Golgotha, aux pieds de l'humanité crucifiée. Vous pouvez être certain que l'abîme s'ouvrira, où l'âme pénétrée par de amples mystères tremblant d'agitation, viendra s’illuminer dans la splendeur de sa propre nudité.

Ce travail d'auteur expose des créations gargantuesques, qu’il considère comme l'un des projets les plus complexes qu'il ait jamais entrepris. Entièrement auto-produite et enregistrée sur une période de trois ans, la version métal a été mixée par Jens Bogren, la version orchestrale par Joel Dollié et les deux étant masterisées par Tony Lindgren. Ihsahn est accompagné de Tobias Ørnes Andersen et Tobias Solbakk à la batterie et aux percussions, ainsi qu’au percussions de son fils, Angell Solberg Tveitan, les violons sont signés Chris Baum. L'illustration de l'album est signée Ritxi Ostariz et toutes les photographies promotionnelles ont été réalisées par Andy Ford.

Ihsahn explique : « En moyenne, je sors un album complet tous les deux ans et ce depuis que j'ai 16 ans. Pour mon huitième album solo, je me suis demandé comment je pouvais faire ce que je faisais de mieux, tout en plaçant la barre encore plus haut. Au cœur de mon travail, il y a le black metal, les guitares distordues à l'extrême et les cris, mais depuis les premiers enregistrements d'Emperor, on entend des parties de claviers influencées par les bandes originales classiques de Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, etc. J'ai donc abordé l'écriture avec l'intention de présenter le matériel dans sa pleine expression métallique, mais aussi d'arranger les parties orchestrales de manière à ce qu'elles fonctionnent de façon indépendante. D'une certaine façon, j'ai tenté d'écrire une bande sonore dans le cadre des structures de la production complète, ce qui m'a permis d'explorer différentes variations, parfois contrastées, d'une même musique. En fin de compte, j'ai écrit toute la musique comme une partition courte pour piano et je l'ai arrangée pour un ensemble typique et un orchestre, en veillant à ce que tout s'imbrique. »

Cet opus est une odyssée wagnérienne dont le périple du héros est un musicien autodidacte nommé Ihsahn donnant corps et âme, nuit et jour à une vision pantagruélique dans une paire de récits distincts. L’entrelacement des textures sonores ciselées à satiété transportent leurs expressions cinématographiques épiques dans une ferveur liturgique.

« Pour créer quelque chose de valable, on ne peut pas uniquement aller vers ce que le public attend, il faut savoir viser plus haut. Lorsqu'on a l'opportunité de faire un disque, il serait prétentieux de penser que ce sera le prochain Dark Side Of The Moon, OK Computer, ou Black Album, mais, d'une certaine manière, il serait aussi arrogant de ne pas essayer ! ?! Il est vrai que c'est le projet musical le plus difficile et le plus complexe que j'aie jamais réalisé, et, en fin de compte, d'un point de vue personnel, c'est aussi le plus gratifiant. J'ai vraiment dû me surpasser et j'ai beaucoup appris au cours de ce processus » dixit Ihsahn