#vegard tveitan

[princess-lvcifer]

- Dream rotation

+ Blunt rotation?

- Uh... Yeah sure

[world0fmadness]

୨୧ 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 ihsahn had here too, looks so sweet <3

[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

[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

[ovrlord]

[bardfaust]

Heh ☺

[zephryouspet]

ihsahn early 90s

[cesowi]

Emperor, 1993.

[rp-kat]

Emperor - Emperor

1993

[princess-lvcifer]

THEY'RE A MARRIED COUPLE

[world0fmadness]

BABY NAMES, PART I

୨୧ okay, wether you guys want it or not, here are the names with their meanings found on websites and what i imagine some of the babies to look like! but i will never name them in the works so if you do not like these names, you can replace them for whatever you want, i would actually love to hear the names you guys think they would like or your thoughts on these that i chose! i know i’m not all that great with names at all but i tried to pick nice ones and ones i think actually fit the father… i think this is honestly a little too long and in depth like oh my god, i do not know where this came from, i was not feeling all that inspired tonight then boom… so enjoy this lolol <3

dad! pelle has a daughter named calliope ohlin and a son named casper ohlin…

♡ calliope means “ beautiful voice ” from greek κάλλος meaning “ beauty ” and ὄψ meaning “ voice ” in greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine muses!

calliope looks exactly like you! she has your hair, your eyes and just so many of your features, she looks like your twin! the only thing she inherited from pelle was his bone structure and that only really starts to show when she enters her teenage years! pelle absolutely loves this though, he thinks it was one of the major reasons he was able to open his heart to her so quickly after she was born, because she just looked so much like you… she was so undeniably your daughter, your child… whenever he looked at her soft face, looked into her gentle eyes, all he saw was a mini version of you, someone he knew he just wanted to shower in love and support, someone he knew he needed to protect…

casper is the opposite and looks exactly like pelle! he has his bright blue eyes, his blonde hair that only shines brighter in summer, his bony nose and a similarly indented chin! this is why in a similar opposite fashion, pelle felt it was harder to immediately bond with his son after the birth, he felt it was harder to open his heart to him because of how much of himself he saw in his son… how much she saw his younger self, how much he felt like he was looking into a mirror of the past! pelle was just so afraid of tarnishing your son, of somehow corrupting him and his happiness by simply being around him… because all he saw was his younger self, all he saw was the child so long ago that would soon run into so much cruelty and sadness in life! but of course, with a lot of support and reassurance from you that he would never hurt your son, that your son would only ever see him as his father, he was quick to open his heart to him too, just as he did for calliope…

as a father, pelle is beyond subtly proud of the name calliope for his daughter! he thinks it just fits her so so so well! he thinks she has such a creative soul, even when she was so young with her little messy finger paintings and scribbled crayon drawings, he immediately knew he had a strong creative and inspired soul… so much like him, as you say to him which always makes him blush and feel even more shy pride! and calliope is absolutely his muse, she became his muse right alongside you the second she was growing in your womb… he adored drawing you when you were holding her in your stomach and now, he loves to draw her as he sees her! every time he looks at her, he feels a rush of inspiration and a want to craft! both you and her are his muses, eventually his son too!

dad! bård has a daughter named selene eithun…

♡ selene means “ moon ” in greek! this was the name of a greek goddess of the moon, a titan! she was sometimes identified with the goddess artemis!

selene looks almost exactly like bård but she does have a fair few of your features too! but when you look at her, you mainly see bård… she has his brown hair, his big brown doe eyes and his pronounced, naturally slightly pouted lips! she certainly got his height too! despite being a pretty short and petite child, she hit a major growth spurt in her teenage years and is just a little taller than the average girl! but when she was a newborn and toddler, she was definitely one of those chunky little babies! she had the chubbiest little apple red cheeks and pudgy arms, bård thought she was absolutely adorable and always claimed she just had to be the cutest baby in the world, she was too perfect to him! he loved peppering so so so many kisses to her chunky arms and chubby cheeks when she was a baby, he bathed in the glory that came with hearing her high pitched giggles and squeals as he did it, he could not get enough of seeing a gummy smile with just a few tiny teeth showing through stretching across her rosy red cheeks! it just manages to wash away so many of his insecurities, his fears that maybe he is not a great father…

when selene was a newborn, bård was very aware of the meaning of her name and got her a little astrology mobile to go in her crib instead of the usual sheep or animal one! not to mention how many glow in the dark stars and moons he stuck up on the ceiling of your shared bedroom in your apartment when her crib was in your room… bård thinks the name fits her so well, she is his treasure, his moon! when she’s old enough to not choke on things, he bought both you and your daughter a matching necklace, both silver chains holding one half of a shiny moon! to be honest, a lot of his gifts to her in life, from the moment she’s born, revolve around astrology and especially the moon! he is absolutely the type of father to fully support her childhood dream of wanting to become an astronaut!

older! bård definitely gets a moon tattooed somewhere in his arm sleeve tattoo, likely when she’s in her teenage years! it’s a beautiful tattoo dedicated just to his moon… he likely has a star tattooed somewhere on his body too but from when he was younger, it was one of his first few tattoos and it was dedicated you, his special star, the love of his life and mother of his child!

dad! øystein has identical twin girls named alva aarseth and audra aarseth…

♡ alva is the feminine form of alf! derived from old norse alfr meaning “ elf ” in norse legend this was the name of king, the suitor of a reluctant maiden named alfhild! she avoided marrying him by disguising herself as a warrior, but when they fought she was so impressed by his strength that she changed her mind!

♡ audra means “ storm ” in lithuanian!

both alva and audra just look like complete doubles of øystein, they look like factory made female replicas of him! sometimes you spend minutes studying their faces, trying to find any traces of your own genes in their appearance but you find very very very few… they have his natural blonde hair, his small button nose, his soft face and so on… they just mirror all of his physical features! and it only got more and more noticeable as they got older, especially in their teenage years when both decided they wanted to dye their hair black after looking at old pictures of their father! øystein went through a crisis in the early months of their lives, he liked to dress them identically because he thought it was funny to see double of his baby but the humour would quickly turn into panic when he realised he could not decipher who was who… that’s why the both of you spend time stitching their names into clothes whenever they get new dresses or onesies! he does get much better at knowing who is who within a couple of months, he just found little ways to differentiate them! and that’s when he finds it funny to dress them in the same outfits once again, seeing them in the exact same outfit, with the exact same ribbons in their hair just makes him laugh so much! øystein is also incredibly smug about how much they look like him, he is just so smug and proud…

whenever a storm rolls around, with rain hitting against the glass windows of your shared apartment, øystein likes to hold audra on his hip and stand in front of one of the windows, looking down at her as shadows of water droplets reflect inside through the window and against her curious face, watching with a small smile as her wide eyes follow the raindrops and her little hands grasp his sweater tightly… audra lives up to her name in two ways! one way being that she loves storms, she was never scared and afraid of rainstorms or thunderstorms! she always just wanted to sit at the window with her father whilst you built a pillow fort with alva! the second way being that she was an absolute storm of a child… she was hyper and rowdy, every time after playing, the apartment would look like a tornado had run through it!

dad! vegard has a daughter named violet tveitan…

♡ violet is derived from the english word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from latin viola! it was common in scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an english given name during the 19th century!

violet is a very balanced mix between both you and vegard! she has your eyes but his frizzy and curly black hair, she has your nose but his mouth and an abundance of other little features… both you and vegard see the others features so strongly in her! he thinks she looks like your twin and you think she looks like his! the only thing the two of you can absolutely agree on is that your genes never stood a chance when it came to his hair! literally the second you told him you were pregnant, he knew that baby was going to have his hair, he just knew it! because the hair type is pretty particular and specific when it comes to care and washing, vegard likes to be the one to help her with it! he is more than happy to help you learn how to deal with her hair better too, obviously, but nothing makes him happier than sitting her on his knee and tying her frizzy black hair into little pigtails with little purple ribbons…

i feel like the name violet would come after a lot of thought with vegard, he was thinking about names every day right after you told him you were pregnant! but the two of you could just never decide on a name, nothing rolled off the tongue right before violet popped into his head when he saw you, late in your pregnancy with a very sizeable bump, wearing a deep violet maternity dress… he just thought the colour was beautiful on you, hugging your bump that cradled his baby… once the name was decided, ihsahn was determined to paint her already prepared wooden crib a light violet purple before you gave birth! not to mention how many little violet bows and outfits he buys for her with what little money he has… i feel like he would even switch his usual guitar picks to glittery violet purple picks just for her, to honour his little girl during emperor shows in the most subtle yet thoughtful way!

a slight bonus one here because i have not made his dad! headcanons yet but i wanted to include him <3

dad! varg has twins with the daughter being named vígdís vikernes and the son being named vidar vikernes…

♡ vígdís is derived from the old norse elements víg “ war ” and dís “ goddess ”

♡ vidar derived from old norse víðarr, which was possibly derived from víðr “ wide ” and herr “ army, warrior ” in norse mythology víðarr was the son of odin and grid! at the time of the end of the world, ragnarök, it is said he will avenge his father's death by slaying the wolf fenrir

whilst vígdís and vidar are twins, they are not identical twins! they actually look pretty different from each other… surprisingly, vígdís looks more like her father whilst vidar looks look you! it turns into a kind of daddy’s girl and mama’s boy situation too… at first, varg was not a super overly loving and father towards his little girl, it took him some time to fully open his heart to a daughter, took him a little while to allow her to practice braiding his long blonde hair with colourful ribbons! but he so obviously loves her, so obviously loves both her and his son! he softens a whole lot and almost entirely drops the front he was putting up of being a headstrong and ignorant guy! when he sees how happy it makes her to be able to play with his long hair and feels his hands braiding her hair, it’s worth it… it’s beyond worth it for him! with vidar, i think varg would really want him to toughen up and be a manly man, even as a child but that is extremely quick to drop too! especially when you tell him it’s just… not okay, that it will only upset his son and feel like he can never be good enough! he drops all of his bullshit after a good talking to from you because deep down all he wants if for you and his children to be happy…

no one in this world can convince me that varg would not want to name his twins some really norse names, some really strong and kind of uncommon names! he spent months during your pregnancy reading through mythology and history books, looking for meaningful names, unique names… he wants names that highlight their norse blood! even if you, their mother, yourself are not… i have no doubt in my mind that he would have at least two songs inspired by their names, made for them! the first majorly soft thing varg did towards your son was buy him a little wolf plushie from a store! it’s kind of ironic considering the mythology lore behind vidar and fenrir but it was cute nonetheless and the first bit of major affection he showed towards him when he was still a baby!

[nofatclips]

The Goat Of A Thousand Young by Thou Shalt Suffer from the album Into the Woods of Belial

[theheadbangers]

Ihsahn: 26 years Black Metal Emperor

Ihsahn: 26 years Black Metal Emperor

Το όνομ Ihsahn είναι σημειολογικό. Είναι το όνομα του Μεσσία τοu Black Metal. Γνωστός και ως Vegard Sverre Tveitan ο Ihsahn είναι ένα από τα πιο σημαντικά μέλη της Νορβηγικής μουσικής σκηνής, ένας από τους πιο ταλαντούχους μουσικούς του χώρου και δημιούργησε την ομώνυμη «μπάντα» το 2005.

Ο Ihsahnήταν μόλις 17 χρόνων όταν δημιούργησε μία από τις πιο εμβληματικές μπάντες στην ιστορία του extreme…

[blackmetalwar666]

Ihsahn

(Vegard Sverre Tveitan)

#EMPEROR #NorwegianBlackMetal

#IntheNightsideEclipse #SymphonicBlackMetal

[ghostcultmagazine]

We are sending Happy Birthday wishes to Vegard Sverre Tveitan, a.k.a. @ihsahnofficial, born on this day in 1975! We recently interviewed him for our podcast, which you can hear on our site! Skal! 🍻🖤 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3iLC93C

[dethangel]

I was tagged by @louder-than-love , thanks, i haven’t seen this one before!

Put your music player on shuffle and answer the questions about each artist. You can skip any repeats if you’d like, but you don’t have to, all the questions are original!

1

What is this artist? Ihsahn What genre of music do they play? black metal, progressive metal How old are they? 43 Have you ever heard them on the radio? no lol Have they released any new music within the last year or two? yeah, his latest album is the reason i know his music in the first place Do they have a male or female vocalist? male

2

What is this artist? Gorguts Would you recommend them to someone else? YES Do they write their own music/lyrics? yes What are their album artworks like?  If they stopped making music, would you be sad? i guess Do you know what they look like without searching? i have an idea of what they looked in the 90s :-D

3

What is this artist? Gojira Are they popular and well-known? yea Have you ever seen them perform live? YES!!!!! i’d love to see them again How did you find out about this artist? my friend had The Shooting Star on his gym playlist What is their sexuality, if known? idk Is their music easy to dance to? they’re ideal for headbanging

4

What is this artist? the Zenith Passage Do they play instruments? well, yea Would your mother/father listen to them? no lol, my dad might if he knew the band existed Are they still making music today? yes Would you want to meet this artist? i’d love to see them live How many songs by this artist do you have? i got like 4 out of their 15 songs on my playlists

5

What is this artist? Stam1na When did you discover this artist? 2016, but became a true fan last year How many albums do they have? nine Do you think they are attractive? Pekka Olkkonen is the sweetest Have they gone through any line-up changes? not after releasing their first album Is their music more fun or serious? serious, but their lyrics contain some fun word plays

6

What is this artist? Opeth Do they play your favourite genre of music? they used to play progressive death metal, which is my ultimate favourite genre What gender are they? Male Are they someone you’d want to be friends with in real life? Mikael could be fun to hang out with Did somebody recommend this band to you? actually, no Would you play their music at a party? i have and i would

7

What is this artist? Atheist How many people are in this band/group? five When did they start making music? in the 80s Do they have any songs that are well-known? idk, the band isn’t that well-known in general, which is a SHAME Do you listen to this artist regularly? yes, i need at least a weekly dose of Unquestionable Presence How would you describe their music? progressive, technical, creative (fusing jazz and death metal?? g o o d)

8

What is this artist? Emperor If they use a stage name, what is their real name(s)?  Vegard Sverre Tveitan, Thomas Thormodsæter Haugen og Kai Johnny Mosaker Do they regularly make popular charts? i doubt that Have you ever met this artist? actually saw them last summer at a festival If they toured in your city, would you go see them? i could

9

What is this artist? Meshuggah Are they known for anything else? i don’t think so What is their nationality? Swedish Would you be embarrassed to admit you like this artist? nope Are they older or younger than you? older Has this artist ever toured in your country/state/city? last summer but didn’t get to see them :/

10

What is this artist? Ne Obliviscaris Do you know much about their personal life? no Have they ever gone on hiatus and did they return? no What instruments do they use? guitars, drums, bass, violin What city are they from? Melbourne, Australia Do you think this artist has a lot of fans? too few

i’ll tag @davecross @nyyhkis  @fresh-deadly-rosess @steambreather @that-gay-metalhead to do this if you want to!