Sivert Høyem (born 22 January 1976) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the vocalist of the rock band Madrugada. After the band broke up following the death of

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in 2007, he has enjoyed success as a solo artist and is also a member of The Volunteers with whom he released the album ''Exiles'' in 2006.

Early and personal life

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Høyem is a son of forestry teacher Asbjørn Høyem and politician

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. He hails from Kleiva in Sortland, and attended Sortland Upper Secondary School before moving to

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in 1995. Whilst pursuing a music career he minored in history at the

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Music career

Madrugada

Høyem rose to fame in the late 1990s when Madrugada made their Norwegian breakthrough with debut album

Industrial Silence ''Industrial Silence'' is the debut album by Norwegian alternative rock band Madrugada. The album contains the singles "Electric", "Higher" and "Beautyproof" plus live favourite "Vocal". A limited edition featuring a second disc containing th ...

. The band members included Sivert Høyem (vocals),

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(bass), and

(guitar). After the death of Burås on 12 July 2007, Høyem and Jacobsen decided to finish recording their latest album. The album, entitled '' Madrugada'', was released on 21 January 2008. After the release of the album the band announced they would split after one last tour. They performed their last ever concert on 15 November 2008 at

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Solo

He has the last few years had success as a solo artist, releasing the albums ''Ladies and Gentlemen of the Opposition'' (2004), ''Moon Landing'' (2009) and ''Long Slow Distance'' (2011), ''Endless Love'' (2014) and ''Lioness'' (2016). He formed his band the Volunteers made up of: *Sivert Høyem: Vocals/Guitar/Songwriter *Cato Salsa: Guitars/Keyboards *Børge Fjordheim: Drums/Shaker/Tambourine *Rudi Nikolaisen: Bass (Live) *Kalle Gustafson Jerneholm: Bass (On Record) *Christer Knutsen: Guitars/Keyboards He released the album ''Exiles'' in 2006 credited to Sivert Høyem & the Volunteers. He toured with his band in May 2007 playing at festivals across Norway. In December 2009 he concluded another tour with his new band. In April 2012 in a radio interview at the "Rock Show" radio program in Greece, he clearly stated that there won't be any other album with the Volunteers. In September 2010 Sivert Høyem launched the song "Prisoner of the road" in order to raise awareness for NRC, which is this year's recipient of the Norwegian National Telethon. In 2015, "Black & Gold" was chosen to be the opening song of the Norwegian TV series

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("Occupied").

Discography

Albums

;With the band Madrugada *1999: ''

'' *2001: ''

The Nightly Disease ''The Nightly Disease'' is the second album by the Norwegian alternative rock band Madrugada. Much darker than their debut ''Industrial Silence ''Industrial Silence'' is the debut album by Norwegian alternative rock band Madrugada. The alb ...

'' **CD: '' The Nightly Disease Vol. II'' *2002: '' Grit'' *2005: '' The Deep End'' *2005: ''

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'' *2008: '' Madrugada'' ;Solo ;As Sivert Høyem & the Volunteers ;As Guest Vocalist *2013: Vocals on the song "Phoenix" on Satyricon's 2013 self-titled studio album. *2020: Vocals on the song "Coming Home" on

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's "New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1" album

Singles

;As Sivert Høyem & the Volunteers

References

External links

Official website
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