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Mnemosyne Productions
Mnemosyne Productions was established in Notodden, Norway 2003 by founders Heidi S. Tveitan/Starofash and Vegard Tveitan/Ihsahn as an extension to their work in the music industry. This label is mainly an outlet for their own musical collaborations. The founders have more than 10 years of experience as recording artists (Emperor, Ihsahn, Peccatum, Starofash and TSS), and have recorded and produced most of their recent work at their creative playground. At present, they are also working with selected tasks in film and web scoring. Releases on Mnemosyne Productions *Mnemo001 - Peccatum - '' Lost in Reverie'' (2004) *Mnemo002 - Peccatum - '' The Moribund People'' (2005) *Mnemo004 - Ihsahn - '' The Adversary'' (2006) *Mnemo005 - Hardingrock - ''Grimen'' (2007) *Mnemo006 - Starofash - ''The Thread'' (2008) *Mnemo007 - Ihsahn - '' angL'' (2008) *Mnemo009 - Starofash - ''Ulterior Soundtrack'' (2009) *Mnemo010 - Ihsahn - ''After'' (2010) *mnemo011 - Starofash - ''Lakhesis'' (2010) *mnemo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notodden
is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, Gransherad, Heddal, Hjuksebø, Hjuksevelta, Rudsgrendi, Tinnoset, and Yli. The municipality is the 118th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Notodden is the 94th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,025. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.2% over the previous 10-year period. Norway's largest stave church, Heddal Stave Church, is located in Heddal, a few kilometres west the municipal centre. Notodden Airport, is located west of the town of Notodden, along the European route E134 highway. Norsk Hydro was founded in this town. Notodden is well known for the annual Notodden Blues Festival, which is considered one of the best blues festivals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starofash
Heidi Solberg Tveitan (born 31 May 1972) is a Norwegian musician and singer currently known for her solo project Starofash (also known as Star of Ash). Tveitan was formerly half of the experimental band Peccatum, where she performed vocals, keyboards and synths and wrote the majority of lyrics, under the name Ihriel. She is the sister of Einar Solberg, the singer of Leprous, and the wife of Ihsahn of the black metal band Emperor, with whom she runs the production company Mnemosyne Productions as a music producer and manager. Biography Tveitan was first introduced to music after taking singing and music lessons for many years. In 1998, she formed Peccatum with her husband Ihsahn and brother Lord Pz. Shortly after in 1999 Peccatum was signed to Candlelight Records and the first Peccatum album ''Strangling from Within'' was released. This was soon followed by an American and European tour. Tveitan claimed to work well musically in a "husband and wife" situation. In 2000, Starofa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihsahn
Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn ( ), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor (Norwegian band), Emperor. Tveitan is also a founding member of Thou Shalt Suffer, where he played guitar and keyboard in addition to vocal duties, and Peccatum, a project in collaboration with his wife and fellow musician Starofash, Heidi Solberg Tveitan, also known as Starofash. Since 2006, Tveitan has primarily devoted himself to solo albums and occasional guest appearances. Beyond the characteristics typically associated with metal music, Tveitan's musical style also includes Classical music, classical, Industrial music, industrial, and Progressive music, progressive elements. He is a progenitor of the symphonic black metal genre. Biography Tveitan was born in Notodden, Norway, where he grew up on a large farm. He began playing piano at age six an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor (Norwegian Band)
Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 by guitarist and vocalist Ihsahn and guitarist Samoth. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited in 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed for the third time in 2016. Emperor is regarded as highly influential by music critics and by emerging black metal bands. History In their youth, Ihsahn and Samoth met at a rock music seminar. The two young men began playing together under various names; first Dark Device, then Xerasia, then Embryonic. The group soon evolved into the now well-known band Thou Shalt Suffer. Soon, however, Samoth began to write music outside of Thou Shalt Suffer, and together with Ihsahn and a new bass player called Håvard Ellefsen, Mortiis (later of his own eponymous band Mortiis), Emperor was formed. After a short while together, the band released a demo entitled ''Wrath of the Tyrant''. It quickly gained popularity in the undergr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peccatum
Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary music. History Peccatum was formed by singer Ihriel (Heidi Solberg Tveitan), her husband Ihsahn (of the well-known black metal band Emperor), and her brother Lord PZ. The group released three albums and two EPs. ''Lost in Reverie'', released in 2004 after Lord PZ's departure, moved towards a more classical, avant-garde and musically opaque direction. ''Lost in Reverie'' and the 2005 EP The Moribund People were both produced under the label Mnemosyne Productions, owned and operated by Ihriel and Ihsahn themselves. On March 4, 2006 Peccatum split, leaving room for Ihriel to continue with Starofash and Ihsahn to work on his solo project. Discography Studio releases *'' Strangling from Within'' – (1999) *''Oh, My Regrets'' (EP) – (2000) *''Amor Fati'' – (2000) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Reverie
''Lost in Reverie'' is the third studio album from the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Peccatum. It was released in 2004 on Mnemosyne Productions, the label run by band members Ihsahn and Ihriel. Track listing * All songs written by Ihriel and Ihsahn. # "Desolate Ever After" - 8:26 # "In the Bodiless Heart" - 7:03 # "Parasite My Heart" - 6:23 # "Veils of Blue" - 6:05 # "Black Star" - 8:14 # "Stillness" - 7:12 # "The Banks of This River Is Night" - 6:34 Personnel * Ihsahn Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn ( ), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor (Norwegian band ... – vocals, keyboards, programming, guitar, bass-guitar, strings * Ihriel – vocals, keyboards * Jarle Havrås – drums * Knut Aalefjær – drums and percussion on 2, 3, 4, 5 * PZ – vocals on 3, 5 * Einar Solberg – vocals on 3, 5 References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moribund People
''The Moribund People'' is a 2005 EP by the avant-garde metal project Peccatum and their last release before they split up in 2006. On this EP, Peccatum's style hovers between black metal, modern classical and electronica. It features the title track, another song called "A Penny's Worth Of Heart" and a cover of the song "For All Those Who Died", from the Bathory album Blood Fire Death. The EP also features the music video for the track "The Moribund People", Peccatum's first and only music video, in QuickTime format. Track listing #"The Moribund People" – 4:26 #"A Penny's Worth of Heart" – 4:52 #" For All Those Who Died" ( Bathory cover) – 5:51 + The Moribund People Video Personnel *Ihsahn Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn ( ), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor (Norwegian band ... – vocals, keyboards, strings * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adversary (Ihsahn Album)
''The Adversary'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal musician Ihsahn. Released on 10 April 2006, it is the first in a conceptual trilogy of albums including ''angL'' and ''After''. It features a guest vocal appearance by Ulver's Garm. The album has been noted for its stylistic diversity, encompassing extreme metal as well as progressive and classic metal influences. In 2024, ''Loudwire'' elected it as one of the 11 best progressive metal debut albums. Background The album combines various extreme metal genres with progressive and classic metal in the vein of Judas Priest. According to Matt Mills of ''Metal Hammer'': " hsahnintentionally regressed to his earliest influences: NWOBHM licks, symphonic swells and black metal tremolo picking alongside his seething screams. From that foundation, he built all kinds of weird shit." Ihsahn himself described ''The Adversary'' as "all over the place, with me trying out other subgenres in metal that I didn’t really h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AngL
Angeghtun () or Ingilene (; ) was a district of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia centered on the city and fortress of Anggh (, ), which gave its name to the district. Anggh is often identified with the modern city of Eğil in Turkey, and may have also been the site of Carcathiocerta, capital of the Kingdom of Sophene, and the settlement Ingalawa mentioned in Hittite records. Angeghtun bordered Andzit (Anzitene), possibly at the Taurus Mountains, to its west and Great Tsopk (Sophanene) to its east, possibly at the Western Tigris. While the district of Angeghtun was likely ruled by a branch of the Orontid dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Sophene, Armenian sources describe the fortress of Anggh as a royal fortress of the kings of Armenia where the royal treasures were kept. The Grand Chamberlain of Armenia ( or ) was in charge of administering the fortress and the wealth within it. According to Cyril Toumanoff, Anggh was likely the central fortress of one of the four s of the Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After (Ihsahn Album)
''After'' is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal musician Ihsahn. This album is the final album in a planned trilogy of albums by Ihsahn.Ihsahn: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online blabbermouth.net. 25 November 2009. Retrieved on 9 January 2010. Background Ihsahn stated that ''After'', as the final album in the trilogy, departed from the preceding albums in order to bring the concept to a close: He further explained that the album was more abstract and possessed links to imagery expressed during his tenure with Emperor: Through the channel of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremita
''Eremita'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal musician Ihsahn. The album features guest appearances by several notable musicians, including Devin Townsend and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore. The album is Ihsahn's first solo outing since the conclusion of the conceptual trilogy encompassing his first three albums, '' The Adversary'', ''angL'', and ''After''. Background ''Eremita'' featured a guest appearance by Devin Townsend. Previously, Ihsahn had guested on Townsend's album, ''Deconstruction''. Jens Bogren, who mixed ''Deconstruction'', was also tapped to mix ''Eremita''. Ihsahn noted that Music and lyrics According to Matt Mills of ''Metal Hammer'', the album "screeched with discordant jazz before Ámr’s synths bubbled away." Ihsahn said that ''Eremita'' was the product of an intentional contrast with ''After''. He described ''After'' as "a very desolate, bleak landscape. There were no signs of life in any of the lyrics," while, for ''Eremita'', the atmosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Seelenbrechen
''Das Seelenbrechen'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal musician Ihsahn. Released on 21 October 2013, the album was described by Ihsahn as a "deliberate sidestep" that used improvisation as the basis for his most diverse recording to date, which ''Decibel'' described as "surprising and strangely satisfying". Background Ihsahn described ''Das Seelenbrechen'' as a "deliberate sidestep" from his previous solo albums, which was designed "to avoid falling into any kind of formula". He suggested that the album was influenced by the musical experimentation of Diamanda Galas and Scott Walker, for whom he admitted "I've always admired musicians that dive into it like that and express something right there and then without filter, or polishing it too much". Describing the album as intentionally "out of his comfort zone", it relied upon improvisation to create a "more spontaneous and intuitive" feeling. The result of this spontaneity was that he felt that he could expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
