Tom Rune Andersen (born 18 October 1976), also known by his stage name Galder, is a Norwegian guitarist and vocalist. He is from the small town of

Jessheim Jessheim is a town in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway. History The railway station with the Jessheim station was built in 1854 as part of the Hovedbanen line from Oslo to Eidsvoll. The railroad had at the initial construction o ...

, north of

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. He is a founding member of the melodic black metal band

Old Man's Child Old Man's Child is a Norwegian black metal band originating from the city of Oslo. The band was founded by Galder (formerly known as Grusom; birth name: Thomas Rune Andersen), who is the sole permanent member of the group. History Old Man's Ch ...

as well as the lead guitarist of

Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic lang ...

from 2000 to 2024. In 1993, under the stage name Grusom, he, Jardar, and Tjodalv created Old Man's Child. On Old Man's Child albums, he has performed vocals, guitars, bass, and keyboards, though with a full line-up, his primary instruments are guitar and keyboards, as well as vocals. He joined Dimmu Borgir in 2000 but has kept Old Man's Child active. Galder has also worked with other Norwegian bands such as

Dødheimsgard Dødheimsgard (also known as DHG) is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed in 1994. Dødheimsgard originally played black metal, but 1999's ''666 International'' saw them change their style into experimental and Avant-garde metal, avant-garde/i ...

. A member of Dødheimsgard, Aldrahn, wrote some of the lyrics for Old Man's Child's demo album ''In the Shades of Life''. Galder has two sons, Alex and Kevin, who are listed in the credits of '' Slaves of the World''.

Discography

With

#''In the Shades of Life'' (1994) #'' Born of the Flickering'' (1996) #'' The Pagan Prosperity'' (1997) #'' Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion'' (1998) #'' Revelation 666 – The Curse of Damnation'' (2000) #'' In Defiance of Existence'' (2003) #''

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'' (2005) #'' Slaves of the World'' (2009) With

#'' Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia'' (2001) #'' World Misanthropy (2002) (DVD) #'' Death Cult Armageddon'' (2003) #'' In Sorte Diaboli'' (2007) #'' Abrahadabra'' (2010) #''Forces of the Northern Night'' (2017) #'' Eonian'' (2018) With

#'' Satanic Art'' (1998)

Videography

# ''Behind the Player: Dimmu Borgir'' (DVD, 2010)

Equipment

* ESP Galder Custom V guitar with Pentagram graphic *Ltd Shadow Galder signature guitar * ESP SV series, F Series, and V Series Guitars *

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(former) * Randall Amplification (former) * Peavey Amplification * Marshall amplifiers (former) *ENGL amplifiers (former) *Shure wireless systems *D'addario strings *Dunlop Picks with Pentagram graphic

References

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