Horgh (born Reidar Horghagen, 7 May 1971) is a Norwegian drummer, formerly for Norwegian

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band

Immortal Immortality is the ability to live forever, or eternal life. Immortal or Immortality may also refer to: Film * ''The Immortals'' (1995 film), an American crime film * ''Immortality'', an alternate title for the 1998 British film '' The Wisdom of ...

from 1996 to 2022 and Swedish

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band

Hypocrisy Hypocrisy is the practice of feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not. The word "hypocrisy" entered the English language ''c.'' 1200 with the meaning "the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness". Today, "hypocrisy" ofte ...

from 2004 until April 2022.

Career

Horgh joined

in 1996, bringing stability after a series of short-lived drummers. His style incorporates more straightforward metal techniques than his predecessors

Abbath Olve Eikemo (born 27 June 1973), better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with Old ...

and Armagedda, and he has become known for his strong foot technique, displaying the ability to play very fast and maintain precise

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patterns for a long period of time. The liner notes of his first Immortal album, '' Blizzard Beasts'', dedicate the album to him. In 2004 he joined

, spending over a decade playing with both bands concurrently. He plays

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drums and

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cymbals.

Discography

With

*'' Blizzard Beasts'' (1997) *'' At the Heart of Winter'' (1999) *'' Damned in Black'' (2000) *''

Sons of Northern Darkness ''Sons of Northern Darkness'' is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. Musically, it continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases '' At the Heart of Winter'' and '' Damned in Black''. This was ...

'' (2002) *''Live at BB Kings Club New York 2003'' (DVD, 2005) *'' All Shall Fall'' (2009) *'' The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh'' (DVD, 2010) *'' Northern Chaos Gods'' (2018) With Grimfist *''Ghouls of Grandeur'' (2003) With

*''

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'' (2005) *''

A Taste of Extreme Divinity ''A Taste of Extreme Divinity'' is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 23 October 2009 in Europe and on 3 November in United States. The North American version contains three bonus tracks. ...

'' (2009) *''Valley of the Damned / Hordes of War'' (Split, 2009) *''Eraser (Live)'' (EP, 2011) *''Hell over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and Confusion'' (DVD, 2011) *''

End of Disclosure ''End of Disclosure'' is the twelfth studio album by Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy. It was released on 22 March 2013. To promote the album, Nuclear Blast released the music video "Tales of Thy Spineless" on 4 April. Background Frontman Peter ...

'' (2013) *''

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'' (2021)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horgh 1971 births Living people Norwegian black metal musicians Norwegian heavy metal drummers Norwegian male drummers Death metal musicians Musicians from Bergen Hypocrisy (band) members Immortal (band) members 21st-century Norwegian drummers 21st-century Norwegian male musicians