Jon Øyvind Andersen (born 29 July 1965), mostly known as Jardar, is a Norwegian

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. He was one of the founding members of the 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 ...

, with

Galder 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, north of Oslo. He is a founding member of the melodic black metal band Old Man's Child ...

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Tjodalv Ian Kenneth Åkesson (born 1976), known professionally as Tjodalv, is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of the black metal bands Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on th ...

. He has played on all the band's albums, except ''

Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion ''Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion'' is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child. Most of the vocals were improvised by Galder while in the studio. Track listing All music, lyrics and arrangements by Galder. # "Toward ...

'' (1998), ''

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'' (2005) and ''

Slaves of the World ''Slaves of the World'' is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child. The album was released 18 May 2009 in Europe and 19 May 2009 in North America via Century Media Records. The album was recorded in autumn 2008 at ...

'' (2009), where Galder was the sole guitarist. Besides as a guitarist, Jardar has also contributed with

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, and he was also co-writer on two songs on ''In Defiance of Existence''. In 2005 he formed the band Insidious Disease, together with

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(guitarist of

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), singer Marc Grewe (of

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), bass player

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) and drummer

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Discography

With Old Man's Child

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'', Hot Records, 1994, *''

Born of the Flickering ''Born of the Flickering'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child. It was released in 1996, through Hot Records, then later through Century Media with different artwork. Track listing # "Demons of the Thornca ...

'', Hot Records, 1995 *''

The Pagan Prosperity ''The Pagan Prosperity'' is the second album by black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 7 October 1997. It was recorded and mixed at Studiomega in June 1997. Track listing All music, lyrics and arrangements by Galder. #"The Millennium King" ...

'',

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, 1997 *''

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'', Century Media, 2000 *''

In Defiance of Existence ''In Defiance of Existence'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Old Man's Child, released on 20 January 2003. Track listing All music and lyrics written and composed by Galder, except on tracks 4 & 7 music by Galder/Jard ...

'', Century Media, 2003

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Jon Oyvind 1965 births Living people Norwegian heavy metal guitarists Old Man's Child members