Candlelight Records today confirmed January 26th as the American release date forAfter, the new album from former Emperor vocalist/guitarist IHSAHN. Recorded during the first half of 2009, After completes the musician’s planned trilogy of initial recordings. The album showcases the Norwegian icon with drummer Asgeir Mickelson (Spiral Architect), bassist Lars K. Norberg (Spiral Architect), and saxophonist Jorgen Munkeby (Shining).
"This is my first album written with 8-string guitars as basis which has been both challenging and inspiring,” he comments when discussing the creative process. “I also decided early on that I wanted to mix this album with Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia) and recorded the album with that in mind. Asgeir and Lars have again delivered superb performances. I've always wanted to implement the saxophone in my music; Jorgen’s contributions truly added a silver lining to the album."
Again working at his own Symphonique Studio, with additional work at Toproom Studio (co-engineered by Borge Finstad), After was meticulously laid out over an eight month period. The intensity of the project has more than paid off with early listenings already proclaiming it to be the most poignant creations of his solo efforts. “I have felt more confident and more at ease with the material,” relaysIHSAHN. “In letting the songs themselves lead the way I just followed the natural impulses."
After the demise of Emperor in 2001, IHSAHN continued his work with Peccatum, the band he formed in 1998 with life-partner Ihriel (Heidi Solberg Tveitan). After the release of 2005’s mini-album, The Moribund People, his first writings of solo material began. IHSAHN’s first recording,The Adversary, found the musician composing and performing all instruments and immediately struck a chord with his hordes of fans worldwide. The album afforded IHSAHN the opportunity to embrace more expansive sonic textures previously untouched in Emperor. The album also saw a return of his various lyrical muses. "Icaros, Lucifer, Prometheus, Zarathustra are all persons of history who challenged commonly accepted, most often enforced 'truths,' despite civilization's persecution of them and their followers,” he comments. “Their stories are inspirational. AngL would follow in 2008. Metal Maniacs said, ““whereasThe Adversary was a sonic coping mechanism - all aspects of the album were tightly controlled - AngL finds the visionary widening and deepening the canvas.” DecibelMagazine called the album, "as compelling as Emperor's best; IHSAHN sounds as fresh as he did fifteen years ago, but with the hindsight of a grown man." AngLfeatured a musical collaboration with Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt for the song “The Unhealer.”
Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) Award Nominee IHSAHN (born Vegard Tveitan) began playing music at a very early age. As a teenager, his friendship with Tomas Haugen (a.k.a. Samoth) would trigger the start of his music career - one that to date includes over fifty individual recordings, five high-profile Emperor European tours (the band reaching US shores on only three occasions) and the respect of fans and peers worldwide. "Emperor is still one of my favorite bands. I count their compositions among some of the finest and most inspired that metal has ever produced,” says Teeth of the Divine (formerly Digital Metal).
In mid-2009, IHSAHN gave his first live performance selecting material from his first two solo albums; the performance in Oslo supporting Opeth. Early discussions in regards to After are indicating more live activities but where and when currently remains a secret.
Confirmed track listing for After is:
1. "The Barren Lands"
2. "A Grave Inversed"
3. "After"
4. "Frozen Lakes on Mars"
5. "Undercurrent"
6. "Austere"
7. "Heavens Black Sea"
8. "On the Shores"
Confirmed track listing for After is:
1. "The Barren Lands"
2. "A Grave Inversed"
3. "After"
4. "Frozen Lakes on Mars"
5. "Undercurrent"
6. "Austere"
7. "Heavens Black Sea"
8. "On the Shores"
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PO Box 142 . Congers NY 10920
Liz Ciavarella-Brenner
PO Box 142 . Congers NY 10920
| Ihsahn | |||
| Genre(s) | |||
| Extreme Progressive Metal | |||
| Lyrical theme(s) | |||
| Individualism, Struggles | |||
| Origin | Formed in | Current label | Status |
| Norway (Notodden) | 2005 | Mnemosyne / Candlelight | Active |
| Current line-up | |||
| Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (Emperor, Zyklon-B (Nor), Peccatum, Thou Shalt Suffer,Wongraven, Ildjarn, Embryonic, Hardingrock) Asgeir Mickelson - Drums (Enslavement of Beauty, Highland Glory, Lunaris, Scariot, Spiral Architect, Thornbound,Vintersorg, Sarke, Borknagar) Live members: Tor Oddmund Suhrke - Guitars (2009-) (Leprous (Nor)) Halvor Strand - Bass (2009-) (Leprous (Nor)) | |||
| Additional notes | |||
| Ihsahn runs the label Mnemosyne Productions together with his wife Ihriel (Peccatum, Star of Ash) | |||
| Discography |
| The Adversary | Full-length, 200 | ||
| Scarab | Single, 2008 | ||
| angL | Full-length, 2008 | ||
| After | Full-length, 2010 |
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| Metal / Black Metal / Experimental | |||
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Remember this, you others: the fire and the fury, the strength and defiance, this you admire, this you desire, I had to win them for myself.
- “And He Shall Walk in Empty Places” / The Adversary
Just thirty years of age, Ihsahn has traveled far beyond his rural beginnings. In little more than a decade, the largely self-taught musician has amassed a resume that when combined exceeds more than three quarters of a million worldwide album sales. His cumulative professional accolades include a 2001 Spelleman (Norwegian Grammy) Award nomination, 2003 Notodden City Cultural Award, and countless "Best of" class honors in internationally respected metal and rock magazines including Terrorizer, Metal Maniacs, Revolver, Kerrang!, Guitar World and many more. Now with The Adversary, the former Emperor vocalist/guitarist steps outside the comforts of an ensemble or collaboration and commands for the first time his most challenging project - a solo album.
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