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Samoth
Samoth on Metalmania 2007
Samoth on Metalmania 2007
Background information
Birth name Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen
Also known as Samoth
Genre(s) Heavy metal, Black metal
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Vocals, Synth
Associated acts Emperor
Zyklon
Zyklon-B
Gorgoroth
Satyricon
Mayhem

Samoth (born Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen on June 9, 1974) is a prominent musician and multi-instrumentalist in the Norwegian black metal scene. Metalmania is one of the biggest Heavy metal music festivals in Central Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Emperor is a Norwegian Symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 Zyklon is a Norwegian Blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Norwegian Black metal band Emperor Zyklon-B was a Norwegian Black metal band founded in 1995 The band’s members were Tomas "Samoth" Thormodsæter Haugen ( guitar Gorgoroth is a Black metal band from Bergen, Norway that was founded by Infernus in 1992 Satyricon is a Norwegian Black metal band formerly known as Eczema Mayhem is a Black metal band formed during 1984 in Oslo Norway. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, He is well known for his distinct guitar work and drumming in the band Emperor, as well as his formation of the death metal band Zyklon. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Emperor is a Norwegian Symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Zyklon is a Norwegian Blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Norwegian Black metal band Emperor In very early Emperor releases, he was called Samot, and with the formation of Zyklon he became known as Zamoth. Emperor is a Norwegian Symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 Zyklon is a Norwegian Blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Norwegian Black metal band Emperor Samoth is the owner of the record label Nocturnal Art Productions and has a close relationship with Candlelight Records. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Candlelight Records is an Independent record label based in Europe originally founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett though it has

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Biography

Samoth was born in June 9, 1974 in Hammerfest, Norway. is a city and municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional He is the son of Spoonful of Blues bass player Jens Haugen, who encouraged his son to play bass guitar. He grew up and lived in Tromso, Norway and still resides there to this day. ( Romsa in Northern Sami, Tromssa in Kven and Finnish) is a city and municipality in the county of Troms, Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional When Samoth was a young man, he met a fellow musician, who would later become known as Ihsahn, at a rock clinic in Bergen. Ihsahn (born 1975 as Vegard Sverre Tveitan) is a Norwegian Composer, Guitar, bass, keyboard player and Vocalist Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musical clinic is an informal meeting with a guest Musician, where a small- to medium-sized Audience questions the appearing musician's particular styles and techniques is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell The two soon became friends and started playing music together. They formed a band and moved through various names – they were called Dark Device, Xerasia, and finally Embryonic. The group eventually settled on the name Thou Shalt Suffer in 1991. Thou Shalt Suffer is a Black metal band from Norway. The group a precursor band to Emperor, features Ihsahn's trademark keyboard melodies combined with Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. They were playing an early form of black metal strongly influenced by death metal, particularly vocally.

Samoth and Ihsahn's friendship proved to be strong, however, and eventually the two took their musicianship to a new level. Partly due to the influence of Euronymous of the band Mayhem, Samoth dissolved Thou Shalt Suffer and began writing music for a new band called Emperor (in which he played drums). Øystein Aarseth ( March 22, 1968 - August 10, 1993) Born in Egersund was a guitarist for the Norwegian Black metal Mayhem is a Black metal band formed during 1984 in Oslo Norway. Ihsahn was the only member of Thou Shalt Suffer to remain, and soon bass player Mortiis and drummer Faust were recruited; Samoth moved back to his more familiar position of guitar. This article covers Mortiis the band For entries related to Mortiis go to Håvard Ellefsen. At this point, the group was playing fully developed black metal. Emperor was quick to release several demos in 1992 and 1993, which gained them recognition and popularity in the underground. Mortiis did not stay in the band, and decided to form his own, more electronic-based solo band. He was succeeded by Tchort

Around this time, Samoth, then-Emperor bassist Tchort, and members of the band Mayhem went on a spree of church arsons that struck fear in Norway during the early-mid 90s. Emperor is a Norwegian Symphonic black metal band formed in 1991 Mayhem is a Black metal band formed during 1984 in Oslo Norway. Samoth and Tchort were arrested and given jail sentences, which put Emperor in a bit of a stand-still; they would not release their second album for another three years as the rest of the band awaited Samoth's parole. Tchort would not return to the band.

After years of playing in Emperor and being featured on various black metal side projects, Samoth, in conjunction with Ihsahn, decided to dissolve Emperor in 2001 due to their differing musical tastes. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Although black metal was both Samoth and Ihsahn's biggest influence and favorite genre of music, Samoth was leaning toward a futuristic death metal sound, while Ihsahn was more influenced by gothic metal and symphonic metal. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Symphonic metal or opera metal is a term used to describe Heavy metal music that has symphonic elements that is elements that sound similar to a After Emperor's final release, Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise, composed entirely by Ihsahn, Emperor was no more. Samoth continues to play guitar with fellow drummer Trym in death metal band Zyklon. Trym Torson (born Kai Johnny Mosaker or just simply "Trym" is a Norwegian drummer currently playing with Zyklon.

Emperor regrouped in 2006 with the core trio of Ihsahn, Samoth and Trym augmented by a bassist and a keyboardist, and played a few one-night-off gigs in Europe and USA in 2006 and 2007.

Recently Samoth was involved in Norwegian-American supergroup Scum, which also featured Bård Faust, Cosmocrator of Mindgrinder, Chasey Chaos of Amen and Happy Tom from Turbonegro. This article is about the band For other uses see Scum (disambiguation Scum is a Hardcore punk / Black metal band formed in 2002 with members Turbonegro ( Turboneger in Norway is a Norwegian Punk band that combines Hard rock and punk rock into a style the band describes

He has one daughter with ex-wife Andrea M. (Nebel) Haugen. He remarried since his divorce. With his wife Erin, he also has a daughter. [1]

Samoth also did voicework for 2007's Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse episode "Dethfashion". Adult Swim, (usually stylized swim with its signature square Brackets, is an adult-oriented Television network sharing channel space with Cartoon The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Metalocalypse is an American Animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha.

Beliefs

Samoth is a practitioner of Norse Paganism, like the Scandinavian Vikings many hundreds of years ago. Norse paganism is a term used to describe the religious traditions which were common amongst the Germanic tribes living in Nordic countries prior to and A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Samoth has stated in numerous interviews that he has never been a Satanist or an Occultist but that he is Anti-Christian. For other uses of the word see Satanism (disambiguation. Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and context The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" Anti-christian sentiment is a negative Bias against Christians or the Religion of Christianity.

Samoth's Drumkit

Samoth has stated in an interview with Metal Hammer that the following kit was used by himself to record drum tracks for "Wrath of the Tyrant" and "In The Nightside Eclipse". Metal Hammer (sometimes MetalHammer) is a monthly heavy metal magazine in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Germany Wrath of the Tyrant was the demo released in 1992 by the seminal Black metal band Emperor. In the Nightside Eclipse was the first full-length album and fourth official release by Norwegian Black metal band Emperor.

Personal discography

Endorsements & Equipment

External links

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