Ares (musician)

Ares
Ares live with Aeternus in 2025 at Inferno Metal Festival, Norway
Background information
Born	Ronny Hovland (1973-06-03) 3 June 1973 (age 52) Bergen, Norway [1]
Genres	Death metal, black metal
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, Jew's harp
Years active	Since 1993

Ares live with Aeternus in 2015 at Party.San Open Air

Ronny Hovland, better known as Ares ^[2] (born 3 June 1973), is a Norwegian metal vocalist, guitarist and bassist, and the founder of the Norwegian death metal band Aeternus.

Biography

Ares is the founder of the Norwegian dark metal/death metal band Aeternus, in which he plays guitar and does the vocals. The band was formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. Ares is now the only remaining original member of Aeternus.

From 1995 to 1997, Ares was the bassist of the black metal band Gorgoroth, before Aeternus' debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, was released in 1997 on Hammerheart Records.

Aeternus has since toured with bands such as Emperor and Deicide, and has released an additional five full-length albums.

In addition to Aeternus and Gorgoroth, Ares has played in several other extreme metal bands, and has done live work for bands such as Immortal and Grimfist.

Associated bands

Current

• Aeternus – since 1993

Former

• Gorgoroth (1995–1997)
• Corona Borealis
• Black Hole Generator (guest appearance on Black Karma EP + live in 2007) ^[3]
• Immortal (1998, live)
• Grimfist (live)
• Malignant Eternal (live)
• Chaos Predicted ^[4]
• Dark Fortress (2003, guest vocalist) ^[5]
• Orth (1996–1997)
• Gravdal (2010, session live bass)

Discography

Aeternus

• Walk My Path (demo) (1994)
• Dark Sorcery (EP) (1995)
• Beyond the Wandering Moon (1997) ^[6]
• ...And So the Night Became (1998)
• Dark Rage (7") (1998)
• Shadows of Old (2000)
• Burning the Shroud (EP) (2001)
• Ascension of Terror (2001)
• A Darker Monument (2003)
• HeXaeon (2006)

Gorgoroth

• The Last Tormentor (live EP) (1996)
• Under the Sign of Hell (1997)
• Destroyer (1998)
• Bergen 1996 (EP) (2007)

Black Hole Generator

• Black Karma (EP) (2006)

Dark Fortress

• Profane Genocidal Creations (2003)

Corona Borealis

• Cantus Paganus (2000)

References

1. chaospredicted.com
2. librariusmetallicus.com
3. BLABBERMOUTH.NET – BLACK HOLE GENERATOR To Support RED HARVEST In Norway – Mar. 7, 2007
4. – Chaos Predicted official website band information
5. Archaic Magazine – Band information
6. Fisher, Murrday (25 May 1999). "Review: Beyond the Wandering Moon – Aeternus". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

External links

• Aeternus official MySpace profile