Herbrand Larsen

Herbrand Larsen
Larsen live with Enslaved in 2016
Background information
Born	(1973-02-03) February 3, 1973 (age 52) Nesbyen, Norway
Genres	Black metal extreme metal hard rock folk pop ambient
Occupations	Record producer musician engineer record mixer teacher
Instruments	Keyboards vocals guitar bass
Years active	1999–present
Formerly of	Enslaved Audrey Horne

Herbrand Larsen (born February 3, 1973) is a Norwegian musician, record producer, mixer and engineer. He is best known for being a member of extreme metal band Enslaved from 2004 to 2016, and hard rock band Audrey Horne from 2002 to 2007. Larsen works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Immortal, Gorgoroth, Taake, Demonaz, Abbath and Gaahl, but has also collaborated with artists in the folk, ambient and pop genres, such as Wardruna, Lindy-Fay Hella, Michelle Ullestad and Hjerteslag. ^[1]

Larsen has won five Norwegian Spellemann Awards: four with Enslaved and one with Audrey Horne. ^{[2] [3]} He owns and runs Conclave & Earshot Studio in Bergen together with former-Enslaved bandmate Arve Isdal. ^{[4] [5]} In addition to producing music, Larsen also works as a teacher in music production at Noroff. ^{[6] [7]}

Career

Larsen started his musical career in the 1990s as a recording engineer and worked as an apprentice under renowned black metal producer Pytten at Grieghallen Studio. ^{[8] [9] [10]} He joined the hard rock band Audrey Horne with members of Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Sylvia Wane and Deride as a keyboardist in 2002. ^[11] Larsen was an engineer on Enslaved's studio albums Monumension and Below the Lights , released in 2001 and 2003 respectively, before joining the band as a keyboardist and clean vocalist in 2004. ^{[12] [10] [13]} He released his first album with Enslaved, Isa, that same year. ^[14]

In 2005, Audrey Horne released their debut album, No Hay Banda , and won the Spelleman Award in the Metal category. ^{[15] [16]} Larsen left Audrey Horne in 2007 to focus on Enslaved, but have since contributed keyboard parts and production to the band's later albums and appeared as a live guest. ^{[17] [18] [19]} In 2016, Larsen left Enslaved amicably after twelve years and six studio albums with the band. ^{[20] [21]} He has since focused on producing other acts in his studio Conclave & Earshot, and teaching music production at Noroff. ^{[20] [7] [5] [6]}

Personal life

Larsen has been in a relationship with journalist Øyvor Bakke since 2004. ^{[22] [23]} He is a fan of David Lynch and particularly the TV series Twin Peaks , which he considers to be "the toughest series in history." ^{[24] [25]}

Discography

With Enslaved

Studio albums

• Isa (2004)
• Ruun (2006)
• Vertebrae (2008)
• Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
• RIITIIR (2012)
• In Times (2015)

Live albums

• Roadburn Live (2017)

Studio EPs

• The Sleeping Gods (2011)
• Thorn (2011)

With Audrey Horne

Studio albums

• No Hay Banda (2005)

Studio EPs

• Confessions & Alcohol (2005)

Production and writing credits

Year	Artist	Title	Song(s)	Notes
1999	Aeternus	Shadows Of Old		Engineer, mixer
2000	Gaahlskagg	Erotic Funeral	"Lek No Lit(t) M.O.K.", "Whipper", "Moralens Hammer", "Come To My Kingdom", "Mankind - Development", "Helveteslokk - Kom Brenne"	Writer, producer, mixer
	Aeternus	Burning The Shroud		Producer, mixer
	Gorgoroth	Incipit Satan		Editor, mixer, mastering
2001	Mörk Gryning	Maelstrom Chaos		Engineer
	Enslaved	Monumension
	Aeternus	Ascension Of Terror
2002	Taake	Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik
	El Regn	Stein Igjen		Engineer (additional)
	Amok	Lava Dictatorship		Mixer
2003	Enslaved	Below The Lights		Engineer
	Gorgoroth	Twilight Of The Idols (In Conspiracy With Satan)	"Of Ice and Movement..."	Composer (outro)
			All tracks	Engineer
	Amok / Audiopain	Lava Dictatorship / Revel In Desecration		Mixer
2005	Octavia Sperati	Winter Enclosure		Recording engineer, mixer
	Manngard	Circling Buzzards		Engineer
2006	Gorgoroth	Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam		Engineer, mixer
	I	Between Two Worlds		Engineer
	Black Hole Generator	Black Karma
	Zimmerman	Till You Know What I Mean		Engineer (additional)
	Icon Eight	Thrash The Moment		Mastering
2007	Amok	Execution Compilation		Mixer
	Audrey Horne	Le Fol		Co-producer, mixer
	Syrach	Days Of Wrath		Producer, mixer
	Malsain	The Disease		Recording engineer, mixer
	Octavia Sperati	Grace Submerged	All tracks except "Don't Believe A Word"	Producer, recording engineer
			All tracks	Mixer
	Vulture Industries	The Dystopia Journals		Engineer
2008	Audrey Horne	Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince	"The Cross"	Mixer
	Gravdal	Sadist		Mixer, mastering
2009	Wardruna	Runaljod – Gap Var Ginnunga		Mixer
	Big Robot and Conrad Schnitzler	Aquafit		Mastering
2010	Ov Hell	The Underworld Regime		Engineer, mixer
	Gravdal	Torturmantra		Producer, recording engineer, mixer
	Sahg	III		Producer, engineer, mixer
	Nordagust	In The Mist Of Morning		Mastering
	Audrey Horne	Audrey Horne		Producer, recording engineer
	Byfrost	Black Earth		Producer
	Helheim	Åsgards Fall		Mastering
	The Batallion	Head Up High
2011	Taake	Kveld
	The Gathering	–	"Heroes For Ghosts"	Engineer (vocals)
	Helheim	Heiðindómr Ok Mótgangr		Mastering
	Byfrost	Of Death		Producer
	Taake	Noregs Vaapen		Mastering
	Demonaz	March Of The Norse		Producer
2012	Tortorum	Extinctionist		Mastering
	God Seed	Live At Wacken		Mixer
	The Gathering	Disclosure		Engineer
	Blodhemn	Holmengraa		Mastering
	Orkan	Crimson Canvas
	Deride	The Void
2013	Audrey Horne	Youngblood	"This Ends Here" (Demo), "The Open Sea" (Demo), "Show & Tell" (Demo)	Mixer
	Wardruna	Runaljod – Yggdrasil		Mixer (additional)
	Aeternus	...And The Seventh His Soul Detesteth		Mastering
	Bliksem	Face The Evil
	Vulture Industries	The Tower	All tracks	Mixer
			"Blood Don't Eliogabalus"	Mastering
	Fatal Fusion	The Ancient Tale
2014	Übertøs	We Do Eat Lions
	Taake	Kulde
		Stridens Hus
2015	Audrey Horne	Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers	"Drept Kjendis"	Producer, mixer
2016	El Caco	7		Recording engineer, mixer
	Sulphur	Omens Of Doom		Mastering
	Tortorum	Rotten. Dead. Forgotten.
	Lik	Kjetteri		Producer, mixer
	Fatal Fusion	Total Absence		Mastering
2017	Gravdal	Kadaverin
	Taake	Baktanker
		Kong Vinter
2018	Audrey Horne	Blackout	"Audrevolution", "The End"	Mixer
	Dewfall	Hermeticus		Producer, mastering
	Slegest	Introvert		Mixer
	RÁN	–	"Blodbylgje"	Recording engineer (vocals)
2019	Inculter	Fatal Visions		Mastering
	Lindy-Fay Hella	Seafarer		Writer, producer
2020	Audrey Horne	Waiting For The Night		Producer, mixer
	Whoredom Rife / Taake	Pakt		Mastering
2021	Taake / Helheim	Henholdsvis
	Code	Flyblown Prince
	Taake	Avvik
	Drott	Orcus		Mixer
	Helheim	WoduridaR		Mastering
2022	Båååv	Rekyyl		Mixer
	Audrey Horne	Devil's Bell
	The Gathering	Beautiful Distortion		Producer (pre-production vocals)
	Soft Ffog	Soft Ffog		Mastering
	Galdorcræft	Draugar
	Michelle Ullestad	SOL / DVLM
2023	Ljungblut	Sauda
	66Crusher	Limbo		Recording engineer (drums)
	Immortal	War Against All		Recording engineer, mixer
	Drott	Troll		Mixer, mastering
	Aeternus	Philosopher		Producer, recording engineer, mixer
	Taake	Et Hav Av Avstand		Mastering
2024	Hjerteslag	Betonglandskap		Producer
2025	Hjerteslag	Aldri Dra Herifra Vadmyra		Composer, Lyricist, Producer

Instrumental and vocal contributions

Year	Artist	Title	Song(s)	Instrument
2000	Gaahlskagg	Erotic Funeral		Electronics
	Gorgoroth	Incipit Satan	"A World To Win"	Synthesizer
2007	Audrey Horne	Le Fol		Organ, mellotron, keyboards
	Malsain	The Disease	"Intruder"	Additional keyboards
	Octavia Sperati	Grace Submerged	"Dead End Poem"	Acoustic guitar
2008	Audrey Horne	Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince	"The Cross"
	Gravdal	Sadist	"Sadist", "Lidelse"	Keyboards
2010	Ov Hell	The Underworld Regime		Keyboards, samples, effects
	Gravdal	Torturmantra	"Mishandlet", "Klastrert På Ambolt"	Mellotron
	Sahg	III		Organ, keyboards, backing vocals
	Audrey Horne	Audrey Horne		Keyboards
	Vulture Industries	The Malefactor's Bloody Register	"Race For The Gallows", "The Hangman's Hatch"	Organ
2011	Byfrost	Of Death	"Sorgh", "All Gods Are Gone"	Synthesizer, effects
2012	Ahab	The Giant	"Antarctica (The Polymorphess)", "The Giant"	Guest vocals
	God Seed	I Begin	"Hinstu Dagar"	Additional vocals
2013	Vulture Industries	The Tower		Additional keyboards, vocals
2015	Audrey Horne	Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers	"Drept Kjendis"	Backing vocals
2016	Abbath	Abbath	"Ocean of Wounds"	Keyboards, sampler
2018	Audrey Horne	Blackout	"Audrevolution", "The End"	Piano
	Slegest	Introvert	"Maler Lys I Mørketid", "Dødskyss"	Keyboards
2019	Lindy-Fay Hella	Seafarer
2020	Audrey Horne	Waiting For The Night		Keyboards, backing vocals
2022	Hjerteslag	Tyvens dagbok		Synthesizer
2023	Drott	Troll	"Nattas Blot"	Vocals
2024	Hjerteslag	Betonglandskap		Keyboards, guitars

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External links

• Herbrand Larsen discography at Discogs
• Herbrand Larsen at AllMusic