Herbrand Larsen | |
---|---|
Background information | |
Born | Nesbyen, Norway | February 3, 1973
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instrument(s) |
|
Years active | 1999–present |
Formerly of |
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]
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 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]
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]
Studio albums
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 | |||
Taake | 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 | |||
Taake | 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 | ||
Taake | Et Hav Av Avstand | Mastering | ||
2024 | Hjerteslag | Betonglandskap | Producer |
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 |
Enslaved is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson in Haugesund in 1991. They are currently based in Bergen. The band's lineup has changed many times over the years, and Bjørnson and Kjellson have been the sole constant members. The current lineup also includes lead guitarist Arve Isdal, keyboardist/singer Håkon Vinje, and drummer Iver Sandøy.
Audrey Horne is a hard rock band from Bergen, Norway. Formed in 2002, the band took its name from Sherilyn Fenn's character in the TV series Twin Peaks. The band's musical style is a mixture of heavy and melodic classic rock, inspired by Iron Maiden, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. As of 2022, Audrey Horne has released seven studio albums, one live album and one EP.
Vikingligr Veldi is the debut studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released in 1994, through Deathlike Silence Productions, the record label run by Euronymous, who was murdered before the album's release. The album is dedicated to him.
Monumension is the sixth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 19 November 2001, through Osmose Productions. It is Enslaved's first album to feature lyrics sung entirely in English, although some versions of the album include the Old Norse track "Sigmundskvadet" as a bonus.
Below the Lights is the seventh studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 5 May 2003. Beyond it being their last full-length for production company Osmose, a few lineup changes would take place. This would be the last album Enslaved recorded with Dirge Rep on drums, and the first album featuring Arve Isdal as lead guitarist. They would also enlist a full-time keyboardist in Herbrand Larsen, bringing the band personnel from four to five.
Isa is the eighth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 20 October 2004 in Norway and 8 November 2004 in Europe by Tabu Recordings and on 7 February 2005 in the US by Candlelight Records. Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements.
Ruun is the ninth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 2 May 2006 in the US, 8 May 2006 in Norway and 22 May 2006 in Europe. It was given Norway's 2006 Spellemann award for best achievement in the "metal" genre.
Eirik Hundvin, also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer, musician and recording engineer. He is widely known for producing and collaborating with influential acts in the Norwegian black metal scene, including Mayhem, Burzum, Immortal, Emperor, Satyricon, Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Borknagar and Taake. Hundvin worked out of Grighallen Lydstudio at the Grieg Hall in Bergen from 1989 to 2013, when it was closed. He has been a member of Tornerose and Blind Date as a bassist. Hundvin is the father of handball player and media personality Mia Hundvin.
Winter Enclosure, the debut album by Norwegian gothic metal band Octavia Sperati was released on 14 June 2005 on the Candlelight Records label.
Kjetil Tvedte Grutle, better known as Grutle Kjellson, is the bassist and vocalist of the Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. Kjellson and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson are the founding and only constant members of the band, as well as the main songwriters. He has released sixteen studio albums with Enslaved and won five Norwegian Spellemann Awards with the band.
Tom Cato Visnes, better known as King ov Hell or simply King, is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the former bassist of black metal band Gorgoroth, and as a member of Audrey Horne, Sahg, I, Ov Hell, God Seed, Abbath, Jotunspor and Temple of the Black Moon.
Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson, is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is a founding member and the main songwriter of the extreme metal band Enslaved, and has previously been a member of the metal band Borknagar and collaborated with Einar Selvik on several albums. Bjørnson has released sixteen studio albums with Enslaved and won five Norwegian Spellemann Awards with the band.
Grace Submerged, the second and final album by Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati, was released in May 2007 via Candlelight Records.
Arve Isdal, also known as Ice Dale, is a Norwegian musician and producer, best known as lead guitarist for the extreme metal band Enslaved and the hard rock band Audrey Horne. He owns and runs Conclave & Earshot Studio in Bergen together with former-Enslaved band member Herbrand Larsen. In addition to working as a musician and producer, Isdal also teaches music production at Noroff.
Axioma Ethica Odini is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on September 27, 2010, via Indie Recordings in Europe and on September 28, 2010, via Nuclear Blast in North America. The cover artwork was created by Norwegian painter Truls Espedal who has created all of the band's artwork since 2001's Monumension. The album received very positive reviews from music critics, and sold around 1,400 copies in the United States its first week of release, landing at position no. 16 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart.
RIITIIR, occasionally typeset as "RIITIIЯ," is the twelfth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on September 28, 2012 in Europe and on October 9, 2012 in North America. The name RIITIIR is Ivar Bjørnson's "Norse-ified" take on the words "Rites/Rituals", or "The Rites of Man", and rituals form the central concept of the album. The album received positive reviews from music critics, and sold around 2,300 copies in its first week of release in the United States, which made it their highest debuting album to date in terms of sales.
In Times is the thirteenth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 6 March 2015 in Europe, 9 March 2015 in the UK and 10 March 2015 in the US by Nuclear Blast. As the title suggests, the album's central theme is that of time, considered philosophically, historically, and mythologically. The album sold about 2,950 copies in its first week of release in the United States, making In Times their highest sales debut to date. The album charted in some territories in its first week of release, including Norway and Finland. It is also the band's last album with keyboardist/vocalist Herbrand Larsen, who departed the following year.
Thomas Odd Tofthagen is a Norwegian guitarist, best known for his work in rock bands Audrey Horne and Sahg. He is one of the main songwriters in Audrey Horne and has released seven studio albums with the band, in addition to winning a Norwegian Spellemann Award. Apart from his work in music, Tofthagen works full-time as an architect.
E is the fourteenth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on October 13, 2017 by Nuclear Blast.
Kong Vinter is the seventh full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Taake. It was released on 24 November 2017.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)This article needs additional or more specific categories .(November 2023) |