Ihsahn

Ihsahn performing at Party.San Metal Open Air 2018

Vegard Sverre Tveitan (born 10 October 1975), better known by his stage name Ihsahn (/ˈiʃɑːn/ ee-SHAHN), is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor. Tveitan is also a founding member of Thou Shalt Suffer, where he played guitar and keyboard in addition to vocal duties, and Peccatum, a project in collaboration with his wife and fellow musician Heidi Solberg Tveitan, also known as Starofash. Since 2006, Tveitan has primarily devoted himself to solo albums and occasional guest appearances. Beyond the characteristics typically associated with metal music, Tveitan's musical style also includes classical, industrial, and progressive elements. He is a progenitor of the symphonic black metal genre.

Song lyrics

A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1991)

• As the darkness creeps over the Northern mountains of Norway and the silence reach the woods
  I awake and rise.
  • "Into The Infinity Of Thoughts," as quoted by Nick Ruskell of Kerrang! (December 3, 2020) [1]

Arktis (2016)

• Finger on the trigger
  Back against the wall [...]
  So, you thought you could escape without a fight
  That we would lose the scent of your despair
  • "Disassembled," as quoted by Jordan Blum of Loudwire (May 6, 2024) [2]