Ihsahn (born 1975), born Vegard Sverre Tveitan, is a Norwegian guitar, bass and keyboard player and vocalist. He is best known for his work with Norwegian black metal band
Emperor. He played in
Peccatum with his wife Ihriel (real name Heidi S. Tveitan) until 2006 and has appeared in
Thou Shalt Suffer,
Zyklon-B and
Hardingrock, and now devotes himself to his solo project,
Ihsahn. In very early releases he went by the name Ygg. Born in the town of Notodden, Norway, Tveitan began playing piano at seven and guitar at ten and began recording songs shortly thereafter. His influences range…
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