Windward - Musik

Line-Up ICS Vortex – Vocals Borknagar Arcturus Ex Dimmu Borgir Asgeir Mickelson – Drums Sarke Spiral Architect Ex Borknagar Ex Testament Terje “Cyrus” Andersen – Guitar Susperia Dimmu Borgir Sarke Ex Satyricon Jens F. Ryland – Guitar Borknagar Steinar “Azarak” Gundersen – Bass Spiral Architect Satyricon Sarke Simen Hestnæs Born March 4 1974 In Oslo Norway Also Known As I.C.S. Vortex Or Just Simply Vortex Was The Vocalist Of The Avant-Garde Metal Band Arcturus Is The Current Vocalist And Bassist To The Progressive Black Metal Band Borknagar And The Former Bass Player And Backup Singer For The Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal Band Dimmu Borgir.
Contents Hide 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 With Lamented Souls 2.2 With Ved Buens Ende 2.3 With Borknagar 2.4 With Dimmu Borgir 2.5 With Arcturus 2.6 With Dagoba Guest 2.7 Solo 3 Notes 4 External Links Edit Biography His Longest Running Band Is The Doom Metal Band Lamented Souls Which Began In 1991 And For Which He Plays Guitar And Bass And Handles The Vocal Duties. He Actually Started Out As Their Drummer But Switched Places With Ole Jørgen Moe When They Became Aware Of His Singing Abilities . His Moniker Was A Bit Of A Joke To Poke Fun At One Of Garm's Aliases Fiery G. Maelstrom "Icy S. Vortex" With The First Words Being Opposite Elements The Middle Initial Being The First Letters Of Their Common Names And The Last Word Being A Powerful Circular Current Of Water. Citation Needed In 1995 He Was On Tour With The Avant-Garde Metal Band Ved Buens Ende And Performed The Supporting Vocals. Songs From That Tour Were Later Released On ...Coiled In Obscurity Bootleg Album. In 1997 Hestnæs Made A Guest Appearance On The Arcturus Album La Masquerade Infernale. He Sang On Three Songs "Master Of Disguise" "The Chaos Path" In Which He Handled All Lead Vocals Wrote The Lyrics And Co-Composed This Song And "Painting My Horror". In 1997 The Folk/progressive/black Metal Band Borknagar Was In Need Of A Vocalist After The Departure Of Original Vocalist Garm. Garm Introduced The Band To Hestnæs Who Became Their Vocalist From 1997-2000. He Took Over Bass Duties As Well Recording Bass For Their Fourth Full-Length Quintessence After Bassist Kai K. Lie Left The Band. In August 2000 Hestnæs Left Borknagar To Fully Concentrate On Dimmu Borgir. According To An Interview Borknagar Was Set To Tour Europe With Mayhem About The Same Time He Would Be In The Studio To Record With Dimmu Borgir. Borknagar Guitarist And Frontman Øystein G. Brun Gave Hestnæs An Ultimatum Tour With Borknagar Or Quit And Deal With Dimmu Borgir. He Opted For The Latter Stating That He Thought Dimmu Borgir Would Become A More Successful Band In The Long Term. Brun Would Later State That The Decision Was "business" And That He "had Nothing Against Dimmu Borgir" And He Wished Hestnæs The Best Hestnæs Then Stated That Had He Not Gotten The Ultimatum He Would Still Be In Borknagar To This Day. Hestnæs First Contributed On The Recording Of Spiritual Black Dimensions By Adding A New Vocal Element His Own "clean" And "operatic" Singing Which Added A New Element To Dimmu Borgir As A Band. Hestnæs Stepped In As Session Bassist When Nagash Left The Band To Fully Concentrate On The Kovenant He Was Until Late August 2009 The Permanent Replacement On Bass And A Full Member Of Dimmu Borgir. In 2005 Hestnæs Became Arcturus' New Singer Following The Departure Of Both Garm In 2003 And Spiral Architect's Øyvind Hægeland In 2005. Hægeland Departed From The Band Due To The Distance He Lived From The Other Band Members And Simen Took Over As Lead Vocalist For The Band Making It The Second Band In Which Simen Would Be The Successor To Garm As Vocalist. In September 2005 The Band Released Their Fourth Full-Length Album And First Full-Length Without Garm On Vocals Sideshow Symphonies Which Was Met With Varying Acclaim. In 2005 Hestnæs Was Voted One Of The Top Ten Vocalists In Terrorizer Magazine And Arcturus Was Voted Among The Ten Best Live Acts Of 2005. Sideshow Symphonies Was Also Ranked Among The Top Ten Albums Of The Year In The Magazine. In 2007 At A Concert In Melbourne Australia Simen Stated That The Concert Would Be Arcturus' Last Show. On April 17 The Band Officially Announced They Had Disbanded. 2 Most Recently Simen Lent His Voice To The Animated Television Program Metalocalypse In The Episode "Dethdoubles" As Well As "Dethcarraldo." According To A Myspace Post In Late August Of 2009 By Mustis The Keyboard Player Of Dimmu Borgir Both He And Vortex Have Been Fired From The Band. 3 Vortex Later Stated He Will Remember The Days Before The Greed And Music Industry Took Over Dimmu Borgir. He Also Stated He Has An Interest In Reviving "a Band Or Three." 4 He Is Currently Scheduled To Meet With Lamented Souls In Mid-September About A New Album. 5 In 2010 It Was Announced Simen Would Be Returning To Borknagar As A Live Member On Bass/vocals. Furthermore Arcturus Would Be Resurrected To Headline The ProgPower USA Festival In 2011. 6 He Is Married To Lise Myhre A Norwegian Artist And Creator Of The Comic "Nemi" And They Have A Son Storm Born 2007. He Is 6'7" In Height. Simen Is Going To Release His First Solo Album In 2011 Entitled Storm Seeker. The Album Will Feature Asgeir Mickelson On Drums Ex-Borknagar And Some Guitar Solos By Terje "Cyrus" Andersen. The Live Band Will Include Borknagar Guitarist Jens F. Ryland And Steinar Gundersen From Spiral Architect On Bass. After Several Months Of Rumours Of ICS Vortex's Involvement With Borknagar It Was Announced That He Was To Rejoin Borknagar Full-Time As A Cooperative Vocalist With Vintersorg As Well As Being The Band's Bassplayer. 7 With Lamented Souls Self-Released Demo 1995 Essence Of Wounds - Duplicate Records 2003 The Origins Of Misery - Duplicate Records 2004 Echelons Of Decay Tentative Title - Duplicate Records 2011 8 Edit With Ved Buens Ende ...Coiled In Obscurity Bootleg - Benighted Mirror Records 2002 Edit With Borknagar The Archaic Course - Century Media Records 1998 Quintessence - Century Media Records 2000 Universal - Indie Recordings 2010 TBA 2012 Edit With Dimmu Borgir Spiritual Black Dimensions - Nuclear Blast 1999 Reissued In 2004 Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - Nuclear Blast 2001 Alive In Torment EP - Nuclear Blast 2001 World Misanthropy Live EP - Nuclear Blast 2002 World Misanthropy DVD/VHS - Nuclear Blast 2002 Death Cult Armageddon Promo EP - Nuclear Blast 2003 Death Cult Armageddon - Nuclear Blast 2003 Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse DVD - Nuclear Blast 2003 Vredesbyrd Single - Nuclear Blast 2004 In Sorte Diaboli - Nuclear Blast 2007 Edit With Arcturus La Masquerade Infernale - Misanthropy/Music For Nations 1997 Sideshow Symphonies - Season Of Mist 2005 Shipwrecked In Oslo DVD - Season Of Mist 2006 Edit With Dagoba Guest What Hell Is About - Season Of Mist 2006 Edit Solo Storm Seeker - Century Media Records 2011 read less