Biography

It was founded in 1992, when 14-year-old Stian Arnesen

Stian Arnesen

Nagash or Lex Icon is a Norwegian black metal musician. He plays guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and does vocals....

 aka "Nagash" started writing music with Glaurung and Fafnir. When Glaurung and Fafnir left the project, Nagash continued Troll as a solo project and released Trollstorm over Nidingjuv in 1995 and Drep de kristne in 1996.

Following the release of Drep de kristne, Nagash spent more time working with other bands such as Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...

 and his other band Covenant

The Kovenant

The Kovenant is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo/Hamar. The band originally formed as Covenant in 1993, but in 1999 were forced to change their name to The Kovenant due to a dispute with a Swedish electronic band of the same name....

 that he started with Blackheart. Troll was inactive until 2000. By that time Fafnir, now under the name Sinister Minister Twice, had rejoined Troll. Other members were also added, making Troll a group and no longer a solo project. With Nagash concentrating on guitar and synth, Troll released The Last Predators in 2000 and Universal in 2001.

Significant progress took place between Drep de kristne and Last Predators. Lyrical content was now mainly English, and the imagery revolved less around Satanic

Satanism

Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...

 symbols and hate for Christians. The music became less grim and more symphonic

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 over the years.

In 2007 Nagash had assembled a full line-up for Troll, and began recording a new album in January 2009. That album, Neo-Satanic Supremacy, was released in early 2010, and described by one critic as "An entertaining, if somewhat over-familiar slice of 90s-style symphonic black metal".

Discography

• Trollstorm over Nidingjuv - 1995
• Drep de kristne - 1996
• The Last Predators
  The Last Predators
  The Last Predators is the third studio album from Norwegian black metal band Troll.-Track listing:#"Bastards Last Breath" – 1:09 #"Fall of the Marbled Galaxy" – 3:07#"Seierens Stråler" – 2:55#"Mending the Instincts" – 3:50...
  
  - 2000
• Universal
  Universal (Troll album)
  Universal is the fourth studio album from Norwegian black metal band Troll.-Track listing:#"Intro: My Sulphur Lover" - 4:53#"Rex Lamictal" - 4:33#"Sannhetens Plagiat" - 3:59#"President Besters Alimony" - 3:48#"Intermission 666" - 4:25...
  
  - 2001
• Neo-Satanic Supremacy - 2010

Current line-up

• Nagash
  Nagash
  Nagash may refer to*Stian Arnesen, Norwegian musician*Nagash - a character in the fictional Warhammer Fantasy game setting*Negash, a village in northern Ethiopia, with important Muslim associations...
  
   - Vocals, All Instruments (1992–present)
• Tlaloc - Backing Vocals, Guitars (2008–present)
• Exilis - Keyboards (2008–present)
• Ygg - Drums (2007–present)

Former members

• Glaurung - Bass (1993)
• Sinister Minister Twice/Fafnir - Vocals (1993, 1998–2003)
• Blackheart - Keyboards (1998–2003)
• Hellhammer
  Jan Axel Blomberg
  Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg is a three time Spellemannprisen award-winning heavy metal drummer. He is most well known for his drumming with the band Mayhem, with which he began his career...
  
  - Drums (1998–2003)
• Sensei Ursus Major (Bjørn Boge) - Bass (1998–2003)
• Abyr - Backing Vocals, Guitars (2007-2008)
• Vold - Backing Vocals, Bass (2007–2011)
• Sturt - Bass (2011)