Twin Obscenity is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 death

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

/black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band. They borrowed their name from Zhar

Zhar (Great Old One)

Zhar is a fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos. The being first appeared in the short story "The Lair of the Star-Spawn" by August Derleth and Mark Schorer.-Zhar in the mythos:...

 and Lloigor, collectively known as the Twin Obscenities, in the Cthulhu Mythos

Cthulhu Mythos

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.

Biography

Discussions about starting a band (which later became Twin Obscenity) started in 1989 with drummer Knut Næsje, who went to the same primary school as bassist Jo-Arild Tønnessen. Twin Obscenity was founded in 1991 when, in high school, singer/guitarist/keyboardist Atle Wiig met Tønnessen, who had previously been playing with Naesje. Over the next few years they recorded three demo tapes.

Twin Obscenity's debut album, Where Light Touches None, was released in the summer of ‘97 on the Norwegian label Head Not Found

Head Not Found

Head Not Found is a Norwegian record label, a sublabel of Voices Music & Entertainment, specialising in various heavy metal subgenres.-Artists:The following artists released their albums through Head Not Found:* Atrox* Carpe Tenebrum* Enslavement of Beauty...

. After the band signed to Century Media Records in the beginning of 1998 they recorded their second album, For Blood, Honor and Soil.

Tønnessen, who was born in Stavenger, graduated as a software engineer in 1997, and has worked in the field since. He is married and has two children.

Members

• Atle Wiig - vocals, guitar
• Jo Arild Tønnessen - bass.
• Knut Næsje - drums
• Steffen Simenstad - vocals (Gehenna (band)
  Gehenna (band)
  -Biography:Gehenna was formed in January, 1993 by original members Sanrabb, Dolgar, and Sir Vereda. Their first demo, entitled Black Seared Heart, was recorded between the 3rd and 7 June 1993 in Soundsuite Studios, and was released as a cassette...
  
  , ex-Forlorn)
• Tonje Ettesvold - vocals

Former members

• Alexander Twiss (1997–1998) - guitars
• Mona Undheim Skottene (1997–1998) - keyboards, vocals

Discography

• Behind the Castle Walls (Demo, 1993)
• Ruins (Demo, 1993)
• Revelations Of Glaaki (Demo, 1995)
• Where Light Touches None (Full-length, Head Not Found
  Head Not Found
  Head Not Found is a Norwegian record label, a sublabel of Voices Music & Entertainment, specialising in various heavy metal subgenres.-Artists:The following artists released their albums through Head Not Found:* Atrox* Carpe Tenebrum* Enslavement of Beauty...
  
   Records, 1997)
• For Blood, Honor and Soil (Full-length, Century Media, 1999)
• Bloodstone (Full-length, Century Media, 2001)

External links

• Twin Obscenity's entry at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Twin Obscenity @ MySpace