Ásmegin is a Norwegian

Norway

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 folk

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

/viking metal

Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 band formed in 1998. The name comes from Old Norse and means "by the might of the gods". Ásmegin's lyrics are written in Norwegian

Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 as well as some in Old Norse and older Norwegian. Some of the tracks on Hin vordende Sod og Sø are modeled after the Norwegian play Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...

 by Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

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Their new studio album, Arv, was released in November 2008.

Current line-up

• Erik Rasmussen - harsh vocals, drums (2003—present)
• Lars Fredrik Frøislie
  Lars Fredrik Frøislie
  Lars Fredrik Frøislie is a Norwegian musician. His main instruments are keyboards and drums. He has also done some producing and runs Termo Records together with Jacob Holm-Lupo...
  
   - keyboards, piano, mellotron (2003—present)
• Marius Olaussen - guitars, bass, mandolin, accordion, mellotron, piano (1998—present)
• Raymond Håkenrud - guitars, bass, vocals, piano (2001—present)
• Tomas Torgersbråten - bass (1998—present) (is not playing on "Arv")

Former members

• Bjørn Olav Holter - vocals (2001—2003)
• Skule Jarl (Nordalv) - drums (1998—2001)
• Iving Mundilfarne - flute, guitars (1998—1999)
• Auðrvinr Sigurdsson - guitars, vocals (1998—2001)
• Anders Torp - drums (1999)
• Tommy Brandt - drums (2001—2007)
• Ingvild Johannesen (Sareeta) - vocals & fiddle (2003—2007)
• Lars Nedland
  Lars Nedland
  Lars Are Nedland , known also as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer and keyboardist for acclaimed avant-garde black metal band Solefald. He is also keyboardist for the progressive black metal act Borknagar...
  
   - clean vocals

Naar Rimkalkene Heves

Naar Rimkalkene Heves is a demo released on September 1, 1999 by Valgalder Records.
Track listing

1. "Valgalder" – 4:54
2. "Alvesang Fager" – 4:12
3. "Over Havet" – 3:45
4. "Vargdans" – 4:18

Personnel

• Auðrvinr Sigurdsson – lead vocals
• Marius Olaussen – lead and rhythm guitars, synth, vocals
• Tomas Torgersbråten – bass, backing vocals
• Martin Kneppen – drums, backing vocals
• Anders Torp – drums

See also

• Solefald
  Solefald
  Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's...
  
   - Another Lars Nedland project, Sareeta also played Violin their albums, Red For Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 1 and Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2.
• Ram-Zet
  Ram-Zet
  Ram-Zet is an extreme metal/avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1998. It began as a one-man project by singer and guitarist Zet, which later evolved into a full-grown band with the arrival of Küth and Solem , leading to the release of Ram-Zet's debut album Pure Therapy in September...
  
  - An avant-garde metal band where Sareeta plays violin

External links

• Ásmegin at Napalm Records
  Napalm Records
  Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....