King ov Hell

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King ov Hell (real name Tom Cato Visnes) is best known as the bassist for the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He joined the band in 2000 as a full time bassist and composer but announced his departure after recording their 2006 release, Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (Regain Records and Candlelight Records) which has been nominated for the Spellemann Award.

Also known as TC King playing bass in Abbath and Demonaz' 2006 project "I" along with Ice Dale (Arve Isdal of Enslaved, Audrey Horne and Bourbon Flame) and former Immortal drummer Armagedda on Between Two Worlds (Nuclear Blast).

King and former Gorgoroth drummer Kvitrafn recorded and released the "noisy black metal" side project Jotunspor Gleipnirs Smeder in 2006 for Satanas Rex and released in the US on Candlelight Records.

King also plays bass in Sahg, a "gloom and doom flavored" metal band also hailing from Bergen, Norway. Their 2006 release on Regain Records 1 was quickly followed by several festival appearances and a supporting position on Celtic Frost's 2006 North American Tour along with 1349.

As bassist for Spellemann Award winners (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy) Audrey Horne, King is billed as Tom Cato Visnes. Audrey Horne's album No Hay Banda (Tuba Records) was released in 2005 and won the Norwegian Grammy January 2006 in Oslo for "Best Metal Act". Audrey Horne plays straight-forward American sounding rock and also features guitarist Arve Isdal of Enslaved and I among its members.