Galder

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Galder
Galder playing live with Dimmu Borgir in Toronto, April 2007.
Galder playing live with Dimmu Borgir in Toronto, April 2007.
Background information
Birth name Thomas Rune Andersen
Also known as Galder, Grusom
Origin Norway
Genre(s) Heavy metal, Black metal
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboards
Associated acts Old Man's Child, Dimmu Borgir

Galder is a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and vocalist whose birth name is Tom Rune Andersen. He is from the small town Jessheim, north of Oslo. He is a founding member of the melodic black metal band Old Man's Child as well as the lead guitarist in Dimmu Borgir. In 1993, under the stage name Grusom, he, Jardar and Tjodalv created Old Man's Child. On Old Man's Child albums, he has performed vocal work, guitars, bass, and keyboards, though with a full line-up his primary instruments are guitar and keyboards, as well as vocals. He joined Dimmu Borgir in 2001 but has kept Old Man's Child alive.

Galder has also worked with other Norwegian bands like Dødheimsgard. Member of Dødheimsgard Aldrahn wrote some of the lyrics for Old Man's Child demo album In the Shades of Life.

[edit] Discography

With Old Man's Child

  1. In the Shades of Life (1994)
  2. Born of the Flickering (1995)
  3. The Pagan Prosperity (1997)
  4. Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion (1998)
  5. Revelation 666 - The Curse of Damnation (2000)
  6. In Defiance of Existence (2003)
  7. Vermin (2005)

With Dimmu Borgir

  1. Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001)
  2. World Misanthropy (2002) (DVD)
  3. Death Cult Armageddon (2003)
  4. In Sorte Diaboli (2007)

With Dødheimsgard

  1. Satanic Art (1998)

[edit] Equipment

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