Infernus (musician)
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| Birth name | Roger Tiegs |
| Born | June 18, 1972 |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genre(s) | Black metal |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Bass Guitar |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Associated acts | Gorgoroth Borknagar Orcustus Desekrator Norwegian Evil |
| Website | www.gorgoroth.info |
Roger Tiegs (born on June 18, 1972 in Bergen, Norway), better known by his stage name, Infernus, is a black metal musician. He is the sole founding member and original ideologist of the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He has also played in other black metal bands such as Borknagar and Orcustus (which contains ex-Gorgoroth member Tormentor). He is mainly a guitarist, but has also played both bass and drums for both Gorgoroth and some of his side projects, as well as doing vocals. For the bulk of Gorgoroth's existence he has been the primary song-writer, and much of his compositional skills, though rooted deep in black metal, hearken a very classical feel (many songs off the albums Antichrist and Under the Sign of Hell showcase these musical traits).
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[edit] Allegations of rape and subsequent conviction
In February 2005, Tiegs was accused of raping a drunk woman after having attended a nightclub. She claimed she was held hostage and abused for more than an hour before she escaped. Tiegs was found not guilty of the rape but was found guilty of 'gross negligent rape' for complicity in the rape actually committed by an associate. He was released on parole from prison on March 6th, 2007. [1]
[edit] Gorgoroth dispute
[edit] Beliefs
Unlike Gorgoroth's vocalist Gaahl - a practitioner of old Norse shamanism, Infernus is a bona fide Satanist and as a founding member of Gorgoroth, built the band on his philosophy and religion (although Gaahl - who uses Satanism as an anti-Right Hand Path medium - wrote most of the lyrics), proclaiming himself as 'Satan's Minister on Earth'.[2] A practitioner of Theistic Satanism, he has expressed opposition to the Church of Satan on the basis of commercial frivolity, much like Glen Benton of Deicide and Euronymous of Mayhem.[3]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Gorgoroth
- A Sorcery Written in Blood (1993)
- Promo '94 (1994)
- Pentagram (1994)
- Antichrist (1996)
- The Last Tormentor (1996)
- Under the Sign of Hell (1997)
- Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone (Tribute album to Darkthrone) (Song: "Slottet i det fjerne") (1998)
- Destroyer (1998)
- Incipit Satan (2000)
- Originators of the Northern Darkness - A Tribute to Mayhem (Tribute album to Mayhem) (Song: "Life Eternal") (2001)
- Twilight of the Idols (2003)
- Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (2006)
- Bergen 1996 (2007)
- True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen (2008)
- Black Mass Krakow 2004 (DVD) (2008)
- Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt (TBA)
[edit] Borknagar
- Borknagar (1995)
[edit] Desekrator
- Metal for Demons (1998)
[edit] Orcustus
- Demo 2002 (2002)
- World Dirtnap 7" (2003)
- Wrathrash 7" (2005)
[edit] Norwegian Evil
[edit] References
- ^ {{cite web |url = http://gorgoroth.org/frameset.html))
- ^ Bio/Manifesto. Gorgoroth official website. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. “Gorgoroth was founded by Infernus in 1992 as a strategy to perpetrate sonic and spiritual violence upon the world in order to bring forth change in peoples perception of being therein. Thus, through metal music, Satans minister on earth summoned an avatara of the forces of darkness and did let it manifestate through a variety of attempts on creating what was perceived as ultimate black metal taking form on stage as well as in a variety of studio recordings. [...] With the devoted presence of the new full time members Gaahl and King, as well as a not a day too early achieved social and mental fundament for future work, a deal was inked with the german label Nuclear Blast and the band to a bigger extent adopted the position as a live performance act taking upon them several tours worldwide bringing its sinister presence and the word of Satan to new territories...”
- ^ Interview with Newsweek Poland, 2006. Gorgoroth official website. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. “No, Church of Satan is not for me. They had their thing in the late 60's and 70's rebelling and making it more or less accepted what they were up to, practising some easy to identify with and to defend kind of Satanism openly, bringing it into popular culture transcending music and film industry. What appears to me is that they have a lot of fun and circus going on, and thats good for them. Nevertheless, as a Christian have, I also have a concept of a God, and to me Satanism is not only about some 3 rd force psychological development approach, nor some more spicy humanist attempt to get to grips with things.”
- ^ von.htm
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