Kristoffer Rygg
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Birth name | Kristoffer Rygg |
Also known as | Garm Fiery G. Maelstrom G. Wolf Trickster G. Rex Christophorus G. Rygg God Head |
Born | September 9, 1976 Oslo, Norway |
Origin | Norway |
Occupation(s) | Musician Composer Music Producer Audio engineer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals Keyboards Programming |
Voice type(s) | Falsetto Baritone Screams |
Years active | 1992 - Present |
Label(s) | Jester Records The End Records |
Associated acts | Ulver Head Control System Arcturus Borknagar |
Kristoffer Rygg (September 9, 1976), also known as Garm, Trickster G. and recently also God Head is a Norwegian-Grammy nominated [1] vocalist, musician and producer widely known in the underground metal community for his multi-range singing styles in black metal, experimental music, ambient, electronics, film music, et cetera.
Born in Oslo, Rygg was 16 years old when he formed Ulver, which was considered one of the more experimental bands of the black metal genre as well as an instigator for related subcategories such as folk metal and avant-garde metal.
In addition, Rygg had also been a vocalist for Borknagar (1995-1997) and Arcturus (1993-2003), both of which comprise many eminent musicians from the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was also the one responsible for introducing Borknagar to the singer who replaced him, ICS Vortex, when he parted ways with the band.
Rygg possesses a wide range of vocal textures and styles, ranging from falsettos, baritone, and even black metal style rasps and shrieks. Through methods of audio mixing, he has blended his voice to create dense male choirs on albums such as the majority of the vocals on Kveldssanger. He often records multiple vocal tracks of himself when recording to create dynamic, layered vocals.
He currently runs Jester Records, an underground label specializing in off the wall music, including Ulver, which has since changed to a musical style almost impossible to classify. He has also performed as a guest for a very large list of other artists, including Gehenna, Hagalaz Runedance, Aphrodisiac, Kåre João, Magenta, The Gathering, Emperor, Merzbow, Solefald and Sunn O))) among others.
In 2005 Rygg collaborated with multidisciplinary musician/producer Daniel Cardoso (ex-SiriuS and Re:aktor among others) in a band called Head Control System. The music is described by the label as "groovy rock/metal with progressive edges, alternative feeling and a strong visual cinematic component." Their first full-length was released April 4, 2006 under the name Murder Nature through The End Records, home to such bands as Ulver, Mindless Self Indulgence, Voivod, Dissection, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Jarboe, Estradasphere and many other bands.
Most recently Rygg has also been working with concrete/jazz/improvisational project Æthenor, involving notable musicians such as Daniel O'Sullivan of Guapo, Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) and David Tibet of Current 93. In April 2008 he played five concerts with Æthenor in Europe. It was his first time on stage in over a decade.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] With Arcturus
- Constellation (1994)
- Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1995)
- La Masquerade Infernale (1997)
- Disguised Masters (1999)
- Aspera Hiems Symfonia/Constellation/My Angel (2002)
- The Sham Mirrors (2002)
[edit] With Borknagar
- Borknagar (1996)
- The Olden Domain (1997)
[edit] With Head Control System
- Murder Nature (April 4, 2006)
[edit] With Ulver
- Vargnatt (1993)
- Split 7" w/Mysticum (1994)
- Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler (1995)
- Kveldssanger (1996)
- Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden (1997)
- Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1998)
- Metamorphosis (1999)
- Perdition City (2000)
- Silence Teaches You How to Sing (2001)
- Silencing the Singing (2001)
- Lyckantropen Themes (2002)
- A Quick Fix of Melancholy (2003)
- Teachings in Silence (2003)
- Svidd Neger (Original Soundtrack) (2003)
- 1993-2003: First Decade in the Machines (2003) (Ulver remix themselves on the first track)
- Blood Inside (2005)
- Shadows of the Sun (2007)
- UNO (2005) (OST, Jester Records has not yet released their own version, but the movie corp. version is already out)
[edit] With Æthenor
- Betimes Black Cloudmasses (2008)
[edit] As guest musician/producer/etc.
- 1349 Rykkinn: Unspecified appearance on the Brown Ring of Fury album.
- Alkaline Trio: Ulver contributes with string arrangements, samples, and Rygg choirs on the album Agony and Irony.
- Aphrodisiac: Contributed with the track Children, it is I on the Nonsense Chamber album.
- Aura Noir: Handwriting on the backcover for the Dreams Like Deserts MCD. He also engineered/produced the album Deep Tracts of Hell.
- Dødheimsgard aka DHG: Mastered the Monumental Possession album, he was also involved in the mastering of the Satanic Art MCD.
- Emperor: Ulver did a remix of the track Sworn. Rygg also mastered the album Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk.
- Forlorn: Mastered the The Crystal Palace debut album.
- Fleurety: Features Rygg on Last Minute Lies off the Department of Apocalyptic Affairs album. He also engineered and co-produced said album.
- Darkthrone: Wrote the lyric Earth's Last Picture for the Total Death album.
- De Press: Features Rygg in the track Orawski Psalm of the Potargano Chałpa album.
- The Gathering: Rygg sings a duet with Anneke van Giersbergen on A Life all Mine off the Souvenirs album.
- Gehenna: Features Rygg on Vinterriket off the Seen Through The Veils of Darkness album.
- Hagalaz Runedance: Ulver did a remix of the track The Falcon Flies off the Urd: That which was MCD.
- Ihsahn: Rygg sings Homecoming off The Adversary.
- Kåre João: Rygg does backing vocals on the Sideman album.
- Magenta: Features Rygg on the two tracks Vandalistvirgin and Backstabber Nation for a demo/single. Rygg is also featured on the tracks I need my Love, Vandalistvirgin and Mermaid off the Little Girl Lost album.
- Mayhem: Produced, mixed and mastered the Wolf's Lair Abyss MCD.
- Merzbow: Ulver did a remix of Denki No Numa for the Frog: Remixed and Revisited album.
- Professor Fate: For the album Inferno, Rygg performed vocals on the track "Limbo."
- SCN: Features Rygg on Rise Above off the Inside Out album.
- Solefald: Rygg plays the role of Loki on the song Loki Trickster God from the 2006 album Black For Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2.
- Star of Ash: Features Rygg on the two tracks The Nudity of Light and In the Throws of Guilt off the Iter.Viator album. He is also featured on the song Blood, Bones and a Skull off the album The Thread.
- Sunn O))): Ulver provided production and contributions to the track CUT WOODeD on WHITEbox.
- V:28: Features Rygg on the track The Absolute off the Violution album.
- Virus: Rygg is credited with "Backyard barks" on the song Queen Of The Hi-Ace off the Carheart album.
- Zyklon: Features Rygg on the two tracks Chaos Deathcult and Transcendental War - Battle between Gods of the World ov Worms album.
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