Dimmu's bassist on vocals

[I Luv God]

I hate to start a thread about something as small as this but Id like to find more work by the bassist in Dimmu Borgir who does vocals on a few tracks..Hes awesome and I want to find more music he does.
Someone fill me in on what else he has done that I may like.
Thanks

 

[SculptedCold]

Borknagar (pre-Empiricism....though you'll no doubt like that too)

 

[Astral Poetry]

Early Arcturus I think.

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

Borknagar- Quintessence
Borknagar- The Archaic Course
Arcturus- La Masquerade Infernale (backing vocals on two songs, lead on one)
Ved Buens Ende- live session vocalist, maybe there are some bootlegs floating about. I'm too lazy to search.

 

[Till Fjalls]

Borknagar-The Archaic Course, Quintessence
Arcturus-La Masquerade Infernale (on two tracks)
Lamented Souls, though I wish you good luck finding any. I've only managed to hunt down one track (Var), but it kicks serious ass! Very dark and introspective.

Simen Hestnaes=Best vocalist ever! And wasting his talent...

 

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]

Simen Hestnaes=Best vocalist ever! And wasting his talent...

He will always live in the shadow of Kristoffer Rygg.

 

[I Luv God]

Damn,I forgot to mention I have all the Borknagar and Vintersorg albums as they are at the top of my favorite bands list.
I have Arcturus' La Masquerade Infernale album but never really got in to it,Ill listen to it more.
I'm gonna try to find some Lamented Souls and Ved Buens Ende now.
Thanks for responding

 

[I Luv God]

Ill check them out to.

 

[LuminousAether]

Borknagar with Vintersorg on vocals is the worst tripe to come out of the scene almost ever. From an awesome band to pure shit... it's very disheartening. Vintersorg truly shows what a difference a vocalist makes.

 

[FailingAcension]

Wow, LuminousAether! Your opinion is really stupid!

 

[LuminousAether]

Wow, FallingAcension! Your opinion of my opinion is one shitty opinion!

 

[iAMtheblackwizards]

Borknagar with Vintersorg on vocals is the worst tripe to come out of the scene almost ever. From an awesome band to pure shit... it's very disheartening. Vintersorg truly shows what a difference a vocalist makes.

I agree with your last sentence because i highly prefer vintersorgs voice to vortex's ESPECIALLY for borknagar. Now if it were in dimmu borgir, vintersorg would suck ass, but for borknagar, vintersorg is more than excellent. Empiricism is my favorite borknagar album by far, and there is nothing you can do to change my opinion otherwise

 

[Ravnanger]

ha ha I have to agree with LuminousAether although I don't think Borknagar is shit with Vintersorg just very very little interesting. Vortex killed and what the fuck is he doing in Dimmu anyway?

If i met the guy this is what I would've told him: "start your own fucking project!!!! It will kill anything!!!!"

 

[LuminousAether]

Simen shouldn't leave Dimmu, Shagrath should. If Simen took over lead vocals (screams and singing) for that band, they would absolutely demolish. But Shagrath holds them back, and Simen doesn't sing enough.

I don't see how anyone could say Simen sucked in Borknagar, he absolutely ruled with them. Colossus shows his vocal talents of which Vintersorg (who sounds like a drunk viking clown) has none.

 

[iAMtheblackwizards]

I don't see how anyone could say Simen sucked in Borknagar, he absolutely ruled with them. Colossus shows his vocal talents of which Vintersorg (who sounds like a drunk viking clown) has none.

I didnt say that Simen sucked in Borknagar, i said that Vintersorg is superior to him, especially for that band. To say vintersorg has no vocal talents is just ignorance, the guy doesnt cease to impress me in every band hes in. Opinion is one thing, i can accept your opinion that Simen is the better vocalist, but to say vintersorg has no vocal talents is down right ignorance, try listening to empiricism a few more times, maybe you werent paying attention to what was going on.

 

[FailingAcension]

Vintersorg = Excellent
Simen = Excellent
'Nuff said, cabron.
Borknagar w/ Vintersorg = Not shit, thats for sure

 

[LuminousAether]

Vintersorg has a horrible voice that inspires hilarity, not awe.

 

[iAMtheblackwizards]

Vintersorg has a horrible voice that inspires hilarity, not awe.

I honestly cant see what you find about his voice horrible. it just doesnt make sense, oh well, nobody is holding a gun to your head, im not going to try and change an opinion

 

[Psychonaut]

Simen is a decent enough vocalist but he sang WAY too much on Spiritual Black Dimensions and essentially ruined the album for me. That and the assload of keyboards. I like him where he is (in regards to Dimmu) because his voice is a break from Shagrath's raspings but too much of him pulls away from Dimmu's power.

 

[I Luv God]

Simen Hestnaes did kick major ass with all his Borknagar albums but I still think Empiricism is probably their best album even without Simen.
Personally,I think they are both kick-ass vocalists.
I'm still getting into the bands so I couldn't really judge as to say who has the best voice as I think they are both awesome.
I'm glad Psychonaut mentioned Spiritual Black Dimensions.I need to get it,especially if you say Simen sings way to much in it.