Vegard Sverre Tveitan, known as Ihsahn, is a Norwegian musician and former frontman of Emperor who has developed a solo career blending black metal, progressive and experimental elements.

Former frontman and main composer of Emperor; solo albums reviewed on DeBaser include The Adversary, angL, After and Arktis.; Notable collaborators mentioned in reviews: Mikael Åkerfeldt (guest on "Unhealer" from angL), Jorgen Munkeby (saxophone on After), Einar Solberg (guest on Arktis.), session musicians Lars K. Norberg and Asgeir Mickelson are credited in reviews; After was mixed by Jens Bogren (mentioned in a review).

DeBaser reviews praise Ihsahn's solo work for its fusion of black, progressive and experimental metal, superb musicianship and strong guest appearances (Åkerfeldt, Munkeby, Solberg). The four reviews cover angL, After, The Adversary and Arktis and highlight both technical mastery and emotional depth.

For:Fans of progressive, black and experimental metal; listeners who appreciate virtuosic songwriting and genre fusion.

 At the moment, this is the best metal album of 2008, Ihsahn and his crew deliver a true masterpiece of music.

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 Ihsahn's songwriting is, as usual, very articulate and varied, offering changes of tempo and atmosphere, moments driven by walls of sound (8-string guitars) and moments of relative acoustic calm.

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 To perceive in the depths of the soul the torment of an ungrateful existence, the agony of the flesh that transfigures into the anguish of a chained thought, crushed by the will of the powerful, annihilated by its own diversity, its felt "adversity."

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 "Variety" seems to be the keyword for this work.

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