Ihsahn

From a strictly musical perspective, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ihsahn is among the most influential and celebrated people in European black metal history. He textures his metallic and progressive tendencies with ambient, industrial, techno, classical, and found sounds. His style has evolved toward prog metal since his early days with pioneers Emperor. In that band, he helped to construct a massively aggressive and threatening musical attack, complete with blistering tremolo picking, angular symphonic keyboards, and blastbeat drums that influenced ...