Stian Aarstad
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Birth name | Stian Aarstad |
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Heavy metal, Black metal, Symphonic Black Metal, Electronica |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer |
Instruments | Keyboards, piano, synthesizers |
Associated acts | Dimmu Borgir, , Old Man's Child, Vaakevandring |
Stian Aarstad is a Norwegian pianist and keyboard player best known for his four-year (1993–1997) stint with the black metal band Dimmu Borgir during which he played keyboards and synthesizers while engendering criticism and controversy for appearing onstage and performing in a top-hat-and-cape outfit reminiscent of Jack the Ripper,[1] while wearing minimal corpse makeup and not moving or showing any emotion. Upon joining Dimmu Borgir, he didn't listen to metal music, preferring only to listen to classical.[1]
Dimmu Borgir's second album Stormblåst (1996) was laced with plagiarism, Stian Aarstad stole from the Magnum track "Sacred Hour" [2] in the opening song "Alt lys er svunnet hen" ("All Light Has Faded Away") and he copied the title track of the Amiga game "Agony" [3] for the song "Sorgens kammer" ("Chamber of Sorrow"). Aarstad contributed little if any originality to this album, the band re-recorded the album in 2005 leaving these plagiarized tracks out.[4][5]
In 1998 to 1999, he produced a demo for the unblack metal band Vaakevandring, which was later re-released as a self-titled EP in 2004. In the 2000s, Aarstad had been the pianist for the band ,[1] but left his regular position during the recording of the band's third album.
As of 2005, Aarstad has been performing with the electronica/pop music act Karatkorn.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Metal Storm
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnXxJQE9Ew&ab_channel=SUKIRANSOM
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UTnUcyED0&list=RDX9UTnUcyED0&start_radio=1&ab_channel=niente3
- ^ http://www.leastworstoption.com/dimmu-borgir-stormblast/
- ^ http://www.psygnosis.org/games/agony/files/notes.txt
- 1970s births
- Living people
- Dimmu Borgir members
- Norwegian black metal musicians
- Heavy metal keyboardists
- Norwegian rock keyboardists
- Norwegian rock pianists
- Norwegian male pianists
- Old Man's Child members
- Pianist stubs
- Norwegian musician stubs
- Heavy metal music stubs
- Record producer stubs
- Heavy metal producers