Håvard Jørgensen | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Håvard Jørgensen |
Also known as | Haavard Lemarchand |
Born |
Oslo, Norway |
26 September 1975
Origin | Norway |
Genres | Black metal, rock, pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Guitars, vocals |
Years active | 1992–present |
Associated acts |
Ulver Satyricon Snøhvitt |
Håvard Jørgensen, also known as Haavard, Lemarchand, is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist who has contributed in several bands and musical projects since the early 1990s, including Satyricon, Ulver, Snøhvitt and the genres span from black metal to pop-rock.
One of the initiators of the band Eczema (which later on became Satyricon) which started up in 1991. Eczema won (as the first death metal-act) the Oslo Championship of Rock in 1992 – and changed thereafter the name to Satyricon. Jørgensen participated on the first demo The Forest Is My Throne, but quit the band to join the newly founded Ulver in 1993.
Jørgensen was with Ulver from 1993 to 2000, and later as a session-guitarist.
Vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in Snøhvitt