Ares (musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ares


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ronny Hovland
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Born = birth date and age|1973|6|3
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Origin = Bergen, Norway
Instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass
Genre = Death metal, black metal
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Years_active = 1993-present
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Associated_acts = Aeternus Gorgoroth Immortal

Ares is a Norwegian metal vocalist, guitarist and bassist, and the founder of the Norwegian death metal band Aeternus.

Biography

Ares is the founder of the Norwegian dark metal/death metal band Aeternus, in which he plays guitar and does the vocals. The band was formed in 1993 as a trio, comprised of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. From 1995 to 1997, Ares was the bassist of the black metal band Gorgoroth, before Aeternus' debut album, "Beyond the Wandering Moon", was released in 1997 on Hammerheart Records. Aeternus has since toured with bands such as Emperor and Deicide, and has released an additional five full-length albums. Ares is now the only remaining original member of Aeternus. In addition to Aeternus and Gorgoroth, Ares has played in several other extreme metal bands, and has done live work for bands such as Immortal and Grimfist.

Associated bands

;Current
*Aeternus - 1993-present

;Former
*Gorgoroth - 1995-1997
*Corona Borealis
*Black Hole Generator - (guest appearance on "Black Karma" EP + live in 2007) [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68336 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BLACK HOLE GENERATOR To Support RED HARVEST In Norway - Mar. 7, 2007] ]
*Immortal - 1998 (live)
*Grimfist - (live)
*Malignant Eternal - (live)
*Chaos Predicted - [ [http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:jNCgKtdBqLUJ:www.chaospredicted.com/band.php+%22chaos+predicted%22+ares&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2 - Chaos Predicted official website band information] ]
*Dark Fortress - 2003 (guest vocalist) [ [http://www.archaic-magazine.com/showband.php?bid=1340 Archaic Magazine - Band information] ]
*Orth (1996-1997)

Discography

Aeternus

*"Walk My Path" (demo) (1994)
*"Dark Sorcery" (EP) (1995)
*"Beyond the Wandering Moon" (1997)
*"...And So the Night Became" (1998)
*"Dark Rage" (7") (1998)
*"Shadows of Old" (2000)
*"Burning the Shroud" (EP) (2001)
*"Ascension of Terror" (2001)
*"A Darker Monument" (2003)
*"Hexaeon" (2006)

Gorgoroth

*"The Last Tormentor" (live EP) (1996)
*"Under the Sign of Hell" (1997)
*"Destroyer" (1998)
*"Bergen 1996" (EP) (2007)

Black Hole Generator

*"Black Karma" (EP) (2006)

Dark Fortess

*"Profane Genocidal Creations" (2003)

Corona Borealis

*"Cantus Paganus" (2000)

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/aeternusnor Aeternus official MySpace profile]