Back جان أكسل بلومبرغ Arabic جان اكسل بلومبرج ARZ جان اکسل بلومبرق AZB Hellhammer (musiker) Danish Jan Axel Blomberg German Jan Axel Blomberg Spanish یان اکسل بلومبرگ Persian Jan Axel Blomberg Finnish Jan Axel Blomberg French Jan Axel Blomberg Croatian
Jan Axel Blomberg | |
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 Hellhammer live at Jalometalli 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Hellhammer |
| Born | 2 August 1969 Trysil, Norway |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Formerly of | |
Jan Axel Blomberg (born 2 August 1969), better known by his stage name Hellhammer,[1] is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known as the drummer of the black metal band Mayhem, which he joined in 1988, and is the only member to appear on all of their albums. In 1987 Blomberg, alongside Steinar Sverd Johnsen and Marius Vold, formed the avant-garde black metal band Arcturus (initially under the name Mortem), which broke up in April 2007 and reunited in 2011.[2] He named himself after the Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer.[3] Praised as a talented musician,[4] Blomberg is a three-time winner of the Spellemannprisen award.[5]
- ^ Grow, Kory (9 February 2017). "Mayhem's Long, Dark Road to Reviving a Black-Metal Classic". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Announcing two Arcturus gigs". ArtisanNorway.com. 16 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ Christe, Ian (17 February 2004). Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. HarperCollins. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-380-81127-4. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ Kaplan, Jeffrey (2000). Encyclopedia of White Power:A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7425-0340-3. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Spellemannprisen award winners for 2008". Spellemann.no. Retrieved 6 October 2011.