Steinar Sverd Johnsen

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Name = Steinar Sverd Johnsen

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Origin = Norway
Instrument = Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano
Genre = Heavy metal, Black metal
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter
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Steinar Sverd Johnsen is a Norwegian piano/keyboard/synthesizer player and composer. Sverd last played keyboards and synthesizers in Arcturus and was also the main composer for the band. He formed the band with Jan Axel Blomberg (also known as Hellhammer) of Mayhem in 1987, originally under the moniker Mortem (where he played guitar). The band split up in April, 2007. In 1998, Sverd was recruited by the band, The Kovenant, known at the time as Covenant, along with Hellhammer. After the release of the album Nexus Polaris, Sverd and the band parted ways. Sverd has also been a guest on a few releases by prominent Norwegian black metal bands, Ulver and Satyricon.

Discography

With Mortem

* Slow Death (Demo) (1987)
* Slow Death EP (1989)

= With Arcturus =

# Promo 90 (Demo) (1990)
# My Angel LP (1991)
# Constellation MCD (1994)
# Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1995)
# Constellation LP (1997)
# La Masquerade Infernale (1997)
# Disguised Masters (1999)
# Aspera Hiems Symfonia/Constellation/My Angel re-release (2001)
# The Sham Mirrors (2002)
# Sideshow Symphonies (2005)
# Shipwrecked In Oslo (2006)

= With Covenant =

# Nexus Polaris (1998)
# Prophecies of Fire (unreleased)

As a session musician

# Satyricon - The Shadowthrone (1994) (credited as S.S.)
# Ved Buens Ende - ...Coiled in Obscurity (1995)

As a guest musician

# Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler (1995)
# Fleurety - Department of Apocalyptic Affairs - (2000)