Arve Isdal facts for kids

Arve Isdal (born on August 28, 1977, in Bergen, Norway), also known as Ice Dale, is a Norwegian musician and producer. He is famous as the lead guitarist for the metal band Enslaved and the hard rock band Audrey Horne. Arve also owns a music studio in Bergen called Conclave & Earshot Studio. He even teaches music production at Noroff.

Arve Isdal has released many albums with his bands. He has helped create ten studio albums with Enslaved and seven with Audrey Horne. He has also won six Spellemann Awards, which are like the Norwegian Grammy Awards. Five of these awards were with Enslaved, and one was with Audrey Horne.

Arve Isdal's Music Journey

Arve Isdal first loved hard rock bands like Kiss, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. He also enjoyed progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd and King Crimson. Later, he discovered heavy metal music.

Early Bands and Enslaved

In the mid-1990s, Arve joined his first band, Malignant Eternal. He played on their album Alarm in 1999. In 2002, he became a member of Enslaved. Since then, he has played on ten of their studio albums, starting with Below the Lights in 2003.

That same year, 2002, Arve also joined the hard rock band Audrey Horne. He has released seven albums with them. From 2002 to 2003, he even toured with Paul Di'Anno, who used to be the singer for Iron Maiden.

Other Music Projects

In 2006, Arve Isdal was part of a special black metal group called I. This group included famous musicians like Abbath from Immortal and King from Gorgoroth. They released one album called Between Two Worlds. They also played one live show at the Hole in the Sky Festival.

In 2007, Arve released an album with his glam metal band Bourbon Flame. He also formed a side project called Trinacria with other musicians and released the album Travel Now Journey Infinitely in 2008. That year, he played live with the band Gorgoroth for their summer tour.

In 2009, Arve and other members of Enslaved lent their voices to an episode of the cartoon show Metalocalypse. In 2010, Arve played guitar on the Ov Hell album The Underworld Regime. The next year, he played guitar and bass on Demonaz's solo album March of the Norse.

In the early 2010s, Arve recorded an album with a supergroup called Temple Of The Black Moon. This group had famous musicians from bands like Cradle of Filth, Anthrax, Volbeat, Dimmu Borgir, The Cult, and White Zombie. In 2012, a live album of Gorgoroth's 2008 performance was released under the name God Seed. In 2021, Arve played acoustic guitar on a song called "Hardanger" by Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik. In late 2022, he toured as a bassist with Abbath's band. He also produced and played bass on Immortal's 2023 album War Against All.

Arve Isdal's Albums

Isdal (left) with Thomas Tofthagen of Audrey Horne in 2013.

Arve Isdal has been part of many albums throughout his career. Here are some of the main ones:

With Enslaved

Studio Albums

• Below the Lights (2003)
• Isa (2004)
• Ruun (2006)
• Vertebrae (2008)
• Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
• RIITIIR (2012)
• In Times (2015)
• E (2017)
• Utgard (2020)
• Heimdal (2023)

Live and Compilation Albums

• Roadburn Live (2017)
• The Sleeping Gods – Thorn (2016)

EPs (Extended Plays)

• The Sleeping Gods (2011)
• Thorn (2011)

With Audrey Horne

Studio Albums

• No Hay Banda (2005)
• Le Fol (2007)
• Audrey Horne (2010)
• Youngblood (2013)
• Pure Heavy (2014)
• Blackout (2018)
• Devil's Bell (2022)

Live Albums

• Waiting for the Night (2020)

EPs

• Confessions & Alcohol (2005)

Other Bands

• I: Between Two Worlds (2006)
• Malignant Eternal: Alarm (1999)
• Bourbon Flame: Bourbon Flame (2007)
• Trinacria: Travel Now Journey Infinitely (2008)
• Drott:
  • Orcus (2021)
  • Troll (2023)
  • Drott (EP, 2021)
• Hjerteslag: Tyvens Dagbok (2022)

See also

In Spanish: Arve Isdal para niños

• List of Norwegian musicians
• List of heavy metal musicians
• Music of Norway