Gaahls Wyrd is a Norwegian black metal band based in Norway, formed by the former Gorgoroth and God Seed vocalist Gaahl.[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Band members 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links History

In September 2015 (one month after God Seed's final show), Gaahl announced his new band, Gaahls Wyrd, who played their first live show at the Blekkmetal Festival in Norway on November 13, 2015.[1]

In regards to forming the new band, Gaahl stated:

"I'm very pleased with what me and Tom have done together. We've created a lot of good songs, but I think the difference between us is probably the reason why I've started this new band. I've made a lot of my favourite songs that I've created in God Seed and I've brought with me one of these characters from that band." [1]

Since their formation Gaahls Wyrd has been consistently touring; their repertoire consists of selected songs from Gaahl's past projects, including tracks from Incipit Satan, Twilight of the Idols, and Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam by Gorgoroth, God Seed's debut album, and assorted tracks by Trelldom. They have also had a variety of guest performers on their shows.

In 2016 they released footage of their debut performance.[2]

In 2017 drummer Baard Kolstad left the band and was replaced by Kevin Kvåle aka "Spektre". Guitarrist Stian "Sir" Kårstad also left the following year and was replaced by Ole Hartvigsen of Kampfar for live performances. Both members quit the band for undisclosed reasons.

On December 1st 2017 the band indepentdently released a 12" hand-numbered EP titled Bergen Nov '15 and included six live tracks that were performed and recorded during their live debut in 2015; it featured Kvitrafn on vocals and playing the Hurdy Gurdy as a guest for the first track. It was exclusively sold on the Vardøger European Tour 2017 with Auðn and The Great Old Ones and was limited to 1000 copies. In May 4th, 2018 it was reissued and made widely available in CD format through Season of Mist. In September that same year the band also announced their signing to Season of Mist to release their debut album.[3][4]

The band announced a two month long European tour with Swedish band Tribulation and American bands Uada and Idle Hands called "Northern Ghosts Tour" that started on February 21, 2019 and ended on March 10th.[5][6]

The band's promotional single "Ghosts Invited" was released online on February 7th and revealed that the name of their debut album will be GastiR - Ghosts Invited and is going to be released on May 31, 2019; the album was recorded throughout 2018 at Solslottet Studios in Norway with Iver Sandøy of Enslaved, though most of the music was written and demoed by Lust Kilman and Eld as early as 2016.[7][8][9][10][11] The second promotional single "From the Spear" was released on March 13th.[12] In April 16th the band released their first music video for the song "Carving the Voices" which was directed, shot and edited by Troll Toftenes.[13][14]

Band members Current members Gaahl (Kristian Espedal) – vocals (2015–present) Lust Kilman (Ole Walaunet) – guitar (2015–present) Eld (Frode Kilvik) – bass (2015–present) Spektre (Kevin Kvåle) – drums (2017–present) Former members Baard Kolstad – drums (2015–2017) Sir (Stian Kårstad) – guitar (2015–2018) Live members Ole Hartvigsen – guitars (2018–present) Discography Bergen Nov '15 (2017) GastiR - Ghosts Invited (2019) References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gaahls Wyrd.