Tjodalv
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Ian Kenneth Åkesson (born 1976), known professionally as Tjodalv, is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of the black metal bands Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on the first Dimmu Borgir albums Inn i evighetens mørke and For all tid. He then switched to drumming for them on Stormblåst and continued with this until 1999. Due to his family, he left Dimmu Borgir. He was replaced by Nick Barker, formerly of Cradle of Filth.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
Member of
- Old Man’s Child1989–1995
- Dimmu Borgir1993–1995
- Dimmu Borgir1995–1999
- Seven Sins1998–2000
- Old Man’s Child1999–2001
- Susperiasince 2000
- Gromth
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- 9
- Total plays
- 11
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Tjodalv
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Ian Kenneth Åkesson
- Musical artist.genre
- Black metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, death metal, symphonic metal, heavy metal
- Musical artist.occupation
- Musician
- Musical artist.associated_acts
- Susperia, Old Man's Child, Dimmu Borgir, Gromth
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- date of birth
- 1976-02-22
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Ian Kenneth Åkesson (born 1976), known professionally as Tjodalv, is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of the black metal bands Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on the first Dimmu Borgir albums Inn i evighetens mørke and For all tid. He then switched to drumming for them on Stormblåst and continued with this until 1999. Due to his family, he left Dimmu Borgir. He was replaced by Nick Barker, formerly of Cradle of Filth.
Shortly before leaving Dimmu Borgir, he founded the group Susperia, with whom he remains active to date.