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ICS Vortex
- Real/full name:
- Simen Hestnæs
- Age:
- 50 (born Mar 4th, 1974)
- Place of birth:
- Norway (Oslo)
- Gender:
- Male
Arcturus
Vocals (2005-2007, 2011-present)
| 2005 | Sideshow Symphonies | Vocals, Lyrics (as "Simen Hestnæs") |
| 2006 | Shipwrecked in Oslo (Video) | Vocals (as "Simen "Vortex" Hestnæs") |
| 2014 | Shipwrecked in Oslo (Live album) | Vocals (as "Simen "Vortex" Hestnæs") |
| 2015 | Arcturian | Lyrics (tracks 1-7, 9, 10), Effects (fills) (track 4), Keyboards (track 4), Songwriting (track 4), Vocals (backing) (track 8), Piano (track 4), Vocals (lead) |
Artisan
Bass, Vocals
Borknagar
Vocals (1997-2000), Bass (1998-2000, 2010-present), Vocals (clean, choirs) (2010-present), Vocals (harsh) (2019-present)
| 1998 | The Archaic Course | Effects (track 6), Vocals, Keyboards (as "I.C.S. Vortex") |
| 2000 | Shattering the Barriers (Split) | Vocals (clean, choirs), Vocals, Vocals (harsh), Bass, Songwriting |
| 2000 | Quintessence | Vocals, Bass, Songwriting (track 4) (as "I.C.S. Vortex") |
| 2008 | For the Elements (1996-2006) (Compilation) | Bass (tracks 7-8), Keyboards (track 6), Vocals (tracks 4-8) |
| 2012 | Urd | Songwriting (track 7), Bass, Vocals (clean, choirs), Lyrics (tracks 2, 7) |
| 2016 | Winter Thrice | Vocals (clean, choirs) |
| 2019 | Up North (Single) | Vocals (lead), Songwriting, Lyrics, Bass |
| 2019 | True North | Bass, Vocals (harsh, clean, choirs), Vocals (lead) (track 2) |
| 2024 | Fall | Bass, Vocals (harsh, clean, choirs) |
God of Atheists
Vocals
ICS Vortex
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (2011-?)
| 2011 | Storm Seeker | Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Mouth harp (track 3) |
Lamented Souls
As Simen Hestnæs:
Drums
(1991-1993), Bass
(1993-1996), Vocals (lead), Guitars
(1994-present), Flute
(1996)
| 1992 | Soulstorm (Demo) | Drums |
| 1995 | Demo '95 (Demo) | Flute, Guitars, Bass, Vocals (lead) |
| 2003 | Essence of Wounds (Single) | Vocals, Guitars |
| 2004 | The Origins of Misery (Compilation) | Vocals, Guitars (tracks 1-13), Bass (tracks 8-13), Drums (track 14), Flute (tracks 12, 13), E-bow (tracks 1-7), Effects (tracks 1-7) |
Dimmu Borgir
Bass, Vocals (clean) (1999-2009)
| 2001 | Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia | Lyrics (track 10), Bass, Vocals (clean) (tracks 3, 4, 8, 10 and "Burn In Hell") (as "Vortex") |
| 2003 | Death Cult Armageddon | Bass, Vocals (clean) (tracks 2, 7), Songwriting (tracks 7, 11) |
| 2007 | In Sorte Diaboli | Bass, Vocals (clean) (tracks 1, 4, 8) (as "I.C.S.Vortex") |
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Penthouse Petz
As Simen Hestnæs:
Drums
Ved Buens Ende
Vocals (1995)
Arcturus
As Simen Hestnæs:
| 1997 | La masquerade infernale | Vocals (lead) (track 3), Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 7) |
Dimmu Borgir
| 1999 | Spiritual Black Dimensions | Vocals (clean) (tracks 1, 3, 7, 9) (as "Simen Hestnæs") |
| 2005 | Stormblåst MMV | Bass, Vocals (clean) (disc 2) (as "Vortex") |
| Added by: Spenot | Modified by: Valerio |
| Added on: 2011-04-09 08:55:53 | Last modified on: 2024-08-17 06:13:54 |
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Biography
Before joining Lamented Souls in 1991, Hestnæs played drums in a glam rock band called Penthouse Petz at the end of the '80s.Hestnæs was married to Lise Myhre, a Norwegian cartoonist and illustrator whose best known work is the comic strip Nemi, created in 1997. The couple has a son, Storm Hestnæs, born in 2007.
Trivia
Hestnæs's alias, ICS Vortex, is related to an alias of Kristoffer Rygg, namely Fiery G. Maelstrom, with which he's credited on Borknagar's second album, The Olden Domain. "IC" ("icy") is the opposite element of "fiery", the "S" is Simen's name initial, (while the "G" is the first letter of Rygg's main alias, Garm) and the last two words, "maelstrom" and "vortex", both mean something like a ...