Herbrand Larsen

Herbrand Larsen (born February 3, 1973) is a Norwegian keyboardist, vocalist, record producer, mixer and engineer. He is best known for being a member of extreme metal band Enslaved from 2004 to 2016 and hard rock band Audrey Horne from 2002 to 2007. Larsen works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Immortal, Gorgoroth, Taake, Demonaz, Abbath and Gaahl, but has also collaborated with artists in the folk, ambient and pop genres, such as Wardruna, Lindy-Fay Hella, Michelle Ullestad and Hjerteslag.

Larsen has won five Norwegian Spellemann Awards: four with Enslaved and one with Audrey Horne. He owns and runs Conclave & Earshot Studio in Bergen together with former-Enslaved bandmate Arve Isdal. He joined the hard rock band Audrey Horne with members of Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Sylvia Wane and Deride as a keyboardist in 2002. Larsen was an engineer on Enslaved's studio albums Monumension and Below the Lights, released in 2001 and 2003 respectively, before joining the band as a keyboardist and clean vocalist in 2004. He released his first album with Enslaved, Isa, that same year.

In 2005, Audrey Horne released their debut album, No Hay Banda, and won the Spelleman Award in the Metal category. Larsen left Audrey Horne in 2007 to focus on Enslaved, but have since contributed keyboard parts and production to the band's later albums and appeared as a live guest. In 2016, Larsen left Enslaved amicably after twelve years and six studio albums with the band. He has since focused on producing other acts in his studio Conclave & Earshot, and teaching music production at Noroff.

Personal life

Larsen has been in a relationship with journalist Øyvor Bakke since 2004. He is a fan of David Lynch and particularly the TV series Twin Peaks, which he considers to be "the toughest series in history."

Discography

With Enslaved Studio albums

Isa (2004) Ruun (2006) Vertebrae (2008) Axioma Ethica Odini (2010) RIITIIR (2012) In Times (2015)

Live albums

Roadburn Live (2017)

Studio EPs

The Sleeping Gods (2011) Thorn (2011)

With Audrey Horne

Studio albums No Hay Banda (2005)

Studio EPs

Confessions & Alcohol (2005)

Production and writing credits

Instrumental and vocal contributions