Thorr's Hammer

Thorr's Hammer

:"The band is named after Thor's Hammer, for the Mythological object see Mjolnir. For the Icelandic rock band, see Thor's Hammer

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Name = Thorr's Hammer


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Origin = Ballard, Washington
Genre = Death/doom
Years_active = 1994−1995
Label = Southern Lord
Associated_acts = Burning Witch Goatsnake Khanate Khlyst Sunn O)))
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Thorr's Hammer was an American/Norwegian death/doom band.

Thorr's Hammer was formed in Ballard, Washington by Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley during winter 1994-1995. Soon after Runhild Gammelsæter, then 17-year-old [http://kzsu.stanford.edu/~hannah/t/thorrshammer.html The liner notes from the booklet of "Dommedagsnatt"] ] Norwegian exchange student joined the band as vocalist/lyricist. The band reached its final form when Jamie Sykes and James Hale joined. The band was active only for six weeks during which it played two gigs and recorded a demo and an EP entitled "Dommedagsnatt". The band disbanded after Runhild's return to Oslo, Norway. Burning Witch was formed from the ashes of Thorr's Hammer [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=650 Thorr's Hammer at Metal-archives.com] ] and Runhild has currently teamed up with James Plotkin (Khanate) to form Khlyst. [ [http://www.plotkinworks.com/Khlyst/KhlystMain.html Khlyst site] ]

Line-up

*Runhild Gammelsæter (a.k.a. Ozma) - vocals and lyrics
*Greg Anderson - electric guitar ("drones and sunns")
*Stephen O'Malley - electric guitar ("crust and earth")
*James Hale - bass guitar ("subsonic attack")
*Jamie Sykes - drums ("battledrums")

Discography

*"Sannhet i Blodet" (Demo 1995)
*"Dommedagsnatt" (Cassette 1996, CD 1998, CD Reissue 2004, Picture Disc 2004)

Trivia

*Runhild is known to have dated Ihsahn, the leader of the Norwegian black metal band Emperor.

References

External links

* [http://www.southernlord.com/band_THR.php Thorr's Hammer] at the website of Southern Lord Records
*MySpace|thorr39shammer|Thorr's Hammer
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=650 Thorr's Hammer] at Encyclopaedia Metallum


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