Runhild Gammelsæter

Runhild Gammelsæter
Background information
Also known as Ozma
Born 1976[1]
Origin Holmestrand, Norway[2]
Genres Doom metal, drone doom, Dark ambient, noise (music)
Occupation(s) Vocalist, lyricist
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1994 - Present
Labels Southern Lord Records
Hydra Head Records
Utech Records
Associated acts Thorr's Hammer
Khlyst
Sunn O)))

Runhild Gammelsæter is a musician notable for being the vocalist for the American bands Thorr's Hammer and Khlyst. She works as a professional biologist and holds a Ph.D. in cell physiology.[3]

Biography

Runhild Gammelsæter was a 17-year-old foreign exchange student from Norway when she joined Thorr's Hammer along with Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson. After six weeks, which was the time it took to release Sannhet i Blodet and record Dommedagsnatt, the band split up due to Runhild returning to Oslo, Norway. Dommedagsnatt was released soon afterwards in 1996 via Southern Lord Records. The four other members of Thorr's Hammer went on to form the band Burning Witch.[4]

In 2006, she helped form the band Khlyst along with James Plotkin and Tim Wyskida. The album Chaos is My Name was released the same year, which also featured two painted portraits by Runhild herself.

On June 28, 2008, her debut solo album, Amplicon, was released through Utech Records.[5]

On December 13, 2014, she released a collaboration album with a renowned Norwegian noise musician Lasse Marhaug, Quantum Entanglement.

Runhild Gammelsæter has a PhD in cell physiology from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Oslo.[6] She is also a Fulbright Scholar, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Norwegian biotechnology company Regenics A.S.[3]

Discography

With Thorr's Hammer

With Khlyst

Solo

With Lasse Marhaug

As a guest or session musician

References

  1. ↑ Runhild Gammelsæter @ regenics.no
  2. ↑ Runhild Gammelsæter @ rateyourmusic.com
  3. 1 2 "Regenics AS company information". Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  4. ↑ Liner notes of Dommedagsnatt @ kzsu.stanford.edu
  5. ↑ Amplicon @ discogs.com
  6. ↑ Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, News 2006
  7. ↑ Amplicon @ mimaroglumusicsales.com
  8. ↑ White 1 @ discogs.com

External links

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