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ICS Vortex

Norwegian musician

PersonAge 52humanQ438921

Also known as Simen Hestnæs

Born: March 4, 1974
Birthplace: Oslo
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-15
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Citizenship: Norway
Occupation: singer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-06-25
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, musician
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, guitarist
Languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian

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Simen Hestnæs, better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus and the doom metal band Lamented Souls. He is also a vocalist and the bass guitarist to the progressive metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and clean vocalist for the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir.

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SStorm Seeker2011 · 2011 debut studio album by ICS Vortex

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-28
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Instrument: bass guitar
guitar
voice
Given name: Simen
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-12
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Label: Century Media Records
Genre: black metal
progressive metal
symphonic metal
Member of: Arcturus
Voice type: tenor
Start of work period: 1991
Pseudonym: ICS Vortex
Social media followers: 2,549(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 76597416
2,561(April 21, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 76597416
Field of work: bass guitar performance
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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singing
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Family name: Hestnæs

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