Summary: Learn Norwegian with NorwegianClass101! Don't forget to stop by NorwegianClass101.com for more great Norwegian Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Gaahl Kristian Eivind Espedal, nå bare kjent som Gaahl, artistnavnet han bruker på scenen, er en black metal sanger som har vært involvert med ulike band, blant annet Gorgoroth, Gaahlskagg, Wardruna, og Trelldom. Den norske sangeren ble født i 1975 og hans første prosjekt var Trelldom, et band han grunnla i 1993 med to andre musikere. I 1998 begynte han å jobbe med to black metal band til. Gaahl er trolig best kjent som frontmann for bandet Gorgoroth, som han sluttet seg til i 1998. Tiden hans med dette bandet har vært ganske kontroversielt gjennom årene. I 2002 tilbrakte han tid i fengsel etter å ha blitt dømt for overgrep. Bandet jobbet på et album i løpet av denne tiden, men han kunne ikke spille inn vokalstykkene før han ble løslatt fra fengselet året etter. Et år etter at Gaahl slapp ut av fengsel ble bandet rammet av en annen kontroversiell hendelse. De gjennomførte en konsert i Polen med en rekke satanistiske symboler på coveret, med hoder av sau spiddet på staker foran publikum. De hadde også nakne skuespillere utføre en "korsfestelse" mens dekket i blod. Tiltaler som dyremishandling og "religiøse fornærmelser" ble vurdert mot bandet, men de ble aldri offisielt anmeldt fordi de ikke var klar over at det de gjorde var i strid med polsk lov. I 2006 havnet Gaahl tilbake i fengsel igjen, denne gangen etter å ha blitt dømt for tortur og trusler hvor han tvang offeret å drikke sitt eget blod som han hadde samlet i en kopp. Alt i alt har Gaahl vært involvert i rundt 20 forskjellige album med ulike band. ----Formal English---- Gaahl Kristian Eivind Espedal, now known simply as Gaahl, his stage pseudonym, is a black metal singer who has been involved with various bands, including Gorgoroth, Gaahlskagg, Wardruna, and Trelldom. The Norwegian singer was born in 1975, and his first project was Trelldom, a band he founded in 1993 with two other musicians. In 1998 he started working with two more black metal bands. Gaahl is probably best known as the front man for the band Gorgoroth, which he joined in 1998. His tenure with that band has been quite controversial over the years. In 2002 he spent time in prison after being convicted of assault. The band was working on an album during this time, although Gaahl did not record the vocal pieces until after he was released from prison the following year. A year after Gaahl got out of prison, another controversy enveloped the band as a whole. They performed a concert in Poland with a number of satanic symbols on display and the heads of sheep impaled on stakes in front of the audience. They also had nude actors perform a mock crucifixion while covered in blood. Charges of animal cruelty and "religious offense" against the band were considered, although they were never officially charged because they did not realize that what they did was in violation of Polish law. In 2006, Gaahl was back in prison again, this time after being convicted of torture and threatening to make his victim drink his own blood, which he had collected in a cup. In all, Gaahl has been involved in about twenty different albums with various bands. --------------------------- Learn Norwegian with NorwegianClass101! Don't forget to stop by NorwegianClass101.com for more great Norwegian Language Learning Resources!
