Carpe Tenebrum (Seize the darkness in Latin) is the Black/Death Metal soloproject of the former Dimmu Borgir and Covenant guitarist Jamie Stinson, better known as Astennu. Very little has been heard of the project since the release of the third album, Dreaded Chaotic Reign, in 2002. Black metal is a musical genre which emerged in the early 1980s predating the great expansion of heavy metal extreme genres. ... It has been suggested that Death and Roll be merged into this article or section. ... Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from symphonic black metal to industrial metal and avant garde metal on more recent albums. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ...

Members

• Jamie Stinson a.k.a. Astennu - Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Drum programming, Vocals on Dreaded Chaotic Reign
• Stian Arnesen a.k.a. Nagash - Vocals on the first two albums
• Ariadne A. Done - Lyrics

Discography

• Majestic Nothingness (full-length, 1997, Head Not Found)
• Mirrored Hate Painting (full-length, 1999, Hammerheart Records)
• Dreaded Chaotic Reign (full-length, 2002, Hammerheart Records)

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Related bands

• Dimmu Borgir
• Covenant / The Kovenant

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from symphonic black metal to industrial metal and avant garde metal on more recent albums. ...

External links

• Carpe Tenebrum at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Carpe Tenebrum at the All Music Guide