Stian Arnesen aka Nagash or Lex Icon is a Norwegian black metal musician. He plays a guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. This page is about the musical genre black metal. ...

He began writing music in 1992, together with Fafnir and Glaurung for a project called Troll. Fafnir and Glaurung soon left the band, but Nagash continued Troll as a solo project, playing guitar and keyboard. Wanting to be in a band and "express himself on all levels", he founded the band Covenant together with Blackheart in 1993. (However, after having released two albums, they had to change the name to The Kovenant due to a Swedish band already called Covenant.) In Norse mythology, Fafnir was a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin and Otr. ... Known as the Deceiver, Glaurung was a land-bound fire-breathing Dragon, in J. R. R. Tolkiens fictional universe of Middle-earth. ... Troll was founded by Nagash Blackheart, formerly of Dimmu Borgir. ... Blackheart is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from black metal to space metal and cyber metal over the years. ... The members of Covenant. ...

Gaining a good reputation in the black metal scene, Nagash was recruited as bass player for Dimmu Borgir in 1996. In 1999, he left Dimmu Borgir to concentrate on his career with The Kovenant. At the same time, he changed his stage name to Lex Icon in order to reflect the artistic direction The Kovenant had taken. Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band whose music has been very popular in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ...

In 2004, now known as Lex Icon, he teamed up with Shagrath and formed a new stoner rock band called Chrome Division. In this band he plays drums. Shagrath is also the name of an Orc from the Lord of the Rings books, by J. R. R. Tolkien Shagrath Shagrath is the pseudonym of Stian Thoresen, the lead vocalist of the Norwegian melodic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. ... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Chrome Division is a Norwegian heavy metal band formed in 2004. ... It has been suggested that Breakables be merged into this article or section. ...

Lex has currently reported that he was fired from Chrome Division and is now 100% dedicated working on the next Kovenant album. He also now currently reported to have joined one of his favorite bands, Crowhead. Chrome Division is a Norwegian heavy metal band formed in 2004. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from black metal to space metal and cyber metal over the years. ...

He has also been involved in Nocturnal Breed (as a session drummer, under the name of Rick Hellraiser) and Carpe Tenebrum. Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ... 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. ...

References

• Members biography at Dimmu Borgir official website
• Interview with Lex Icon by MetalKings.com
• Chrome Division Biography at their Official website