{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Arve Isdal | image = Arve_Isdal_2026.jpg | caption = Isdal live with Enslaved in 2026 | image_size = | birth_name = Arve Isdal | birth_place = Stord, Norway | alias = Ice Dale | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|8|28}} | origin = Bergen, Norway | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|bass}} | genre = {{hlist|Black metal|hard rock|extreme metal|progressive metal|post-grunge|heavy metal|thrash metal}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|producer|teacher}} | years_active = 1999–present | label = | current_member_of = {{hlist|Enslaved|Audrey Horne|Malignant Eternal|Drott|Hjerteslag}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|I|Trinacria|Temple of the Black Moon|Bourbon Flame}} | associated_acts = Enslaved, I, Audrey Horne, Ov Hell, Demonaz | website = }}
'''Arve Isdal''' (born 28 August 1977, Bergen, Norway), also known as '''Ice Dale''', is a Norwegian musician and producer, best known as lead guitarist for the extreme metal band Enslaved and the hard rock band Audrey Horne. He owns and runs Conclave & Earshot Studio in Bergen together with former-Enslaved band member Herbrand Larsen. In addition to working as a musician and producer, Isdal teaches music production at Noroff.
Isdal has released ten studio albums with Enslaved and seven albums with Audrey Horne. He has won six Norwegian Spellemann Awards: five with Enslaved and one with Audrey Horne.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-25 |title=Spellemannprisen direkte |url=https://www.bt.no/i/A2poLz |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.bt.no |language=nb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-03-05 |title=Spellemann til trengte jenter |url=https://www.bt.no/i/2vn34 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.bt.no |language=nb}}</ref>
== Career == Isdal was initially influenced by hard rock bands like Kiss, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple; and progressive rock bands like Pink Floyd and King Crimson; before discovering heavy metal.<ref name=":0" /> He joined his first band, the extreme metal act Malignant Eternal, in the mid 1990s and appeared on their album ''Alarm'' in 1999.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Guido|date=2016-09-03|title=Ice Dale speaks: interview with Arve from Enslaved & Audrey Horne|url=http://www.stranger-aeons.com/ice-dale-speaks-interview-arve-isdal-enslaved-audrey-horne/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Stranger Aeons|language=en-US}}</ref> Isdal joined Enslaved in 2002, and has since appeared on ten studio albums with the band, starting with ''Below the Lights'' in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enslaved {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/enslaved-mn0000739437/biography|access-date=2021-06-04|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Below the Lights - Enslaved {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/below-the-lights-mw0000030758|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref> Isdal also became a member of hard rock band Audrey Horne in 2002 and has released seven albums with the band. He toured with former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno from 2002 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|last= Chachkes |first=Keith|date=2013-05-18|title=Young At Heart – An Interview With Audrey Horne|url=https://www.ghostcultmag.com/young-at-heart-an-interview-with-audrey-horne/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Ghost Cult Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsonev |first=Stoyan |date=2022-04-19 |title=Interview with Torkjell Rød of Audrey Horne |url=https://www.velvetthunder.co.uk/interview-with-torkjell-rod-of-audrey-horne/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2006, Isdal participated in the black metal supergroup I along with Abbath of Immortal, King from Gorgoroth, and former-Immortal drummer Armagedda. The band released the studio album ''Between Two Worlds'' and played their only show at the Hole in the Sky Festival during that year.<ref>{{Citation|title=Between Two Worlds - I {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/between-two-worlds-mw0000444448|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref> In 2007, he released a self-titled album with glam metal band Bourbon Flame.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BraveWords|title=BOURBON FLAME - Bourbon Flame|url=https://bravewords.com/reviews/bourbon-flame-bourbon-flame|access-date=2021-06-04|website=bravewords.com|language=en}}</ref> With members of Enslaved and the noise rock group Fe-Mail, Isdal formed the side project Trinacria and released the album ''Travel Now Journey Infinitely'' in 2008.<ref>{{Citation|title=Travel Now Journey Infinitely - Trinacria {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/travel-now-journey-infinitely-mw0000786022|language=en|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref> That same year, he was part of Gorgoroth's live lineup for their summer tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2008-06-02 |title=GAAHL-Fronted GORGOROTH Announces Touring Lineup |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gaahl-fronted-gorgoroth-announces-touring-lineup/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
Along with Enslaved's members, Isdal provided his voice for a 2009 episode of the animated series ''Metalocalypse.'' Isdal was a session member for the Ov Hell album ''The Underworld Regime'' in 2010, and the following year he played guitar and bass on the Demonaz solo album ''March of the Norse''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=2010-06-20|title=The Underworld Regime - OV HELL|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/the-underworld-regime/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Blabbermouth|date=2011-06-20|title=March of the Norse - DEMONAZ|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/march-of-the-norse/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> In the early 2010s, Isdal recorded an unreleased album with the supergroup Temple Of The Black Moon featuring Cradle of Filth vocalist Dani Filth, guitarist Rob Caggiano of Anthrax and Volbeat, bassist King ov Hell, keyboardist Gerlioz from Dimmu Borgir and drummer John Tempesta of The Cult and White Zombie.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=2016-11-23 |title=Dani Filth Discusses His Failed Supergroup With ENSLAVED, GORGOROTH, And VOLBEAT Members |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/dani-filth-discusses-his-failed-supergroup-with-enslaved-gorgoroth-and-volbeat-members |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="bloodygoodhorror">M. Drew: [http://www.bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/interviews/10/11/2009/dani-filth-talks-new-book ''Dani Filth Talks New Book''].</ref> In 2012, Gorgoroth's performance at Wacken Open Air in 2008 was released as a live album under the God Seed name. In 2021, Isdal played acoustic guitar on Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik's single "Hardanger".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balzano |first=Maria Teresa |date=2021-09-04 |title=Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik, nuovo EP a novembre |url=http://www.metalhammer.it/2021/09/04/ivar-bjornsoneinar-selvik-nuovo-ep-a-novembre/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Metal Hammer |language=it-IT}}</ref> Isdal toured with Abbath and his eponymous band as a bassist in late 2022. He produced and performed bass on Immortal's 2023 studio album ''War Against All''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=2023-03-21 |title=IMMORTAL Streams "War Against All," Announces New Album |url=https://metalinjection.net/new-music/immortal-streams-war-against-all-announces-new-album |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Discography== [[File:W0783-Hellfest2013 AudreyHorne IceDale ArveIsdal 68876.JPG|thumb|Isdal (left) with Thomas Tofthagen of Audrey Horne in 2013.]]
===Enslaved===
==== Studio albums ==== * ''Below the Lights'' (2003) * ''Isa'' (2004) * ''Ruun'' (2006) * ''Vertebrae'' (2008) * ''Axioma Ethica Odini'' (2010) * ''RIITIIR'' (2012) * ''In Times'' (2015) * ''E'' (2017) * ''Utgard'' (2020) * ''Heimdal'' (2023)
==== Live albums ====
* ''Roadburn Live'' (2017)
==== Compilation albums ====
* ''The Sleeping Gods – Thorn'' (2016)
==== Studio EPs ====
* ''The Sleeping Gods'' (2011) * ''Thorn'' (2011)
===Audrey Horne===
==== Studio albums ==== * ''No Hay Banda'' (2005) * ''Le Fol'' (2007) * ''Audrey Horne'' (2010) * ''Youngblood'' (2013) * ''Pure Heavy'' (2014) * ''Blackout'' (2018) * ''Devil's Bell'' (2022)
==== Live albums ====
* ''Waiting for the Night'' (2020)
==== Studio EPs ====
* ''Confessions & Alcohol'' (2005)
=== I === * ''Between Two Worlds'' (2006)
=== Malignant Eternal === * ''Alarm (''1999)
=== Bourbon Flame ===
* ''Bourbon Flame'' (2007)
=== Trinacria === *''Travel Now Journey Infinitely'' (2008)
=== Drott ===
==== Studio albums ==== * ''Orcus'' (2021) * ''Troll'' (2023)
==== Studio EPs ====
* ''Drott'' (2021)
=== Hjerteslag ===
* ''Tyvens Dagbok'' (2022)
=== Production and writing credits === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width="33" |Year ! width="170" |Artist ! width="170" |Title !Song(s) ! width="220" |Notes |- |2005 | rowspan="2" |Octavia Sperati |''Winter Enclosure'' | | rowspan="2" |Co-engineer |- | rowspan="3" |2007 |''Grace Submerged'' | |- |Syrach |''Days Of Wrath'' | |Producer |- |Vulture Industries |''The Dystopia Journals'' | |Engineer |- | rowspan="4" |2010 |Gravdal |''Torturmantra'' | |Recording engineer |- |Blodhemn |''Brenn Alle Bruer'' | |Engineer |- |Sahg |''III'' | |Co-producer, engineer |- | rowspan="2" |Byfrost |''Black Earth'' | |Engineer |- | rowspan="3" |2011 |''Of Death'' | |Co-producer |- |Taake |''Noregs Vaapen'' | |Recording engineer |- |Demonaz |''March Of The Norse'' | |Producer |- | rowspan="3" |2012 |Tortorum |''Extinctionist'' | |Engineer |- |The Gathering |''Disclosure'' | | rowspan="3" |Engineer |- |Blodhemn |''Holmengraa'' | |- |2014 |Blodhemn |''H7'' | |- |2015 |Audrey Horne |''Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers'' |"Drept Kjendis" |Producer, mixer |- |2023 |Immortal |''War Against All'' | |Producer, recording engineer |}
=== Instrumental and vocal contributions === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width="33" |Year ! width="170" |Artist ! width="170" |Title !Song(s) ! width="220" |Instrument |- |2008 |Audrey Horne |''Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince'' |"The Cross" | |- | rowspan="2" |2010 |Ov Hell |''The Underworld Regime'' |All tracks except "Invoker" and "Perpetual Night" |Guitar |- |Byfrost |''Black Earth'' |"Desire" | |- |2011 |Demonaz |''March Of The Norse'' | |Guitar, bass |- |2012 |God Seed |''Live At Wacken'' | | rowspan="2" |Guitar |- |2015 |Audrey Horne |''Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers'' |"Drept Kjendis" |- |2021 |Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik | align="center" |– |"Hardanger" |Acoustic guitar |- |2023 |Immortal |''War Against All'' | |Guitar, bass |}
==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Norway}} * List of Norwegian musicians * List of heavy metal musicians * Music of Norway {{clear}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs artist}} * {{IMDb name|3742064}} * {{AllMusic|id=mn0000617526}} {{Enslaved|state=}}{{Audrey Horne}}
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