{{Short description|Norwegian pianist and keyboard player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Stian Aarstad | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Stian Aarstad | alias = | origin = Jessheim, Norway | instrument = Keyboards, piano, synthesizers | genre = Heavy metal, symphonic black metal, electronica | occupation = Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer | years_active = | label = | website = | current_member_of = | past_member_of = {{hlist|Dimmu Borgir|Enthral|Old Man's Child}} }}
'''Stian Aarstad''' is a Norwegian pianist and keyboard player best known for his four-year (1993–1997) stint with the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir during which he played keyboards and synthesizers<ref name="Storm">[http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/bandmember.php?member_id=2915 Metal Storm]</ref>
Dimmu Borgir's second album Stormblåst (1996) was criticised for plagiarism. Stian Aarstad was accused of plagiarising the Magnum track "Sacred Hour" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnXxJQE9Ew&ab_channel=SUKIRANSOM | title=MAGNUM - Sacred Hour - | website=YouTube }}</ref> in the opening song "Alt lys er svunnet hen" ("All Light Has Faded Away"), as well as the title track of the Amiga game "Agony" for the song "Sorgens kammer" ("Chamber of Sorrow").<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9UTnUcyED0&list=RDX9UTnUcyED0&start_radio=1&ab_channel=niente3 | title=Agony Main Theme (HQ) - Amiga | website=YouTube }}</ref> The band re-recorded the album in 2005, omitting these tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leastworstoption.com/dimmu-borgir-stormblast/|title = Dimmu Borgir – Stormblåst – Least Worst Option| date=2 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Art & Magic | website=psygnosis.org | url=http://www.psygnosis.org/games/agony/files/notes.txt | access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>
In 1998 to 1999, he produced a demo for the unblack metal band Vaakevandring, which was later re-released as a self-titled EP in 2004. In the 2000s, Aarstad had been the pianist for the band Enthral,<ref name="Storm"/> but left his regular position during the recording of the band's third album.
In 2005, Aarstad joined the electronica/pop music act Karatkorn.
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