Morten Bergeton Iversen

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Morten Bergeton Iversen | image = Teloch Midgardsblot 2025-2.jpg | caption = Teloch with Mayhem at Midgardsblot 2025 | birth_name = | alias = Teloch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|bass|vocals|keyboards|synthesizer}} | genre = {{hlist|Black metal|death metal|thrash metal|punk rock|electronic|synthwave}} | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1996–present | current_member_of = {{hlist|Mayhem|Nidingr|Umoral|The Konsortium|Bergeton}} | past_member_of = Orcustus | website = }} thumb|Teloch in 2024 '''Morten Bergeton Iversen''' (born 19 November 1974), better known by his stage name '''Teloch''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ɒ|k}} {{Respell|TELL|ok}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6JEGQZQ-A|title=NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL – Write A Song – Sketch 1|website=YouTube |accessdate=3 February 2021}}</ref>), is a Norwegian musician. He is a guitarist for black metal bands Mayhem and Nidingr, and fronts the eponymous electronic solo project Bergeton. Iversen is a former touring and session member of Gorgoroth, God Seed and 1349.

== Career == Iversen began his musical career in the early 1990s in punk band Dødsdømt, thrash/death metal band Legions and death metal band Morbidity. He founded black metal band Nidingr in 1996 and recorded their first demo that same year, with their second demo released in 1999.

In 2004, Iversen joined Gorgoroth, first as a guitar technician and then live member, and the band Orcustus with other members of Gorgoroth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Zakk |first=Luca |date=22 October 2020 |title=BERGETON (Teloch), "I wanted a dead hooker in a car, so why not a Lamborghini?" |url=https://www.metalhead.it/interviste/bergeton-teloch-eng/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Metalhead |language=en}}</ref> He contributed guitars and vocals to Orcustus' 2005 EP ''Wrathrash'', before leaving the project in 2006. Nidingr released their first studio album, ''Sorrow Infinite and Darkness'', in 2005 and Iversen left Gorgoroth that same year. In 2006, he formed the black metal band Umoral and joined 1349, as a live guitarist, before departing the latter in 2007 and rejoining Gorgoroth. He appeared on Gorgoroth's live album ''True Norwegian Black Metal – Live in Grieghallen'' released in 2008 and toured with the band during that same year.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98125 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - GORGOROTH: Complete 'Live In Grieghallen' Details Revealed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221153754/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98125|date=2008-12-21}}</ref><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=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> It was stated during the Gorgoroth name dispute that Iversen would be joining Gaahl and King ov Hell in the studio for their next album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2008-08-18 |title=GAAHL-Fronted GORGOROTH To Enter Studio This Month |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gaahl-fronted-gorgoroth-to-enter-studio-this-month/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Following the conclusion of the dispute, he became a live member of their new band God Seed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2009-05-06 |title=GOD SEED Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/god-seed-confirmed-for-germany-s-with-full-force-festival/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> The band dissolved in August 2009 after Gaahl announced his retirement from black metal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2009-08-16 |title=GOD SEED/Ex-GORGOROTH Frontman GAAHL 'Retires' From Metal Music |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/god-seed-ex-gorgoroth-frontman-gaahl-retires-from-metal-music/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Iversen joined thrash/black metal band The Konsortium as a guitarist and Ov Hell as a session member in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2009-09-20 |title=THE KONSORTIUM Announces New Guitarist |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-konsortium-announces-new-guitarist/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=2010-02-05 |title=Gjør comeback med "supergruppe" |url=https://www.nrk.no/vestland/gjor-comeback-med-_supergruppe_-1.6980735 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

In 2010, Nidingr released their second album, ''Wolf-Father'', while The Konsortium released their self-titled debut album. Iversen joined Mayhem in 2011, replacing songwriter and guitarist Blasphemer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2019-09-23 |title=TELOCH On MAYHEM's 'Hard-To-Please' Fanbase: 'They Will Always Complain About Something' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/teloch-on-mayhems-hard-to-please-fanbase-they-will-always-complain-about-something/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Andrew">{{Cite web |last=Andrew |first=J. |date=2015-02-02 |title=MAYHEM's Teloch: "We are Always Looking Forward Instead of Backwards" |url=https://metalinjection.net/black-metal-chronicles/black-metal-history-month/mayhems-teloch-we-are-always-looking-forward-instead-of-backwards |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2012, God Seed released the live album ''Live at Wacken'', which featured recordings of a 2008 show that had been performed under the Gorgoroth name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |title=GOD SEED - Live At Wacken 2008 Layout Revealed |url=https://bravewords.com/news/god-seed-live-at-wacken-2008-layout-revealed |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref> That same year, Nidingr released their third album, ''Greatest of Deceivers''. Iversen released his first studio album with Mayhem, ''Esoteric Warfare'', in 2014, having written almost the entirety of the album's music on his own.<ref name="Andrew"/><ref name=":0" /> In 2015, he composed the music for a production of the Bertolt Brecht stage play ''Mother Courage and Her Children'' at the Norwegian Theatre.<ref>Grønneberg, Anders (2015) "[https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/mitt-nasjonale-selvbilde-ble-odelagt-i-voksen-alder/60811179 – Mitt nasjonale selvbilde ble ødelagt i voksen alder]", ''Dagbladet'', 2 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017</ref> Nidingr released their fourth album, ''The High Heat Licks Against Heaven'', in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Dayal |date=2017-02-17 |title=Nidingr are back with an album that refuses to play to expectations |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/nidingr-are-back-with-an-album-that-refuses-to-play-to-expectations |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> The Konsortium released their second studio album, ''Rogaland'', the following year. Iversen released his second studio album with Mayhem, ''Daemon'', in 2019 and was credited as a composer and lyricist on a majority of the album's songs.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mayhem - Daemon Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/daemon-mw0003316159 |access-date=2023-11-01 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 2020, he released his eponymous electronic/synthwave project Bergeton's first album, ''Miami Murder''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-22 |title=MAYHEM Guitarist Teloch Releases Striking BERGETON Debut Album 'Miami Murder' in October. ‣ CVLTARTES |url=https://cultartes.com/mayhem-guitarist-teloch-releases-striking-bergeton-debut-album-miami-murder-in-october/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> In the following year, Iversen was inducted into the Rockheim Hall of Fame as a member of Mayhem.<ref>[https://rockheim.no/disse-innlemmes-i-rockheim-hall-of-fame-2021 Disse innlemmes i Rockheim Hall of Fame, 18.03.2021 (Norwegian)]</ref>

== Discography ==

=== With Mayhem ===

==== Studio albums ==== * ''Esoteric Warfare'' (2014) * ''Daemon'' (2019) * ''Liturgy of Death'' (2026)

==== Live albums ====

* ''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive'' (2016) * ''Daemonic Rites'' (2023)

==== Studio EPs ====

* ''Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando''

=== With Nidingr === *''Sorrow Infinite and Darkness'' (2005) *''Wolf-Father'' (2010) *''Greatest of Deceivers'' (2012) *''The High Heat Licks Against Heaven'' (2017)

=== With The Konsortium === * ''The Konsortium'' (2011) * ''Rogaland'' (2018)

=== With Orcustus === *''Wrathrash'' (2005)

=== With Bergeton === * ''Miami Murder'' (2020)

=== With Umoral === * ''Der Sola Aldri Skinner'' (2021)

=== With Nunfuckritual ===

* ''In Bondage To The Serpent'' (2011)

=== Instrumental credits === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width="33" |Year ! width="170" |Artist ! width="170" |Title !Song(s) ! width="220" |Notes |- |2008 |Gorgoroth |''True Norwegian Black Metal – Live in Grieghallen'' | |Guitar |- |2010 |Ov Hell |''The Underworld Regime'' |"Invoker", "Perpetual Night" |Guitar |- |2012 |God Seed |''Live at Wacken'' | |Guitar |- |2012 |Igorrr |''Hallelujah'' |"Absolute Psalm", "Lullaby For A Fat Jellyfish" | |- |2015 |Myrkur |''M'' | |Guitar, bass |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Discogs artist}} *{{AllMusic|id=mn0001069491}} {{Mayhem}} {{Authority control}}

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