# Herbrand Larsen

Herbrand Larsen (born February 3, 1973) is a Norwegian musician, record producer, mixer and engineer. He is best known for being a member of extreme metal band Enslaved from 2004 to 2016, and hard rock band Audrey Horne from 2002 to 2007. Larsen works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Immortal, Gorgoroth, Taake, Demonaz, Abbath and Gaahl, but has also collaborated with artists in the folk, ambient and pop genres, such as Wardruna, Lindy-Fay Hella, Michelle Ullestad and Hjerteslag.
Larsen has won five Norwegian Spellemann Awards: four with Enslaved and one with Audrey Horne. He owns and runs Conclave & Earshot Studio in Bergen together with former-Enslaved bandmate Arve Isdal. In addition to producing music, Larsen also works as a teacher in music production at Noroff.

## Career

Larsen started his musical career in the 1990s as a recording engineer and worked as an apprentice under renowned black metal producer Pytten at Grieghallen Studio. He joined the hard rock band Audrey Horne with members of Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Sylvia Wane and Deride as a keyboardist in 2002. Larsen was an engineer on Enslaved's studio albums Monumension and Below the Lights, released in 2001 and 2003 respectively, before joining the band as a keyboardist and clean vocalist in 2004. He released his first album with Enslaved, Isa, that same year.
In 2005, Audrey Horne released their debut album, No Hay Banda, and won the Spelleman Award in the Metal category. Larsen left Audrey Horne in 2007 to focus on Enslaved, but have since contributed keyboard parts and production to the band's later albums and appeared as a live guest. In 2016, Larsen left Enslaved amicably after twelve years and six studio albums with the band. He has since focused on producing other acts in his studio Conclave & Earshot, and teaching music production at Noroff.

## Personal life

Larsen has been in a relationship with journalist Øyvor Bakke since 2004. He is a fan of David Lynch and particularly the TV series Twin Peaks, which he considers to be "the toughest series in history."

## Discography
### With Enslaved

Studio albums
* Isa (2004)
* Ruun (2006)
* Vertebrae (2008)
* Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
* RIITIIR (2012)
* In Times (2015)

#### Live albums

* Roadburn Live (2017)

#### Studio EPs

* The Sleeping Gods (2011)
* Thorn (2011)

### With Audrey Horne
#### Studio albums

* No Hay Banda (2005)

#### Studio EPs

* Confessions & Alcohol (2005)

### Production and writing credits

| Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
| 1999 | Aeternus | Shadows Of Old | | Engineer, mixer |
| 2000 | Gaahlskagg | Erotic Funeral | "Lek No Lit(t) M.O.K.", "Whipper", "Moralens Hammer", "Come To My Kingdom", "Mankind - Development", "Helveteslokk - Kom Brenne" | Writer, producer, mixer |
| 2000 | Aeternus | Burning The Shroud | | Producer, mixer |
| 2000 | Gorgoroth | Incipit Satan | | Editor, mixer, mastering |
| 2001 | Mörk Gryning | Maelstrom Chaos | | Engineer |
| 2001 | Enslaved | Monumension | | Engineer |
| 2001 | Aeternus | Ascension Of Terror | | Engineer |
| 2002 | Taake | Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik | | Engineer |
| 2002 | El Regn | Stein Igjen | | Engineer (additional) |
| 2002 | Amok | Lava Dictatorship | | Mixer |
| 2003 | Enslaved | Below The Lights | | Engineer |
| 2003 | Gorgoroth | Twilight Of The Idols (In Conspiracy With Satan) | "Of Ice and Movement..." | Composer (outro) |
| 2003 | Gorgoroth | Twilight Of The Idols (In Conspiracy With Satan) | All tracks | Engineer |
| 2003 | Amok / Audiopain | Lava Dictatorship / Revel In Desecration | | Mixer |
| 2005 | Octavia Sperati | Winter Enclosure | | Recording engineer, mixer |
| 2005 | Manngard | Circling Buzzards | | Engineer |
| 2006 | Gorgoroth | Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam | | Engineer, mixer |
| 2006 | I | Between Two Worlds | | Engineer |
| 2006 | Black Hole Generator | Black Karma | | Engineer |
| 2006 | Zimmerman | Till You Know What I Mean | | Engineer (additional) |
| 2006 | Icon Eight | Thrash The Moment | | Mastering |
| 2007 | Amok | Execution Compilation | | Mixer |
| 2007 | Audrey Horne | Le Fol | | Co-producer, mixer |
| 2007 | Syrach | Days Of Wrath | | Producer, mixer |
| 2007 | Malsain | The Disease | | Recording engineer, mixer |
| 2007 | Octavia Sperati | Grace Submerged | All tracks except "Don't Believe A Word" | Producer, recording engineer |
| 2007 | Octavia Sperati | Grace Submerged | All tracks | Mixer |
| 2007 | Vulture Industries | The Dystopia Journals | | Engineer |
| 2008 | Audrey Horne | Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince | "The Cross" | Mixer |
| 2008 | Gravdal | Sadist | | Mixer, mastering |
| 2009 | Wardruna | Runaljod – Gap Var Ginnunga | | Mixer |
| 2009 | Big Robot and Conrad Schnitzler | Aquafit | | Mastering |
| 2010 | Ov Hell | The Underworld Regime | | Engineer, mixer |
| 2010 | Gravdal | Torturmantra | | Producer, recording engineer, mixer |
| 2010 | Sahg | III | | Producer, engineer, mixer |
| 2010 | Nordagust | In The Mist Of Morning | | Mastering |
| 2010 | Audrey Horne | Audrey Horne | | Producer, recording engineer |
| 2010 | Byfrost | Black Earth | | Producer |
| 2010 | Helheim | Åsgards Fall | | Mastering |
| 2010 | The Batallion | Head Up High | | Mastering |
| 2011 | Taake | Kveld | | Mastering |
| 2011 | The Gathering | – | "Heroes For Ghosts" | Engineer (vocals) |
| 2011 | Helheim | Heiðindómr Ok Mótgangr | | Mastering |
| 2011 | Byfrost | Of Death | | Producer |
| 2011 | Taake | Noregs Vaapen | | Mastering |
| 2011 | Demonaz | March Of The Norse | | Producer |
| 2012 | Tortorum | Extinctionist | | Mastering |
| 2012 | God Seed | Live At Wacken | | Mixer |
| 2012 | The Gathering | Disclosure | | Engineer |
| 2012 | Blodhemn | Holmengraa | | Mastering |
| 2012 | Orkan | Crimson Canvas | | Mastering |
| 2012 | Deride | The Void | | Mastering |
| 2013 | Audrey Horne | Youngblood | "This Ends Here" (Demo), "The Open Sea" (Demo), "Show & Tell" (Demo) | Mixer |
| 2013 | Wardruna | Runaljod – Yggdrasil | | Mixer (additional) |
| 2013 | Aeternus | ...And The Seventh His Soul Detesteth | | Mastering |
| 2013 | Bliksem | Face The Evil | | Mastering |
| 2013 | Vulture Industries | The Tower | All tracks | Mixer |
| 2013 | Vulture Industries | The Tower | "Blood Don't Eliogabalus" | Mastering |
| 2013 | Fatal Fusion | The Ancient Tale | | Mastering |
| 2014 | Übertøs | We Do Eat Lions | | Mastering |
| 2014 | Taake | Kulde | | Mastering |
| 2014 | Taake | Stridens Hus | | Mastering |
| 2015 | Audrey Horne | Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers | "Drept Kjendis" | Producer, mixer |
| 2016 | El Caco | 7 | | Recording engineer, mixer |
| 2016 | Sulphur | Omens Of Doom | | Mastering |
| 2016 | Tortorum | Rotten. Dead. Forgotten. | | Mastering |
| 2016 | Lik | Kjetteri | | Producer, mixer |
| 2016 | Fatal Fusion | Total Absence | | Mastering |
| 2017 | Gravdal | Kadaverin | | Mastering |
| 2017 | Taake | Baktanker | | Mastering |
| 2017 | Taake | Kong Vinter | | Mastering |
| 2018 | Audrey Horne | Blackout | "Audrevolution", "The End" | Mixer |
| 2018 | Dewfall | Hermeticus | | Producer, mastering |
| 2018 | Slegest | Introvert | | Mixer |
| 2018 | RÁN | – | "Blodbylgje" | Recording engineer (vocals) |
| 2019 | Inculter | Fatal Visions | | Mastering |
| 2019 | Lindy-Fay Hella | Seafarer | | Writer, producer |
| 2020 | Audrey Horne | Waiting For The Night | | Producer, mixer |
| 2020 | Whoredom Rife / Taake | Pakt | | Mastering |
| 2021 | Taake / Helheim | Henholdsvis | | Mastering |
| 2021 | Code | Flyblown Prince | | Mastering |
| 2021 | Taake | Avvik | | Mastering |
| 2021 | Drott | Orcus | | Mixer |
| 2021 | Helheim | WoduridaR | | Mastering |
| 2022 | Båååv | Rekyyl | | Mixer |
| 2022 | Audrey Horne | Devil's Bell | | Mixer |
| 2022 | The Gathering | Beautiful Distortion | | Producer (pre-production vocals) |
| 2022 | Soft Ffog | Soft Ffog | | Mastering |
| 2022 | Galdorcræft | Draugar | | Mastering |
| 2022 | Michelle Ullestad | SOL / DVLM | | Mastering |
| 2023 | Ljungblut | Sauda | | Mastering |
| 2023 | 66Crusher | Limbo | | Recording engineer (drums) |
| 2023 | Immortal | War Against All | | Recording engineer, mixer |
| 2023 | Drott | Troll | | Mixer, mastering |
| 2023 | Aeternus | Philosopher | | Producer, recording engineer, mixer |
| 2023 | Taake | Et Hav Av Avstand | | Mastering |
| 2024 | Hjerteslag | Betonglandskap | | Producer |

### Instrumental and vocal contributions

| Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Instrument |
| 2000 | Gaahlskagg | Erotic Funeral | | Electronics |
| 2000 | Gorgoroth | Incipit Satan | "A World To Win" | Synthesizer |
| 2007 | Audrey Horne | Le Fol | | Organ, mellotron, keyboards |
| 2007 | Malsain | The Disease | "Intruder" | Additional keyboards |
| 2007 | Octavia Sperati | Grace Submerged | "Dead End Poem" | Acoustic guitar |
| 2008 | Audrey Horne | Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince | "The Cross" | |
| 2008 | Gravdal | Sadist | "Sadist", "Lidelse" | Keyboards |
| 2010 | Ov Hell | The Underworld Regime | | Keyboards, samples, effects |
| 2010 | Gravdal | Torturmantra | "Mishandlet", "Klastrert På Ambolt" | Mellotron |
| 2010 | Sahg | III | | Organ, keyboards, backing vocals |
| 2010 | Audrey Horne | Audrey Horne | | Keyboards |
| 2010 | Vulture Industries | The Malefactor's Bloody Register | "Race For The Gallows", "The Hangman's Hatch" | Organ |
| 2011 | Byfrost | Of Death | "Sorgh", "All Gods Are Gone" | Synthesizer, effects |
| 2012 | Ahab | The Giant | "Antarctica (The Polymorphess)", "The Giant" | Guest vocals |
| 2012 | God Seed | I Begin | "Hinstu Dagar" | Additional vocals |
| 2013 | Vulture Industries | The Tower | | Additional keyboards, vocals |
| 2015 | Audrey Horne | Sannhet På Boks - En Hyllest Til Raga Rockers | "Drept Kjendis" | Backing vocals |
| 2016 | Abbath | Abbath | "Ocean of Wounds" | Keyboards, sampler |
| 2018 | Audrey Horne | Blackout | "Audrevolution", "The End" | Piano |
| 2018 | Slegest | Introvert | "Maler Lys I Mørketid", "Dødskyss" | Keyboards |
| 2019 | Lindy-Fay Hella | Seafarer | | |
| 2020 | Audrey Horne | Waiting For The Night | | Keyboards, backing vocals |
| 2022 | Hjerteslag | Tyvens dagbok | | Synthesizer |
| 2023 | Drott | Troll | "Nattas Blot" | Vocals |
| 2024 | Hjerteslag | Betonglandskap | | Keyboards, guitars |