associated_acts alias article_title sister background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
the division , carpe tenebrum , crowhead kovenant , troll , dimmu borgir , chrome lex icon ; nagash ; nagash blackheart stian hinderson
 vibeke hinderson solo_singer 7 may 1978 vocals , guitar , bass , drums , keyboards heavy symphonic black metal metal , black metal , industrial metal , norway stian andré arnesen musician , songwriter
stian hinderson

nagash or lex icon -lrb- real name stian andré hinderson , born stian andré arnesen , 7 may 1978 -rrb- is a norwegian black metal musician .
he plays guitar , bass , drums , keyboards and does vocals .
he began writing music in 1991 , 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 amund svensson in 1993 .
-lrb- however , after having released two albums , they had to change the name to the kovenant due to a swedish band already called covenant -rrb- .
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 .
in 2004 , now known as lex icon , he teamed up with shagrath and formed a new heavy metal band called chrome division .
in this band he played drums .
lex has reported that he had to leave chrome division and is now 100 % dedicated working on the next the kovenant album .
he also currently reported to have joined one of his favorite bands , crowhead .
he has also been involved in nocturnal breed -lrb- as a session drummer , under the name of `` rick hellraiser '' -rrb- and carpe tenebrum .
from the beginning of 2008 , he recruited a full lineup for his former solo project , troll .
their latest album neo-satanic supremacy has been released in early 2010 through napalm records .
