Ronny Hovland

• Name — Ares • Birth Name — Ronny Hovland • Born — 3 June 1973 • Birthplace — Bergen, Norway • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, Jew's harp • Genre — Death metal, black metal • Years Active — Since 1993 • Current Member Of — Aeternus • Past Member Of — Gorgoroth • Illustration — Ares live with Aeternus in 2015 at Party.San Open Air

Ares is the founder of the Norwegian dark metal/death metal band Aeternus, in which he plays guitar and does the vocals. The band was formed in 1993 as a trio, composed of Ares, Erik Vrolok, and Morrigan. Ares is now the only remaining original member of Aeternus. From 1995 to 1997, Ares was the bassist of the black metal band Gorgoroth, before Aeternus' debut album, Beyond the Wandering Moon, was released in 1997 on Hammerheart Records. Aeternus has since toured with bands such as Emperor and Deicide, and has released an additional five full-length albums. In addition to Aeternus and Gorgoroth, Ares has played in several other extreme metal bands, and has done live work for bands such as Immortal and Grimfist.

• Aeternus – since 1993

• Gorgoroth (1995–1997) • Corona Borealis • Black Hole Generator (guest appearance on Black Karma EP + live in 2007) • Immortal (1998, live) • Grimfist (live) • Malignant Eternal (live) • Chaos Predicted • Dark Fortress (2003, guest vocalist) • Orth (1996–1997) • Gravdal (2010, session live bass)

• Walk My Path (demo) (1994) • Dark Sorcery (EP) (1995) • Beyond the Wandering Moon (1997) •...And So the Night Became (1998) • Dark Rage (7") (1998) • Shadows of Old (2000) • Burning the Shroud (EP) (2001) • Ascension of Terror (2001) • A Darker Monument (2003) • HeXaeon (2006)

• The Last Tormentor (live EP) (1996) • Under the Sign of Hell (1997) • Destroyer (1998) • Bergen 1996 (EP) (2007)

• Black Karma (EP) (2006)

• Profane Genocidal Creations (2003)

• Cantus Paganus (2000)