Tchort
Tchort, is a Norwegian musician. He is known for his time spent playing bass for the black metal band Emperor and for leading the progressive metal band Green Carnation. He has also played with Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne, Satyricon and Einherjer.
Tchort
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- Name
- Tchort
- Birth Name
- Terje Vik Schei
- Born
- 7 July 1974
- Birthplace
- Kristiansand, Norway
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- black metal
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Tchort, is a Norwegian musician. He is known for his time spent playing bass for the black metal band Emperor and for leading the progressive metal band Green Carnation. He has also played with Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne, Satyricon and Einherjer.
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Tchort was a Norwegian guitarist and musician. The guitarist was born in Kristiansand Municipality. Tchort was a member of Blood Red Throne, Carpathian Forest and Emperor, among others.
Genres include black metal. Languages used include Norwegian.
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Known to be married and to have a son and a daughter. A Slavonic word (Russian Чёрт, Czech and Slovak Čert, Ukrainian and Belarusian Чорт, Polish Czort or Czart) meaning Devil. He was arrested in the early/mid 1990s for assault and was in prison for two years. Tchort with fellow Green Carnation performer Kjetil Nordhus, established his own record label, Sublife Productions in Kristiansand, Norway, on 1 July 2005. The label has already signed Green Carnation, Chain Collector, and Harm, and are looking to sign more. Sublife Productions also acts as a booking agent for these artists as well as Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne. The company is also turning its eye to cover design, and has stated that "various artists will present their work on Sublifeproductions.com in the near future".
Terje "Tchort" Vik Shei with Green Carnation, Kristiansand, Norway, 2026
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• Name — Tchort • Birth Name — Terje Vik Schei • Born — 7 July 1974 • Birthplace — Kristiansand, Norway • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Bass guitar, guitar • Genre — Black metal, progressive metal, progressive rock • Years Active — 1991–present • Current Member Of — Green Carnation, The 3rd Attempt • Past Member Of — Emperor, Carpathian Forest, Blood Red Throne Terje Vik Schei (born 7 July 1974), better known by his stage name Tchort, is a Norwegian musician. He is known for his time spent playing bass for the black metal band Emperor and for leading the progressive metal band Green Carnation. He has also played with Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne, Satyricon and Einherjer. Tchort is known to be married and to have a son and a daughter. Tchort is a Slavonic word (Russian Чёрт, Czech and Slovak Čert, Ukrainian and Belarusian Чорт, Polish Czort or Czart) meaning Devil. He was arrested in the early/mid 1990s for assault and was in prison for two years. Tchort with fellow Green Carnation performer Kjetil Nordhus, established his own record label, Sublife Productions in Kristiansand, Norway, on 1 July 2005. The label has already signed Green Carnation, Chain Collector, and Harm, and are looking to sign more. Sublife Productions also acts as a booking agent for these artists as well as Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne. The company is also turning its eye to cover design, and has stated that "various artists will present their work on Sublifeproductions.com in the near future".
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Tchort was born in Kristiansand Municipality.
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• Green Carnation – Hallucinations of Despair (1991) Demo • Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) • Green Carnation – Journey to the End of The Night (1999) − CD • Carpathian Forest – Strange Old Brew (2000) • Blood Red Throne – Monument of Death (2001) • Carpathian Forest – Morbid Fascination of Death (2001) • Green Carnation – Light of Day, Day of Darkness (2001) • Blood Red Throne – Affiliated With the Suffering (2003) • Carpathian Forest – Defending the Throne of Evil (2003) • Green Carnation – A Blessing in Disguise (2003) • Carpathian Forest – We're Going to Hollywood for This – Live Perversions DVD (2004) • Green Carnation – The Trilogy (2004) − Box set • Green Carnation – Alive and Well... In Krakow (2004) − DVD • Blood Red Throne – Altered Genesis (2005) • Green Carnation – The Quiet Offspring (2005) • Green Carnation – The Burden Is Mine... Alone (2005) − EP • Carpathian Forest – Fuck You All!!!! Caput tuum in ano est (2006) • Green Carnation – The Acoustic Verses (2006) • Blood Red Throne – Come Death (2007) • Green Carnation – A Night Under the Dam (2007) − DVD • Blood Red Throne – Souls of Damnation (2009) • Green Carnation – Leaves of Yesteryear (2020) • Green Carnation - A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia (2025) • Green Carnation - A Dark Poem, Pt. II: Sanguis (2026)
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- 1.Symphonic and Monumental Black Metal Art. In: Rites of Eleusis, Nr. 3, p. 47.
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