![Tomas "Samoth" Haugen of Emperor live on stage on day 2 of Bloodstock Open Air Festival on 9th August 2014 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire Stock Photo - Alamy Tomas "Samoth" Haugen of Emperor live on stage on day 2 of Bloodstock Open Air Festival on 9th August 2014 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4XPBJ/tomas-samoth-haugen-of-emperor-live-on-stage-on-day-2-of-bloodstock-open-air-festival-on-9th-august-2014-at-catton-hall-derbyshire-2H4XPBJ.jpg)
Tomas "Samoth" Haugen of Emperor live on stage on day 2 of Bloodstock Open Air Festival on 9th August 2014 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire Stock Photo - Alamy
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![♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ в Twitter: „Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Born June 9th, 1974 Multi-instrumentalist in the black metal scene with EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal https://t.co/Ry1TSyIHra“ / Twitter ♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ в Twitter: „Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Born June 9th, 1974 Multi-instrumentalist in the black metal scene with EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal https://t.co/Ry1TSyIHra“ / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB1rDagUQAAeSLv.jpg)
♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ в Twitter: „Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Born June 9th, 1974 Multi-instrumentalist in the black metal scene with EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal https://t.co/Ry1TSyIHra“ / Twitter
![♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ on Twitter: "Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Guitars early EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal #Norway #OldSchool #90s https://t.co/NQB2bdE5h0" / Twitter ♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ on Twitter: "Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Guitars early EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal #Norway #OldSchool #90s https://t.co/NQB2bdE5h0" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB2kJVVVoAEUPm-.jpg)
♆ 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔮𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔲𝔪 ♆ on Twitter: "Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen "Samoth" Guitars early EMPEROR & ZYKLON #BlackMetal #Norway #OldSchool #90s https://t.co/NQB2bdE5h0" / Twitter
![File:02-08-2014-Tomas „Samoth“ Haugen with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014-JonasR 06.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:02-08-2014-Tomas „Samoth“ Haugen with Emperor at Wacken Open Air 2014-JonasR 06.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/02-08-2014-Tomas_%E2%80%9ESamoth%E2%80%9C_Haugen_with_Emperor_at_Wacken_Open_Air_2014-JonasR_06.jpg)
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Black Death Nostalgia - Here's a young Tomas "Samoth" Haugen back in 1990...this was from when he was in the Death Metal band XERASIA (or maybe even EMBRYONIC?), a year before EMPEROR
Black Metal Pics From The Past - Embryonic band (pre Thou Shalt Suffer and Emperor) after the show in 1991 left side Tomas Haugen (Samoth) ,right side Vegard Tveitan (Ihsahn) in the
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