Misplaced Pages

Thorr's Hammer
Background information
Origin	Ballard, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Death-doom
Years active	1994−1995, 2009, 2010
Labels	Southern Lord
Members	Runhild Gammelsæter Greg Anderson Stephen O'Malley James Hale Jamie Sykes

Thorr's Hammer was an American-Norwegian death-doom band.

History

Thorr's Hammer was formed in Ballard, Seattle, Washington by Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley during winter 1994–1995. Soon after, Runhild Gammelsæter, then a 17-year-old Norwegian exchange student, joined the band as vocalist/lyricist. The band reached its final form when Jamie Sykes and James Hale joined. The band was active only for six weeks during which it played two gigs and recorded a demo and an EP titled Dommedagsnatt. In 1997, the song "Troll" from their EP Dommedagsnatt was released on The Awakening - Females in Extreme Music, a compilation album from Dwell Records.

The band disbanded after Gammelsæter's return to Oslo, Norway. Burning Witch was formed from the ashes of Thorr's Hammer, and Gammelsæter collaborated with James Plotkin (Khanate) to form Khlyst. Khlyst released a full-length album Chaos Is My Name in 2006, and a live album Chaos Live in 2008.

Thorr's Hammer reunited in 2009 to play at the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham, England, and again in 2010 for The Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. In an interview with Rock-A-Rolla magazine, Runhild Gammelsæter said the band "might make some new music" in the future.

Line-up

• Runhild Gammelsæter (a.k.a. Ozma) – vocals and lyrics
• Greg Anderson – guitar ("drones and sunns")
• Stephen O'Malley – guitar ("crust and earth")
• James Hale – bass guitar ("subsonic attack") (replaced by Guy Pinhas at the 2009 & 2010 reunion shows)
• Jamie Sykes – drums ("battledrums")

Discography

• Sannhet i Blodet (demo 1995)
• Dommedagsnatt (cassette 1996, CD 1998, CD reissue 2004, picture disc 2004)
• Only Death Is Real – Live by Command of Tom G. Warrior (LP 2019, recorded live at Roadburn 2010)
• Awakening – Females in Extreme Music (CD 1997)

References

1. ^ "blood sisters: women in heavy music: thorr's hammer". Kzsu.stanford.edu. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
2. "Various - Awakening - Females In Extreme Music". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
3. "Khlyst site". Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
4. Rock-A-Rolla magazine, Issue 20, May/June 2009

External links

• Thorr's Hammer at the website of Southern Lord Records
• Thorr's Hammer at Encyclopaedia Metallum

• American death metal musical groups
• Norwegian death metal musical groups
• Norwegian doom metal musical groups
• Heavy metal musical groups from Washington (state)
• Musical groups established in 1994
• 1994 establishments in Washington (state)
• Musical groups disestablished in 1995
• 1995 disestablishments in Washington (state)