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With the departure of Sverre the other members were free to form new constellations. Somehow, Marius got left out so he went on to take an education in classical music and has since appeared on both TV and radio as lead singer for choirs. The remaining three - Kim, Alex and Noralf - formed the
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in 1995. It made its debut, in week 44, at the number 1 spot on the VG Album Charts. Within a few days it sold to Gold (25,000 copies) and didn't stop until it had passed 50,000. This is a good figure for any artist in a small country like
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on October 20, 2005. Six years after disbanding the band they stood on stage together again, in front of an audience of more than 5000 people. After this success they went on a small tour in Norway in the summer of 2006.
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has gathered weight until at some point in 2004 he felt compelled to collect some of the songs and release his first solo album. And due to the number of songs it turned out to be a double album!
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Ljungblut and Zeromancer are both scheduled for new releases next year. As well as a Seigmen DVD containing the reunion show, videos, interviews, and a documentary with unreleased material.
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in 1989. In addition to Kim, the band consisted of his kindergarten buddy Marius Roth Christensen on guitar, singer Alex Møklebust, drummer Noralf Ronthi and guitarist Sverre Økshoff.
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In the beginning, the band viewed it more as fun than as a serious outlet for their musical and artistic inspirations, playing a punkish style of rock but that changed rapidly.
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and Don Juan Dracula, Erik has lent his keyboard and computer skills out to such various artists as the Swiss electro band Undergod and Norwegian black metal acts
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Seigmen played live at the 2012 Slottsfjell festival in Tønsberg, which was a celebrating its 10th anniversary. In 2015 Seigmen released a new album "Enola".
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had. But they've toured extensively both in Europe and America, and they seem to have grown fairly popular in Germany with their take on industrial metal.
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Different members are actively pursuing their own side projects; Alex has been working as producer for a few Norwegian artists - such as
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may still have a future, though all the members deny it, because they agreed to do "one last" concert during the
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never managed to reach the same heights, neither with respect to musical innovation nor in popularity, as
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Kim Ljung has also been active on his own. Over the years material that didn't fit in with
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The second half of the decade saw the band move in a more electronic direction with
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Kim Ljung started his musical career as bass player and songsmith in the band
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and released its first official album – the dark and unpolished
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keyboard-player Erik Lunggren and the American Chris Schleyer.
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SubGud - Time Machine (Kim did vocals, released on Magnet)
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The apex of commercial success was reached with the album
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It Sounds Like Love (But It Looks Like Sex) (2009)
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