Steinar Sverd Johnsen
Steinar Sverd Johnsen is a Norwegian keyboardist and composer. Sverd plays keyboards and synthesizers in Arcturus and was also the main composer for the band. He formed the band with Marius Vold of Mayhem in 1987, originally under the moniker Mortem. The band split up in April 2007, but reformed in 2011.
In 1998, Sverd was recruited by the band, The Kovenant, known at the time as Covenant, along with Hellhammer. After the release of the album Nexus Polaris, Sverd and the band parted ways. Until his return to the band with the Nexus Polaris reunion in 2024.
Sverd has also been a guest on a few releases by prominent Norwegian black metal bands, Ulver and Satyricon.
Discography
With Mortem
Slow Death Slow Death Ravnsvart- ''Slow Death''
With Arcturus
- Promo 90
- My Angel
- Constellation
- Aspera Hiems Symfonia
- La Masquerade Infernale
- Disguised Masters
- Aspera Hiems Symfonia/Constellation/My Angel
- The Sham Mirrors
- Sideshow Symphonies
- Shipwrecked in Oslo
- ''Arcturian''
With Covenant
- ''Nexus Polaris''
As a session musician
- Satyricon - The Shadowthrone
- Ved Buens Ende - ''...Coiled in Obscurity''