Peccatum

All Music Guide:

Peccatum is a Norwegian post-black metal project formed in 1998 by Emperor leader Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Tveitan) and his wife, Star of Ash's Ihriel (Heidi Tveitan), along with her brother, Lord PZ (Pål Solberg). Seeking to push beyond the stylistic restrictions of black metal, the trio of classically trained vocalists (Ihsahn also handling almost all instruments: guitar, bass, keyboards, etc.) combined elements of heavy metal, Gothic rock, industrial, new age, ambient, and especially classical music to conjure a highly unconventional debut in 1999's Strangling From Within. Yet this was merely the beginning, as their avant-garde vision was taken into even stranger realms of invention on subsequent efforts like 2000's Oh, My Regrets EP, 2001's Amor Fati album, and particularly, 2004's Lost in Reverie LP. Significantly, this last release was the first recorded after Emperor's demise and Lord PZ's departure.

Wikipedia:

Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary music.

Biography

Peccatum was formed by singer Ihriel (Heidi Solberg Tveitan), her husband Ihsahn (of the well-known black metal band Emperor), and her brother Lord PZ. The group released three albums and two EPs. Lost in Reverie, released in 2004 after Lord PZ's departure, moved towards a more classical, avant-garde and musically opaque direction.

Lost in Reverie and the 2005 EP The Moribund People were both produced under the label Mnemosyne Productions, owned and operated by Ihriel and Ihsahn themselves.

On March 4, 2006 Peccatum split, leaving room for Ihriel to continue with Star of Ash and Ihsahn to work on his solo work.