Jan Axel Blomberg

Norwegian drummer

Jan Axel Blomberg is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Jan Axel Blomberg as Norwegian drummer.

Jan Axel Blomberg was born at Trysil Municipality in 1969. His recorded nationality is Norway.

Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.

He worked as drummer, musician and session musician.

The instruments recorded are drum kit.

His work is classed as black metal, death metal and avant-garde metal.

He performed with Mayhem and Mayhem.

What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.

That the work came out of Norway shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Jan Axel Blomberg is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.

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