# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-hedger
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:23.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-hedger"
name: "Charles Hedger"
slug: "charles-hedger"
description: "Charles Edward Alexander Hedger is a British guitarist who is known for his stint in the extreme metal band Cradle of Filth and his work with Imperial Vengeance. He currently plays with Norwegian black metal band Mayhem under the alias Ghul. In the past he also performed live on stage with bands like Tormentor and Shining, and continues to do so occasionally."
tagline: "British metal musician (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayhem%2C_Summer_Dying_Loud_2024_02_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.295112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/charles.edwardalexanderhedger"
    handle:    "charles.edwardalexanderhedger"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cradleoffilth.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1045035"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "チャールズ・ヘッジャー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hedger"
    title: "Charles Hedger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/425e8681-beaf-451c-85a3-f867b210a370"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump