# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaahl
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:26:07.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaahl"
name: "Gaahl"
slug: "gaahl"
description: "Kristian Eivind Espedal, better known by his stage name Gaahl, is a Norwegian vocalist. He is best known as the former frontman of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He is also the founder and lead vocalist of Trelldom and Gaahlskagg. Since leaving Gorgoroth, he has been involved with God Seed, Wardruna, and Gaahls Wyrd. He was the focus of the documentary True Norwegian Black Metal and also appeared in the film Flukt."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristian_Eivind_Espedal_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.3
  momentum:             2.486381322957198
  historical:           22.39542933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  205
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2649567/"
    handle:    "nm2649567"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гаал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Գաալ (երգիչ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaahl"
    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristian Eivind Espedal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gaahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1257488"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1105130"
    title: "Kristian Espedal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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