# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ics-vortex
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:31:56.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ics-vortex"
name: "ICS Vortex"
slug: "ics-vortex"
description: "Simen Hestnæs, better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus and the doom metal band Lamented Souls. He is also a vocalist and the bass guitarist to the progressive metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and clean vocalist for the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arcturus_Party.San_Metal_Open_Air_2016_12.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: "1974-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             1.794052592774637
  historical:           14.63943066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/icsimen"
    handle:    "icsimen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/icsvortexofficial"
    handle:    "icsvortexofficial"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ايكس ڤورتيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simen_Hestn%C3%A6s"
    title: "Simen Hestnæs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simen_Hestn%C3%A6s"
    title: "Simen Hestnæs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simen_Hestn%C3%A6s"
    title: "Simen Hestnæs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICS_Vortex"
    title: "ICS Vortex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92ce2162-36c2-40cd-9207-403ffc12ca7e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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