# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samoth
# Generated: 2026-09-07T15:22:52.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samoth"
name: "Samoth"
slug: "samoth"
description: "Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen, better known by his stage name Samoth is a Norwegian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the country's black metal scene. He is well known for his distinct guitar work and drumming in the band Emperor, as well as his formation of the death metal band Zyklon. In very early Emperor releases, he was called Samot, and with the formation of Zyklon he became known as Zamoth. Samoth was the owner of the record label Nocturnal Art Productions and had a close relationship with Candlelight Records."
tagline: "Norwegian guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samoth-Emperor_TonsOfRock-2025-2.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"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             0.2244039270687237
  historical:           17.71704133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1451195/"
    handle:    "nm1451195"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/122290"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AB"
    title: "ساموث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Томас Хауген"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "サモス (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Haugen"
    title: "Tomas Haugen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoth"
    title: "Samoth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82"
    title: "Самот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Haugen"
    title: "Tomas Haugen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82"
    title: "Самот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/277d758b-41f7-4f8e-8a8f-45a226880f37"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2857124"
    title: "Haris Samothrakis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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