Andrea Haugen
Andrea Haugen (born Andréa Meyer; July 6, 1969 – October 13, 2021), also known under her artist names of Aghast, Hagalaz' Runedance, Andréa Nebel, Nebel and Nebelhexë, was a German musician, model and author.
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| Birth name | Andréa Meyer |
| Also known as | Aghast, Hagalaz' Runedance, Andréa Nebel, Nebel, Nebelhexë |
| Born | July 6, 1969 Hannover, Germany |
| Died | October 13, 2021 (aged 52) Kongsberg, Norway |
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| Years active | 1994–2021 |
Modelling edit
Haugen worked as a model in London, but soon rejected it as a "shallow scene". She was later a fetish model and participated in Cradle of Filth shows.[1]
Music edit
Haugen cited her influences as the Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, and The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.[citation needed] She released her first music as Aghast in 1995, then from 1996 to 2002 under the name Hagalaz' Runedance. From 2003 she worked under the name of Nebelhexë,[2] releasing three further albums,[1] and also used the name Andréa Nebel and released electronic horror-mood music as Aghast Manor.[3]
Writing edit
Haugen began writing in 1995.[4] She wrote film scripts, both horror and satire. Many of her social-critical comments were printed in alternative magazines and also in Norwegian tabloids and magazines; she had a column titled "Seriously - The Things That Irritate Nebelhexë" in a Norwegian gothic magazine.[1] She published an e-book titled Simply Exceptional – How to make it your Way!.[3]
She also wrote Gothic and surreal poetry, and in 2011 released a spoken word CD to accompany her poetry anthology The Dark Side of Dreaming.[3][4]
A pagan, originally with Anton LaVey's Church of Satan[1] and later an earth-centred Germanic pagan, Haugen criticised what she viewed as patriarchal religions that inhibit people's inner nature.[2] She published a book about Germanic spirituality and mythology, Die alten Feuer von Midgard (English edition The Ancient Fires of Midgard).[2][5] In 2012 she expressed frustration at some journalists' misconstruing song lyrics of hers as being about "witches in the wood, Nazism, nature, or pollution of the environment" when they were "relatively clearly" about "incest, a friend's suicide, child abuse, or loneliness".[3]
Personal life and death edit
Haugen was previously married to guitarist Tomas Haugen; they had a daughter.[1]
She lived in the United Kingdom and Norway;[6] she was living in Kongsberg when she was murdered at the age of 52 in the Kongsberg attacks on 13 October 2021.[1][7]
Discography edit
Aghast edit
- Hexerei im Zwielicht der Finsternis, CD/PD 1995
Hagalaz' Runedance edit
- When the Trees Were Silenced, 7" 1996
- The Winds That Sang of Midgard’s Fate, CD 1998
- Urd – That Which Was, MCD/Picture disc 1999
- On Wings of Rapture, CD single 2000
- Volven, CD/LP/Picture disc 2000
- Frigga’s Web, CD/LP 2002
Nebelhexë edit
- Laguz – Within the Lake, CD 2004
- Essensual, CD 2006
- Dead Waters, CD 2009
- Don't Kill The Animals, EP, 2009, with US artist Jarboe
Andréa Nebel edit
- The Dark Side Of Dreaming, CD 2011
Aghast Manor edit
- Gaslights, CD 2012
- Penetrate, CD 2013
Guest appearances edit
- Cradle of Filth – The Principle of Evil Made Flesh 1994 (credited as 'Andrea Meyer').
- Satyricon – Nemesis Divina 1996
Bibliography edit
- Understanding the Northern Myths and Traditions (2000)
- Dark Side of Dreaming – poems and short stories
- Walking With The Night – a book of shadows
- Feed My Shadow Nature
- Simply Exceptional
- The Shadow Of Eloise
- The Neighbour
- The Body In The Skeleton House
- Behind Church Walls
- Das Erbe der Familie Rimbaud
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "EMPEROR Guitarist's Ex-Wife Among Five People Killed In Norway Bow-And-Arrow Attack". Blabbermouth. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Skelos (28 September 2003). . Vampiria. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d Tony F. (18 September 2012). "ANDRÉA NEBEL im Interview: Von HAGALAZ RUNEDANCE bis AGHAST MANOR..." Nonpop.de (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b Nebelhexë on Myspace.
- ^ Andrea "Nebel" Haugen (2005). Die alten Feuer von Midgard (in German) (2nd ed.). Berlin: Second Sight. ISBN 9783935684019.
- ^ Life magazine interview at myspace.com/nebelhexe_personal.
- ^ Camilla Fredstad Huuse; et al. (16 October 2021). . Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 November 2021.
External links edit
- Nebelhexë homepage
- Official myspace entry