Arve Isdal also known as "Ice Dale", is a Norwegian musician and producer. He is best known for being the guitarist of progressive

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band Enslaved

Enslaved (band)

Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...

. He is very active in the Norwegian metal scene, being both a full-time member and doing session-work for several bands. After Tom Cato Visnes left the hard rock band Audrey Horne

Audrey Horne (band)

Audrey Horne is a hard rock/post-grunge band from Bergen, Norway. The band took its name from Sherilyn Fenn's character in the cult TV series Twin Peaks...

, Isdal played the bass parts on their second album Le Fol

Le Fol

Le Fol is Audrey Horne's second album; the follow-up to their album No Hay Banda, which was released two years previously. It was released on August 27th, 2007 on Indie Recordings.-Track listing:...

and continues to perform with the group. He is a part of the death/black metal band Trinacria, which includes members of Enslaved and the noise group Fe-Mail; and a newly formed project with former Immortal

Immortal (band)

Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1990 by current frontman/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta and former guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta...

 guitarist Harald Nævdal. He has also been session-guitarist for Ov Hell

Ov Hell

Ov Hell is a Norwegian black metal supergroup started by Shagrath and King ov Hell in 2009. The band's debut album, The Underworld Regime, was released in February 2010 by Indie Recordings.-Background:...

 and lent his voice to a character on Metalocalypse

Metalocalypse

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in the episode "Dethmas".

Isdal is inspired by guitar players like Slash

Slash (musician)

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, David Gilmour

David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

, John Frusciante

John Frusciante

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, Trey Spruance

Trey Spruance

Preston Lea Spruance III or "Trey Spruance" is an American composer, producer, and musician, perhaps best known as the leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3 and for his work as guitarist and keyboardist with Mr. Bungle...

, Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

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, Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

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, and The Edge

The Edge

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 according to his Myspace.

Audrey Horne

• Confessions & Alcohol
  Confessions & Alcohol
  Confessions & Alcohol is Audrey Horne's first release as an EP. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob.The song, "Confessions & Alcohol", also appears on the album, No Hay Banda.-Track listing:All tracks written by Audrey Horne....
  
  (EP, 2005)
• No Hay Banda
  No Hay Banda
  No Hay Banda is Audrey Horne's debut album. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob. The album title "No hay banda" literally means "There is no band" in Spanish...
  
  (2005)
• Le Fol
  Le Fol
  Le Fol is Audrey Horne's second album; the follow-up to their album No Hay Banda, which was released two years previously. It was released on August 27th, 2007 on Indie Recordings.-Track listing:...
  
  (2007)
• Audrey Horne (2010)

Enslaved

• Below the Lights
  Below the Lights
  Below the Lights is the seventh full-length album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. Beyond it being their last full-length for Osmose , a few lineup changes would take place...
  
  (2003)
• Isa
  Isa (album)
  Isa is the eighth full-length studio album by Norwegian progressive metal band Enslaved. It is arguably the band's most progressive release to date, as several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements...
  
  (2004)
• Ruun (2006)
• Vertebrae
  Vertebrae (album)
  Vertebrae is the tenth studio album release by Norwegian progressive black metal band Enslaved. It was released on 29 September 2008 via Indie Recordings in Europe and on 28 October 2008 via Nuclear Blast in the US. It was received as Album of the Year in Terrorizer Magazine, and later their...
  
  (2008)
• Axioma Ethica Odini
  Axioma Ethica Odini
  Axioma Ethica Odini is the eleventh album by Norwegian progressive viking metal band Enslaved. It was released on September 27, 2010 via Indie Recordings in Europe and on September 28, 2010 via Nuclear Blast in North America.-Track listing:...
  
  (2010)