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Ørjan Stedjeberg, better known in the metal world by his pseudonym Hoest, has been accompanied by numerous recording and live performance musicians, some of them quite notable. But at the end of the day, the corpse-painted maniac has been the heart, soul, brain, blood and balls behind the 33-year old Bergen-based black metal beast TAAKE. However much stock one may put into the notion of "true Norwegian black metal," few could question the legitimacy of TAAKE within that storied scene. Sometim...