Andrea Haugen

Andrea Haugen
Haugen modelling as Nebelhexë in 2003
Haugen modelling as Nebelhexë in 2003
Background information
Birth nameAndréa Meyer
Also known asAghast, Hagalaz' Runedance, Andréa Nebel, Nebel, Nebelhexë
Born(1969-07-06)6 July 1969
Hannover, Germany
Died13 October 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 52)
Kongsberg, Norway
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • model
  • writer
  • actress
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • synthesizer
  • drums
Years active1994–2021

Andrea Haugen (born Andréa Meyer; 6 July 1969 – 13 October 2021), also known under her artist names of Aghast, Hagalaz' Runedance, Andréa Nebel, Nebel and Nebelhexë, was a German musician, model and author.

Career

Modelling

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.[2]

Music

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,[3] releasing three further albums,[2] and also used the name Andréa Nebel and released electronic horror-mood music as Aghast Manor.[4]

Writing

Haugen began writing in 1995.[5] 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.[2] She published an e-book titled Simply Exceptional – How to make it your Way!.[4]

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.[4][5]

A pagan, originally with Anton LaVey's Church of Satan[2] and later an earth-centred Germanic pagan, Haugen criticised what she viewed as patriarchal religions that inhibit people's inner nature.[3] She published a book about Germanic spirituality and mythology, Die alten Feuer von Midgard (English edition The Ancient Fires of Midgard).[3][6] 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".[4]

Personal life and death

Haugen was previously married to guitarist Tomas Haugen; they had a daughter.[2]

She lived in the United Kingdom and Norway;[7] she was living in Kongsberg when she was murdered at the age of 52 in the Kongsberg attacks on 13 October 2021.[2][8]

Discography

Aghast

  • Hexerei im Zwielicht der Finsternis, CD/PD 1995

Hagalaz' Runedance

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Dark Side Of Dreaming, CD 2011

Aghast Manor

  • Gaslights, CD 2012
  • Penetrate, CD 2013

Guest appearances

Bibliography

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Scarlett, Liz (18 October 2021). "Black metal musician Andrea Meyer among five killed in Norway attack". louder. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Skelos (28 September 2003). "Nebelhexë: Revelations from a Nordic Witch". Vampiria. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Nebelhexë on Myspace.
  6. ^ Andrea "Nebel" Haugen (2005). Die alten Feuer von Midgard (in German) (2nd ed.). Berlin: Second Sight. ISBN 9783935684019.
  7. ^ Life magazine interview at myspace.com/nebelhexe_personal.
  8. ^ Camilla Fredstad Huuse; et al. (16 October 2021). "Disse ble drept på Kongsberg". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 November 2021.