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Contact: ragnarsolberg@gmail.com

About

I was born on december 2. in 1986 which makes me a Sagittarius.
I'm obsessed with music. Very interested in spiritual things and strongly believe that there is always more than meets the eye.

-Early Years-

From day one I've been a music addict, I started playing guitar when I was 1 year old and I haven't stopped since.
At 4 I was writing songs and doing imaginary-gigs, totally living the dream. I played my first real show when I was 7 years old, then playing the drums at my dad's last concert ever.

Apart from being a great father he was also a drummer and really helped me grow as a musician.
From the year I was born he suffered from Motor Neuron Disease (ALS) and I always knew he would pass away from it sooner or later so that helped/forced me to grow as a person too.

By the time I was 11 I had written so much material that my dad thought that maybe it was time to release some of it and so we did, we recorded it in his studio and it was released via his small-time record company.
The album didn't sell much but it was a great experience at the time.

-With Sign-

At 14 I started a band with my older brother who plays the drums, Sign, a full blown rock band. Since then we've released 4 albums and toured countlessly in the U.K., europe and USA.
Touring with Skid Row, Wednesday 13, Aiden,The Wildhearts and Playing at Download festival 2008 on the main stage along with all-time idols KISS.
Sign also recorded cover versions of "Youth Gone Wild" and "Run to the Hills" for a Kerrang! compilation featuring other bands such as: Machine Head, Metallica, Dream Theater, Avenged sevenfold & Fall out boy which sold over 100.000 copies earning Sign a gold record in the UK.

My dad passed away in 2004 and it was a lot harder than I had imagined it and from that point I started drinking quite heavily and wandered in the dark by myself.
It was only when I met my now fiance that my feet started to slowly come back to earth.
Now I don't drink at all, rather spend my time listening to and making more music.

-Solo-

I changed my last name back to Solberg with an "S" and released "The Circle" (2008) which is a soft semi-acoustic album evolving around love and death.
In order to play live I put together a great band for some shows but moved to Sweden soon after the release and left all that behind.

The same month I moved to Sweden I was asked to be in a Vodafone commercial singing David Bowie's Heroes, that was all good fun and in honesty the first music related gig to earn me any money at all. So I was known as the vodafone guy for a couple of months.

In March 2010 The Circle (darker side) was released via the internet, an album consisting of 9 songs that were thought to be too heavy for the original release, in my opinion some of those songs are a lot better.

-ZSolberg-

In 2010 I decided to put the Z back in there and combine my two halfs, this resulted in a great flow of creativity and I recorded a new album "The Hanged man".
And to make the Z feel like home I re-recorded 3 Sign songs which I thought should be given new life.

So the album is a lot heavier than my previous solo albums, I played all instruments my self again and did all the boring technical stuff too.

From december 13. The Hanged Man is available from Gogoyoko.com.

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Albums

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Releases outside of Iceland

Sign- Thank God For Silence

Sign's first album in english, released in 2005 by R&R music.

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Track list:
1. Lift me up
2. A little bit
3. Love to be loved
4. Breathe
5. What you don't know
6. Thank God for silence
7. So pretty
8. When demons win
9: _
10. Never stop rockin'

credits:
Ragnar ZSolberg: writer, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, poduction
Arnar G.: production, guitar
Egill Orn: drums, writer
Silli Geirdal: bass
Earl Slick: writer, guitar, production
Mark Plati: production, bass

Sign- The Hope

Sign's second english album, released in 2007 by R&R music.

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Track list:
1. Dancing in
2. Misguided
3. Hold me alive
4. All gone
5. Beautiful / depressing
6. The Hope
7. Moveless
8. Immobilized by fear
9: The Lonely boy
10. The lost way of self remedy

Band:
Ragnar ZSolberg: writer, vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, poduction, engineering
Arnar G.: guitar, writer, production,
Egill Orn: drums, writer, production, engineering
Heimir Hjartarson: bass
Jolyon V. Thomas: vocal production, co-mixing

Ragnar Solberg- The Circle

Ragnar Solberg's first english solo album, acoustic rock music about love and death. Released in 2008 by R&R music.

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Track list:
1. Fairy tale
2. The beat
3. Hear as I'm calling
4. Lover
5. Where are the flowers?
6. Soul mates
7. Tombstone
8. Our beloved bleeding sun
9: Fantastic piece of architecture
10. Healing
11. Echo of stains

credits:
Ragnar ZSolberg: Vocals, Instruments, production & engineering
Helgi Egilsson: Upright bass

Ragnar Solberg- The Circle (darker side)

Ragnar's follow up to The Circle, features the rougher songs from the Circle sessions. Released in 2010 by R&R music.

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Track list:
1. The beat begins
2. Stay on my side
3. The beat carries on...
4. The circle / Lover
5. One step at a time
6. Through magic
7. Not feeling like I should
8. Too sad to smile
9: Sounds from silent thoughts

credit:
Ragnar ZSolberg: Instruments, vocals, engineering & production

Ragnar ZSolberg- The Hanged Man

Track list:
1. Ways of the Earth
2. Obsession
3. De-Sign
4. 103 Mentality
5. Moveless
6. Misguided
7. Jordin
8. Bedroom
9. Veidileysa
10. The Hanged Man
11. Fairytale / After I'm Gone
12. Breathe
13. Agliz (ft. Lizark)
14. Funerals

credits:
Ragnar ZSolberg: instruments, vocals, production, engineering & mastering.
Björgvin Hjörvarsson: Fretless bass in #9 & #10
Björn Gale: Cello in #1 & #7
Soley: Photography

Released in dec. 2010 via Ragnarök musik The Hanged Man is a very musical rock album which influences vary from classical to metal to 70's hard rock, all done in a very convincing and honest manner.

From the symphonic opener "Ways of the Earth" to the emotional closure on "Funerals" Ragnar proves himself as a strong one man army.

RO- The Battle of Brothers

In the summer of 2004 the 18 year olds Ómar Emilsson (O.S.W.A) and Ragnar Sólberg (Sign) both frontmen in active rockbands at the time in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, wanted to get relief from their softer/acoustic side.
The outcome turned out to be nothing lke that at all, now 7 years later the album is released.
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Track list:
1. Taiga
2. Not in Love
3. The Chosen Youngs
4. My Enemies
5. Lifestream/Let it Grow
6. Mother Gaia
7. The Battle of Brothers
8. Dirt
9. See why the Rage Ain't Gone
10. I am a Dream
11. Legacy
12. More Than Words Can Express

credits:
Ragnar Solberg: instruments, vocals, engineering & mastering
Omar Emilsson: instruments & vocals
Frosti Gnarr: artwork

Lyrics

Ways of the Earth

I'm always somewhere
I'm always now
just like the water
floating around
Life keeps on changing
circling about
hopefully swirling upwards

Let the ways of the earth shape me
nothing can change what I am

Watching destruction
it's everywhere
quick fix seduction
smoke in the air
I'm really scared of the cost
I'm really scared of the cost

Let the ways of the earth break me
nothing can change what I am

Obsessions

I know I'm lost but does it really matter?
does anybody know their place at all?
I'm moving on, not sure if it is forward
just following the footprints in the snow

now, it's so clear now
really I can see now
as I'm running after you
I'm ignoring my life
really there's no meaning
I'm just running after you

carry on, running from my thoughts now
lose them in the sky with the stars
nothing's good, nothing's ever perfect
it all just makes you hurt in the end

now, it's so clear now
really I can see now
as I'm running after you
I'm ignoring my life
really there's no meaning
I'm just running after you

it's alright, it's ok
there's nothing there anyway
it's alright, it's ok
someway
I know this time I won't let go
it will be better
before I forget, don't look back

De-Sign

the night has come now I'm alone
learn my thoughts, learn my soul
I've been through flames now I'm a stone
in my time, in my hour
my finest hour

show me what is this love inside of me
is it a part of the design
am I really sane?

I've done as I'm told and I've done as I please
now nobody is allowed to speak
learn my thoughts and learn soul
I don't sleep, I don't eat
I'm only here now

show me what is this love inside of me
is it a part of the design
am I really sane?

show me what is this fear inside of me
is it a part of the design
am I really safe?

Sefurdu engillinn minn?
Nei ekki nuna amma
eg verd ad gera thetta fyrst

103 Mentality

will you always be there watching over me?
Will you? I asked a long time ago
it's hurting, now it's hurting from the deepest root
I'm lost in the maze of my own thoughts

sometimes I start to miss myself
what am I supposed to do then?
can't control anything in this storm
and it starts to spin around and carries me to the unknown

take me by the hand
walk me up the stairs
with angels and candle lights
everything that I like

but something follows me
kicks me to the floor
I try to call for help
but you already walked away

I'm breathing, at least it feels like I'm breathing now
but how should I know? I'm just a boy in a room
I'm feeling, I guess I'm feeling something everyday
but how would I know? I'm just a boy anyway

something's behind me
kicks me to the floor
I try to call for help
but you already...

it pulls me by the hair
throws me down the stairs
it leaves m, shuts the door
leave! Can't take anymore
I shiver to my core
ready for the war
as much as a boy could be
'cause you already went away

Moveless

I'm lying here moveless this time I went too far
I drowned all my strength poisoning the spark
my innocence is gone forever more
my innocence is gone

I can not move my self
and I could really use your help
I can not move myself
oh God I could really use your help

this body's worn and wasted
the one you held so near
and the ghost of your kiss
is burning my lips
all I have is ghosts of happiness
faint reminders of what could have been

I can not move my self
and I could really use your help
I can not move myself
oh God I could really use your help

I'm lying here so sickened
it has never been this bad
oh I tried to fight this
all by my self
but despite all the strength I had in me
it hurt so bad that even my eyes bleed

I can not move my self
and I could really use your help
I can not move myself
oh God I could really use your help

this journey that I took
is a bit harder than I thought
and I've been feeding all the worst in me
just to kill that fucking loss

Misguided

smell the concrete feel the life
almost better than flowers
inhale the money, inhale the greed
enjoy destruction people

I just dream all this shit away
ain't got a plan but I got my sanctuary
my own relegion
my own believe
and I've learned how to heal myself again
but they see me as a waste of time

it's hard to choose the right way
when given no fucking choice
not a failure but just misguided
it's hard to see things clearly
while living in the mud
not that senseless but all misguided

fuck health, wealth is all, even hearts are for sale
bleed for money, bleed the freak
let's enjoy the freak show people

I just scream all this shit away
ain't got a plan but I don't need that shit anyway
think about the way they move
think about the way they go
they're like ants but they're killing themselves

but they see me as a waste of time
I ignore their words
I ignore their lives

it's hard to choose the right way
when given no fucking choice
not a failure but just misguided
it's hard to see things clearly
while living in the mud
not that senseless but all misguided

Jordin

eg se
eg heyri
eg finn

Bedroom

turn out the light in the bedroom
I'll switch the tv off
I don't want to be distracted, this I gotta say

You are more than someone
You're more than someone I love
You warm me up more than fire
and fire I've always adored

and I am only me
but only You can see
what that means
I am You in me

remember when I met You
in a room full of emptiness
and when You spoke I shivered
sure that the room would explode
right then I got caught in your eyes
and I couldn't say that much
I was shy, afraid and frozen
but love You've sure warmed me up

I am only me
but only you can see
what that means
I am You

as long as there's blood in my heart
I'm never letting go
as long as there's air in my lungs
I'm never letting go
I am You in me

Veidileysa

a midnight walk
by the castle on the shore
the black one that stands by the sea
since I came here I've been growing into a child
the child I was meant to be

the sea is
it's calling me and
the sky is dancing
it plays with everything
the mountain kings and
the ocean queen
yeah this place is everything

so beautiful that it's just like in a dream
but still has the nightmare feel
I don't know what it is about this place
I've never felt before

the sea is
it's calling me and
the sky is dancing
it plays with everything
the mountain kings and
the ocean queen
yeah this place has everything

it's calling me and
the sky is dancing
it watches everything
the mountain kings and
the elf's queen
oh this place has everything

The Hanged Man

I've only been singing
I don't write I don't speak
and I don't really care anymore
first it was depressing not being able to speak
but really I don't care anymore

I don't even hear spoken words, spoken words
everything is music to me
if you can't fit your speech in a 3 minute song
don't bother talking shit to me

I waste my time in not doing anything
this world I call a home
the world of my songs

I went a couple of years
20 years so to speak
never saying anything real
but now I hear myself in my head everyday
it all becomes very clear
nothing gets through with words alone
you have to be able to mean
I'm not saying that I can't
I just lack the will
and music is fine with me

I waste my time in not doing anything
this world I call a home
the world of my songs

Fairytale / after I'm gone

I can't stop what I think
can't stop what I feel
something really deep
white or brighter still
I've never been this strong
I've never been this old
living in a fairy tale

walking in the sky
walking mountains high
flirting with the stars
imagine that we fly
if we do not care
if they laugh or stare
we're living in a fairy tale
live in our own fairy tale

there always is a better way
but if it were changed
it wouldn't be the same
there always is a better word
but when you speak it's just good enough

where should I begin, it's hard to fit it all in
this is the new part, the one where true love starts
this comes from the deepest feelings in my heart

you came from a dream, you came from the sky
and you're my fairy tale, now everything is so bright
nothing will ever make my heart grow black again

the world may change it's course, the world might go away
I don't even care, I love you just the same
I love you even more than I can really say

but I may fuck things up, arrogant little fuck
I may be a child and sometimes way to wild
I may do what seems to be wasting our time

but if I shall be gone, listen to my song
and know how much it hurts, not letting you know
'cause I love you even more than I can ever show

after I am dead, you'll still be feeling your man
like I do with dad I hear him every day
'cause real love will never, never fade away

Breathe

I turn my head against the time
trying to rewind
still this moment is real
breathe once more just breathe

I don't want it all in me
I just don't want it all
I just want you

we all sat together in the sun
drinking, having fun
but now I sit alone
oh God where did the time go
I've been looking
ever since the day you disappeared
and I'm still looking for you my dear

I don't want it all in me
I just don't want it all
I just want you

Agliz (ft. Lizark)

inside of me there's a child that bleeds
for a wasted time, for a wasted life

inside of me I can not bleed
for all the pain, for all the shame

it's hard to die and criticize everything you left behind
I can not feel, I can not bleed when all that's left is you and me

free your mind
say goodbye
forever is tomorrow
forever is tomorrow

Funerals

this is the occasion that I'd never wish for
but God I'm getting used to this
God I'm getting immune to this

travel across the ocean to say my last goodbyes
but I'll be seeing you someday
I'll be feeling you

sleep little girl
the rest is just a cool sail
sleep now little girl
the rest is just a cool sail

I will water all the flowers, you'll give them earth
leave the illness in the coffin, let it turn to dirt
travel across the ocean to say my last goodbyes
but I'll being seeing you bloom again
I'll be seeing you bloom

sleep little girl
the rest is just a cool sail
sleep now little girl
the rest is just a cool sail