Ole Børud
Ole Arnold Børud (born December 6, 1976) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, and
engineer known both for his solo recordings and as a member of the groups Arnold B. Family,
Schaliach,
Extol, and
Fleshkiller. Børud, son of the
gospel singer
Arnold Børud, began performing music at age five as part of Arnold B. Family, a group which would compete in the
Melodi Grand Prix three times. At age twelve, he released a
Christian children's music album. He later ventured into
hard rock and
heavy metal bands, first in the two-man project Schaliach and then in Extol and, briefly, the
hardcore punk band
Selfmindead. Since the early 2000s, he has also recorded several solo albums in
West Coast,
pop,
funk, and
jazz styles: ''Chi-Rho'' (2002), ''Shakin' the Ground'' (2008), ''Keep Movin'' (2011), ''Someday at Christmas'' (2012, in collaboration with Samuel Ljungblahd), ''Stepping Up'' (2014), ''Outside the Limit'' (2019) and ''Soul Letters'' (2022). He re-joined Extol in 2012, and in 2016 he co-founded a heavy metal side-project, Fleshkiller. Børud has also performed for
Torun Eriksen and Sofian and collaborated with Larvik Stroband and the
Oslo Gospel Choir, and has contributed to two
hymn compilations, ''Takk, gode Gud, for alle ting: 20 sanger fra Barnesalmeboka'' and ''Søndagsskolen Synger'' (both in 2008). He has regularly appeared on various Norwegian television shows, including ''Det store korslaget'' and ''Stjernekamp'', and in 2017 provided backing choral vocals in
Jowst's performance of "
Grab the Moment" in the
2017 Eurovision contest.
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