"Aspera is a powerhouse album chock full of charged riffs, sinister chants and howls and some wonderfully foreboding atmospheres", and called it "one of the best metal albums ever." Personnel Arcturus Kristoffer Rygg (credited as "Garm") - vocals Carl August Tidemann (credited as "August") - electric guitar Hugh Mingay (credited as "Skoll") - bass guitar Steinar Sverd Johnsen (credited as "Sverd") - keyboards Jan Axel Blomberg (credited as "Hellhammer") - drums Other Credits Craig Morris - mastering Kristian Romsøe - mixing Christophe Szpajdel - logo design References Arcturus (band) albums 1996 debut albums