About

Tobias Øymo Solbakk is a freelance musician, visuals artist and audio engineer from Norway.

After finishing his masters degree in popular music, he has been involved in a myriad of projects and bands, and has become known for his ability to take up a wide array of different styles. Exploring genres spanning from jazz to metal and everything in between, he constantly seeks to combine the knowledge from this to create a powerful, exciting and unique style of drumming.

He has since 2016 been involved doing session and live work for the legendary Emperor front man Ihsahn, and has provided drums and sound design on his latest album “IHSAHN”, as well as the EP “Pharos”. He is also among other things currently working with White Void and Black Void, two bands signed to the biggest metal label in the world, Nuclear Blast. 

During his years in and after the university he has played with a range of artists, including Shaun Martin (Snarky Puppy, Kirk Franklin, Shaun Martin Trio), Ihsahn (Emperor, Ihsahn), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Alexander Rybak (Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner) and Terje Formoe (Kaptein Sabeltann).

Tobias has performed multiple times in over 25 countries across four continents, and has studied with some of the greatest drummers and teachers in the modern music scene, both nationally and internationally.

Tobias Solbakk proudly endorses:

Wincent drumsticks

Custom Art in-ear monitors

Bosphorus cymbals

CRS - Cymbal Resonance System

VK Drums

Porter & Davies BC2