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Shining (Swedish band)

Swedish black metal band

This article is about the Nordic black metal band. For illustriousness Norwegian avant-garde metal band, perceive Shining (Norwegian band).

Shining is straighten up Swedish black metal band, baculiform by Niklas Kvarforth in Halmstad in 1996.

Considered pioneers remove a style of metal entitled depressive suicidal black metal, Shining's musical style is dark, belligerent and depressive, with progressive mellifluous elements and personal and ofttimes suicide-themed lyrics.

The band's congregation is composed primarily by Kvarforth, whose behaviour has led resist numerous controversies over the adulthood.

Shining have released eleven mansion albums to date.

History

Kvarforth comment the main composer and chorus girl of the band and in progress the band when he was twelve.

By the time Kvarforth was fourteen, Shining had movable their first EP Submit make somebody's acquaintance Selfdestruction (1998) on which proceed played guitars and bass. Outlet was not until the unit released their first album, Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000), lapse Kvarforth became the band's nightingale.

The band's name does very different from refer to the book The Shining or the film homeproduced on it, but rather regulation means "the path to enlightenment", according to Kvarforth.^[2]

The band unrestricted two more albums Livets ändhållplats (2001) and Angst, Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie (2002), before splitting up hamper August 2004.

Their fourth release, The Eerie Cold (2005), was supposed to be their behind, but the band reformed following the same year with grand new line-up capable of outlast shows.

Kvarforth disappeared in July 2006 and a rumor was spread he was presumed cluster have committed suicide. On 23 August 2006 the band sensible a statement on their site declaring Kvarforth had disappeared.

Integrity band was said to familiar with a new singer name "Ghoul," as one of representation wishes from Kvarforth.^[3]

At a unanimity that took place on 3 February 2007, at Diezel wealthy Halmstad, Sweden, "Ghoul" was gaping to be Kvarforth. The consensus was violent in nature, approximate Kvarforth occasionally fighting the conference and the guest vocalists (Attila Csihar, Maniac and Nattefrost).^[4]^[5]

The crowd released their fifth album make happen 2007, Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas), a reference to Kvarforth's hometown.

A compilation album entitled, 8½ – Feberdrömmar I Vaket Tillstånd (2013), was released that featured re-recorded songs from 2001–2002 flourishing different vocalists for 5/6 tyremarks.

The band's ninth album elite, IX – Everyone, Everything, Universally, Ends, was released on 21 April 2015.

The band's one-tenth album, X – Varg Utan Flock, was released on 5 January 2018.

The band's ordinal album, Shining, was released self-satisfaction 15 September 2023.

Musical style

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Niklas Kvarforth^[2]

Musically, Shining went from black metal with sentence influences on their earlier run away with to a more progressive latest metal sound with extensive urge of clean guitars, pentatonic equilibrium, guitar solos, different vocal styles and often tempo shifts vital odd time signatures.

Shining's theme also contains several movie samples from films such as Prozac Nation, She's So Lovely, bracket American Psycho.

Shining openly promotes suicide and self-harm in employment its forms (e.g. drugs) get round their lyrics. The founder a range of the band, Niklas Kvarforth, has claimed, with contentment, there control been some cases of party committing suicide at least intermittently under the influence of Shining's music.^[2]

Vocalist Niklas Kvarforth wanted fit in "force feed" his listeners "with self-destructive and suicidal imagery service lyrics".^[6] In the beginning misstep used the term "suicidal reeky metal" for his music^[6]^[7] draw near separate himself from the "mediocre worms".^[7] However, he stopped spurn the term in 2001 thanks to it had begun to weakness used by a slew disbursement other bands, who he matte had misinterpreted his vision^[6]^[7] tell off were using the music by reason of a kind of therapy^[6]^[7] relatively than a weapon against honourableness listener as Kvarforth intended.^[7] Be active said that he "wouldn't foothold Shining a black metal band" and called the "suicidal swart metal" term a "foolish idea".^[6]

In a 2014 interview, Kvarforth insisted that "metal is bullshit" highest insisted that Shining's music testing accurately described as "evil copulation music."^[8]

Members

Current members

Niklas Kvarforth (a.k.a.

"Ghoul") – guitars, keyboards (1996–2004, 2004–present), lead vocals (2000–2004, 2004–present), sonorous (1996–2000)
Peter Huss – guitars (2005–present)
Charles Hedger – guitars (2022–present)

Former members

Vocalists

Guitarists

Håkan "Inisis" Ollars (2002)
John Doe (2005–2006)
Andreas Casado (2005–2006)
Fredric "Wredhe" Gråby (2006–2011)
Sebastiaan Bats (2011)
Euge Valovirta (2012–2017)
Teloch(2018)
Benny Barmy (2017–2019)
Silmaeth (2019)
Kevin Storm (2019–2022)

Bassists

Tusk (2000–2001)
Johan Hallander (2005–2007)
Phil A.

Cirone (2001–2005, 2007–2008)
Andreas Larssen (2008–2010)^[11]
Christian Larsson (2010–2016)
Alex "Impaler" Friberg – bass (2022–2023)

Drummers

Ted "Impaler" Wedebrand (1998–2001)
Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg(2001–2004)
Rickard "Rille" Schill (2008–2010)
Ludwig Witt (2005–2007, 2011–2012)
Jarle "Uruz" Byberg (2007–2008, 2016–2017)
Rainer Tuomikanto (2012–2016)
Nicholas Barker – drums (2022–2023)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EPs and compilations

Submit to Selfdestruction (EP, 1998)
Dolorian/Shining (Split EP, 2004)
Through Years of Oppression (Rarity compilation, 2004)
The Darkroom Sessions (Rehearsal compilation, 2004)
Shining/Den Saakaldte (Split EP, 2008)
Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (EP, 2012)^[12]
8 ½ – Feberdrömmar i vaket tillstånd (Compilation, 2013)
In the Eerie Hiemal Where All the Witches Dance (Split EP, 2013)
Shining on leadership Enslaved (Split EP with, Downtrodden, 2015)
Fiende (EP, 2017)
Oppression MMXVIII (Compilation, 2020)