Dunderbeist (sort of Norwegian for "Noisy Beast") is a heavy metal band from
Hedmark
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in
Norway
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. The band was formed by former members of Krace, KITE and
Stonegard
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. Dunderbeist has been recording since 2008 with several albums and extensive touring. The six-piece band now releases material outside Norway following its first international album, ''Black Arts & Crooked Tails''.
''Songs of the Buried'' continued where ''Black arts & Crooked Tails'' left off, but is darker, heavier and more progressive, both musically and lyrically. Death was a recurring theme on the album, portraying death as the end of something but the beginning of something else.
The band's albums were recorded in Dunderbeist's own "pigsty" studio in
Hamar
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, Norway, and mixed by the guitarist Fredrik Ryberg. The mastering was carried out by Alan Douches of
Mastodon
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, Converge, Kvelertak fame.
Dunderbeist's work is released by the
Indie Recordings
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label.
Members
* Torgrim Torve - lead vocals, guitar
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* Åsmund Snortheim - vocals
Discography
*2008: ''Second Hand Theft''
*2009: ''8 crows & Counting''
*2010: ''Rovmord'' (EP)
*2011: ''Dunderbeist''
*2012: ''Black Arts & Crooked Tails''
*2012: ''Songs Of The Buried''
*2015: ''Hyklere''
*2017: ''Tvilja'' (EP)
*2021: ''URO''
References
External links
Dunderbeist
at MySpace
Norwegian heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups from Hedmark
Musical groups with year of establishment missing
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