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band founded in 2013 in

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by Maja Shining and Mikkel Haastrup.

History

They were formed in 2013,

, where their first EP ''Breaking Free'' was released. In 2014 they released their second EP ''Scars''. Everything that frontwoman Maja Shining and

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Mikkel Haastrup achieved until now has been produced by the band members themselves. Over years they organized their tours, took photos, made their cover art and music videos as well as recorded, mixed and produced everything on their own. ''Tied Down'' was recorded together with

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, who formerly worked as a producer for

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. After releasing their EP ''Save me'' in 2015, they toured in the

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and

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. After that they released their first album ''Tied Down''. In August 2016 they signed a worldwide contract with

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. Tied down was then re-released by their new

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and nominated for a Metal Hammer Award for "best debut album". It was critically acclaimed and the band became even more popular. In the fall of 2016 they were touring through

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with the Italian metal band

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and in the spring of 2017 they toured with

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. In 2017 they opened the main stage of

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. The band has since then played multiple festivals across Europe like Sabaton Open Air and

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. In 2019 they released their second album "Breathe in Colours" via

and in the fall of 2019 they toured the album with

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and

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throughout Europe. In the winter of 2019, they joined the Female Metal Voices Tour with

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and

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amongst others. The band is currently finishing their third album The Line that was written during lock down. Maja and Mikkel, who are in charge of the songwriting in the band, gathered all the equipment they could get their hands on in the house and started writing a very different album for the band. Inspired by bands like

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and

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, they began to explore a more minimalist sound with the old drum machines and analogues synthesizers they had gathered.

Band members

Current line-up * Maja Shining – vocals, piano, synth, theremin * Mikkel Haastrup – bass, guitars, keyboards, synth Live members * Inuuteq Kleemann – guitar (live) * Viktor Enebjörn - Drums (live)

Discography

EPs

* 2013: ''Breaking Free'' * 2014: ''Scars'' * 2015: ''Save Me''

Albums

* 2016: ''Tied Down'' * 2019: ''Breathe in Colours''

Singles

* 2013: ''The Key'' * 2013: ''The Last Day'' * 2013: ''Towards the Edge'' * 2014: ''Scars'' * 2015: ''Awake the Fire'' * 2016: ''Miss Madness'' * 2016: ''Save Me'' * 2016: ''Miss Madness (Acoustic)'' * 2019: ''Rew1nd''Archived a
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* 2019: ''Breathe in Colours'' * 2019: ''Is It Gone?'' * 2019: ''Perfect Day'' (

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cover) * 2022: ''Something Wrong'' * 2022: ''Can't Begin To Explain''

References

External links

Official Website
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