Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in

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and heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and

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, known as the frontman in the band Shining and former member of

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Career

Munkeby formed Shining as a jazz quartet in 1999, together with fellow students from the

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and

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. He played flute,

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and keyboards in jazz band

(1994–2002), where he was one of the main composers on the album

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, which was named the best jazz album of 2002 by the

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. He also plays in the bands "Damp" and "Chrome Hill", and worked with

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, Enslaved,

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, Grand Island,

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, and

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among others.

Discography (in selection)

;Within

*1996: ''

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'' (Thug Records) *1998: ''

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'' EP (Dbut Records) *2001: ''

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/ Going Down'' EP (Warner Music Norway) *2001: ''Going Down'' 12" (

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) *2002: ''The Stix'' (Smalltown Supersound / Warner Music Norway) *2002: ''Days'' 12", (Smalltown Supersound) ; ;Within Shining *2001: ''

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'' (BP Records) *2003: ''

Sweet Shanghai Devil ''Sweet Shanghai Devil'' is the second album by the Norwegian band Shining. It was released in 2003 by Jazzland Records. Track listing #"Firewalker" #"Where Do You Go Christmas Eve?" #"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" #"Sink" #"Shanghai Devil" #" ...

'' ( Jazzland Records) *2005: ''

In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster ''In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster'' is an album by the Norwegian band Shining. It was released in 2005 by Rune Grammofon. The title is taken from a line in Milan Kundera's novel ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''. It is the la ...

'' (

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) *2007: ''

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'' (Rune Grammofon) *2010: ''

Blackjazz ''Blackjazz'' is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian band Shining, released through Indie Recordings on 18 January 2010. It marks a shift into the avant-garde metal genre, with extreme metal, industrial and progressive influences. Prod ...

'' (

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) *2011: '' Live Blackjazz'' (Indie Recordings) *2013: '' One One One'' (Universal Records) *2015: '' International Blackjazz Society'' (

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'' (Konkurrent), with

& "Jaga Jazzist Horns» *2004: ''Little Things'' (Propeller Recordings), with

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*2010: ''

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'', with

*2012: ''

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'', with

*2014: ''Inferno'' (

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), with

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*2015: "Viscera", with Haunted Shores *2016: ''

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), with

*2016: ''Melancholy'', with Poetry in Telegrams *2017: ''

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'' (Prosthetic Records), with

*2017: '' In Contact'' (

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*2018: '' Queen of Time'' (

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*2018: ''

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), with Zardonic *2021: Trivial Optical Tricks, with Poetry In Telegrams *2022: ''Magnum Opus'' (Black Lion Records), with IATT *2022: ''The Final Lullaby'', with ''

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References

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