Posthum is a
black metal
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band from
Nannestad
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,
Norway
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. The band was founded in 2004 by Jon Kristian Skare (guitar, bass, vocals) and Morten Edseth (drums). The music is more to the ambient/progressive side of the genre than the aggressive, and can be compared to acts like
Wolves in the Throne Room
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,
Ulver
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, or old
Enslaved.
Metalasfuck.net`s review of Posthum "Lights Out"
History
Their first years from 2004–2008 they mostly focused on rehearsal space and developing their own style.
[, Mortem Zine Magazine interview 2009] They released their debut album, ''
Posthum (album), Posthum'' on both vinyl and CD on Folter Records in 2009. Later that year they joined
Satyricon
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,
Shining and
Dark Fortress
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History
Early history
The band formed in 1994. In 1996 they released the demo ''R ...
to do a 21-gig European tour.
Finale In Black Tour 2009 Poster last.fm.com After another European tour with Nargaroth and Chaos Invocation,
Living Darkness Tour Poster 2011 Norwegian tour,
Tour Poster festival
Under The Black Sun Poster 2011 and gigs they recorded their second album in 2011. The album, titled ''
Lights Out (Posthum album), Lights Out'', was released on
Indie Recordings
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in September 2012. The following month they did a small tour
[Sòlstafir, Dunderbeist and Posthum]
, Fire Walk With Me vol 3 around Norway with
Sòlstafir and
Dunderbeist
Dunderbeist (sort of Norwegian for "Noisy Beast") is a heavy metal band from Hedmark in Norway. The band was formed by former members of Krace, KITE and Stonegard. Dunderbeist has been recording since 2008 with several albums and extensive tourin ...
. The Norwegian radio program "Pyro" on
NRK P3
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named Posthum as one of the most interesting bands from Norway to look out for in 2013.
[Pyro](_blank)
Pyro on the most interesting bands in 2013, 27 November 2012
Line-up
Present
*Jon Kristian Skare (guitar/bass/vocals) 2004 -
*Morten Edseth (drums) 2004 -
*Mats Kjeserud Iversen (live guitarist) 2012 -
*Jon Einar Hektoen (bass) 2015 -
Past
*Martin Wasa Olsen (guitar/bass) 2004 - 2012
*Vegard Wiik (bass) 2004 - 2005
*Morten Opsahl Thomassen (vocals) 2004
Discography
References
External links
* http://www.facebook.com/posthumofficial
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130130093900/http://www.indierecordings.net/
* http://posthum.no
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Norwegian heavy metal musical groups
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