Red Harvest is a Norwegian

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band from

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. Their 2002 album '' Sick Transit Gloria Mundi'' was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category. Formed in 1989, they have released eight

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s, two EPs, one live

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History

Formed in 1989 as a

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tribute band, the band released their first demo ''Ocultica'' that year, followed up by a second, ''Psychotica'', before releasing their debut album ''

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'' in 1992, which had distinctly

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influences and aesthetics. From 1994, the band moved towards an experimental hybrid of

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'', which spawned a video for the opening track "Wounds", gaining the band exposure on

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despite its violent imagery. 1995's ''The Maztürnation'' and 1996's ''

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'' allowed the band to reach a wider audience, resulting in them opening for American

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on their European tour in 1997. In 1998, they released an EP entitled ''New Rage World Music'', which was re-released in 2001 and contains the original EP track list from 1998 and four bonus tracks with minor alterations under the reworked title of ''

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''. After the original EP release, the band perfected their progressive industrial-tinged sound, and their follow-up ''Cold Dark Matter album'' was released in 2000. In 2002, ''Sick Transit Gloria Mundi'' was nominated for a Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy Award and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category. In 2004, Red Harvest released the ''Harvest Bloody Harvest'' DVD and the album ''Internal Punishment Programs''. The band released ''A Greater Darkness'' in early 2007. In 2008, they released ''The Redline Archives'', a compilation album of various remixes and alternate versions of previously released tracks along with a number of unreleased songs. From ''New Rage World Music'' to ''Internal Punishment Programs'', their sound drew elements from industrial metal bands such as Godflesh and Ministry, the experimental doom of Neurosis, Voivod, Voivod-influenced progressive thrash metal, fellow Norwegian black metal bands like Emperor and Darkthrone, and certain styles of electronica, such as drum'n'bass, industrial, and gabber. , they have largely retained these influences, but have moved towards a slightly slower and more organic style as evidenced by songs like "Hole in Me" from ''A Greater Darkness'', though they still retain their ability to throw up-tempo numbers into the fray. The band played a show on 24 October 2009 in Oslo, the band's home city, to mark the twentieth anniversary of the band's formation. According to their official website, Red Harvest disbanded in May 2010, stating no specific reasons for the breakup. They eventually reformed 5 years later in 2015.

Discography

EPs and demos

* ''Ocultica'' (demo, 1989) * ''Psychotica'' (demo, 1990) * ''The Maztürnation'' (EP, 1995) * ''New Rage World Music'' (EP, 1998) * ''New World Rage Music'' (EP, 2001) ''New World Rage Music'' is a reissue of ''NewRage World Music'' with a bonus four tracks and minor alterations to the artwork. Its release came about when Relapse Records began US distribution for the band's releases, although a European version of ''New World Rage Music'' was also pressed at the same time and released by ''Nocturnal Art Productions'', Red Harvest's label at the time. As such, some versions of ''New World Rage Music'' come in a combination 2-CD package with ''Cold Dark Matter''.

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1992) * ''

'' (1994) * ''

'' (1996) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Sick Transit Gloria Mundi'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

A Greater Darkness ''A Greater Darkness'' is the eighth release by extreme industrial metal band Red Harvest. It was released on 20 February 2007. The album was nominated in 2007 for a Spellemann Award in the "Metal" category. Track listing *All Songs Written By ...

'' (2007)

Compilations

* ''The Red Line Archives'' (2008)

Splits

* ''Zyklon / Red Harvest'' (2003)

Videos

* ''Harvest Bloody Harvest'' (DVD, 2006)

Members

* Jimmy ''Ofu Kahn'' Ivan Bergsten – guitars, vocals * Thomas Brandt – bass * Kjetil ''TurboNatas'' Eggum – guitars * Lars ''LRZ'' Sørensen – samples, programming and synths * Erik Wroldsen – drums

Past members

* Cato Bekkevold – drums 1989–1997 * Jan Nygaard – guitars 1989–1994

Sources

Laut.de BiographieAllmusic biography

External links

Red Harvest.com official website

Official MySpace page
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