Solefald is a
Norwegian
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avant-garde metal/
black metal
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band that was formed by members
Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and
Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Nedland singing and playing
keyboard
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* Musi ...
/
synthesizer/
piano
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and
drums, and Jakhelln singing and playing
guitar
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and
bass. The duo experiment with a wide array of musical styles, frequently work on other projects, and rarely perform live under the Solefald name, leading them to describe themselves as "two stubborn goats pretending to be a band."
According to the duo, their name is an
Old Norse
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word for "sunset," taken from one of
Theodor Kittelsen
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's paintings illustrating a poem of the same name by
Theodor Caspari
Theodor Caspari (13 February 1853 – 12 February 1948) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, travel writer, literary critic and teacher.
He was the son of Carl Paul Caspari
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, published in the 1901 book ''Vintereventyr''.
History
Their first official rehearsal together was in 1995 with the song "When The Moon Is On The Wave." They released their first, 5 song demo, entitled ''Jernlov'' (translated to ''Iron Law'' in English), in 1996. ''Jernlov'' was the band's most traditional
black metal
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release, but the band had an experimental edge, incorporating Nedland's clean vocals and piano passages into the black metal formula. They were one of the first bands in the black metal genre to incorporate new elements into the style, including a bag pipe passage in one song.
The band was signed by the
Milan
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ese record label, Avantgarde Music, in 1996. In July 1997, the band released a follow-up to their demo. This first full-length release was called, ''
The Linear Scaffold
''The Linear Scaffold'' is the debut studio album by Norway, Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records.
The cover art features Odd Nerdrum's 1986 painting ''Return of the Sun''.
Track listing ...
''. The album was an expansion of the style on the demo. The album had a better recording quality, and contained 8 songs, two of which had previously been on the demo, but were now re-written and re-recorded. The band incorporated sounds and techniques that had never been heard in black metal before, using hand claps along with choruses in the song "Philosophical Revolt", jazzy clean guitar passages, and shrieked vocals over piano pieces. The album also featured vocals in
English
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and
Norwegian
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. When this album was released, the band coined the term "Red Music With Black Edges" to define themselves.
In 1998 the band began to adventure out of the studio and onto their first and only tour. The band toured through Europe supporting
symphonic metal band
Haggard with
gothic metal band
Tristania. Being a two-piece band, they employed the use of John Erik Jacobsen (aka Didrik von PanzerDanzer) on second guitar, who recently toured with, then joined, Jakhelln' new band
Sturmgeist. Drummer Tarald Lie and ex-
Dimmu Borgir
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member Jens-Petter Sandvik on the bass completed Solefald's live line-up. A press statement released in July 2012 announced Solefald's return to the stage for two festival dates, first on 15 September 2012 at the Southern Discomfort festival in Kristiansand, Norway and the second at the 2013 Inferno Festival in
Oslo
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. Session instrumental support for both concerts will be handled by Norwegian death metal band,
In Vain.
Starting in 1998 the two members started branching out into other musical endeavours, with Nedland performing the drums for the album ''
Black Shining Leather'' by the
Norwegian
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black metal band
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1992.
History
In late 1990, the band originally started under the name Enthrone by Nattefrost (then bearing the pseudonym Lord Nosferatu) and Nordavind ...
. Later, in July 1999, Jakhelln did guest vocals for the
gothic metal band
Monumentum for the songs "Black And Violet", a cover of the Italian band
Death SS
Death SS (later also intended as a contraction of In Death of Steve Sylvester) is an Italian heavy metal band.
Biography
Death SS was formed in 1977 in Pesaro by Steve Sylvester (born Stefano Silvestri), a future member of the Ordo Templi Ori ...
, and "The Colour of Compassion". These recordings were released in 2004 on the
Monumentum compilation album, ''Metastasi''.
In 1999, the band released their second full-length, entitled ''
Neonism
''Neonism'' is the second studio album by Norway, Norwegian experimental metal, avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released on 7 December 1999, through Avantgarde Music.
Background
The album takes its name from a synonym for the word "n ...
'' on 24 September. The album incorporated
black metal
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,
pop,
classical music,
punk
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, and
progressive metal
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. The album also featured more vocal techniques from each member. Singing in English and French, Nedland brought back his clean vocals, but also introduced a new style, in the form of hollering. Jakhelln still used his high pitched wails and shrieks and his lower grunting, but he also introduced a style of spoken word singing. The lyrics were unconventional for metal in general and black metal especially, dealing with socio-political issues and pop culture criticism. The album received mixed reviews, with some criticizing it for being too adventurous. The band even received a death threat from the USA from someone that considered the album an abomination to black metal. Others denounced it for its thin recording quality. The band stated that they used this quality because of the multi-layered song structures demanding a thinner sound to allow the many facets of the music to shine through. Another reasoning was that they wanted to use the recording style at the famed
Sunlight Studios to achieve the "old school black metal" sound. The album's recording was also plagued with problems, including a mixing board that literally started burning. The band coined the term "Radical Designer
Rock 'n' Roll
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", for this release.
Following this album, the Solefald camp grew quiet for a little while. Nedland joined
progressive black metal
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band
Borknagar
Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, pagan ...
as keyboard player and back-up vocalist. In 2000, Borknagar released their first release with Nedland playing with them, ''
Quintessence''.
In 2001, Solefald came together to release their third full-length. The new album, entitled ''
Pills Against the Ageless Ills'', was described by the band as "a concept album about a pair of long-lost brothers — one a pornographer, the other a monk." Musically, ''
Pills'' is more straightforward than ''Neonism''. The album features more prominent guitar, with the keys acting as an accent and background instrument much of the time. Whereas ''Neonism'' consisted of songs that would each have a variety of styles and genres within them, ''Pills'' has a variety of different style songs, each focusing individually on a certain style. Vocally, the band had made yet another change. Maintaining Nedland's style and getting rid of his hollering style singing, and keeping Jakhelln' lower black metal grunting, "Pills" saw the addition of a less high pitched black metal shriek from Jakhelln, as well as Jakhelln' most common style of singing to date. This new vocal style is a throaty sounding form of vocals, similar to some
gothic rock bands. This album, released on 19 September 2001, was Solefald's first album released through the German record label
Century Media
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.
The next Solefald endeavour came in 2003 with the full-length album ''
In Harmonia Universali
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'', released on 24 March 2003. The album contained 10 songs, with each song's lyrics devoted to various artists, philosophers, and deities. The lyrics are also sung in four languages on this album, English, Norwegian, French, and German. They incorporated a
Steinway
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grand piano, a male choir, authentic Spanish classical acoustic guitar, violin, and
saxophone
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. The music was layered, consisting of composite riffs and leads from the guitars and hammond keyboard sections. Vocally this found Jakhelln eschewing his black metal vocal approach, sticking strictly with this throaty spoken word performance. Nedland's vocals stayed primarily the same. This was their last album released on
Century Media
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.
In 2003 Nedland continued expanding his involvement in other bands with his inclusion as clean singer into the
Viking
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/
folk
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black
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band
Ásmegin. In 2004 he joined the
avant-garde metal band
Age of Silence as singer and main lyricist, which includes members such as Andy Winter from the band
Winds
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, and
Hellhammer
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from such bands as
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,
Mayhem,
Winds
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, and many more.
Age of Silence released a new three song EP entitled ''
Complications – Trilogy of Intricacy'' on October 11, 2005 as a lead into their approaching second full-length. Nedland has continued to do guest vocal work, being featured on the
Winds
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album, ''
Prominence and Demise'', the
Pantheon I album ''
The Wanderer and His Shadow'' and the
Havoc Unit album ''
h.IV+ (Hoarse Industrial Viremia)''. He is also still with Borknagar, who released ''
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'' in 2010.
In early 2005, Jakhelln released the first full-length album ''
Meister Mephisto'', through
Season of Mist from his solo band,
Sturmgeist, an experimental
black
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/
thrash metal
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band with
industrial
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overtones. Nedland contributed back-up vocals on this release, along with vocalist Fuchs of
Weimar
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's
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
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Musical style
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. Following shortly after the release of Black For Death, Jakhelln and Nedland continue to release more music from other projects. Jakhelln released his second and third
Sturmgeist albums entitled ''
Über'' and Manifesto Futurista respectively. He also recorded an experimental electronica/metal album under the band name G.U.T. entitled My Only Drug Is Madness. He is also writing the
libretto for a contemporary
opera
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telling a story from the
pagan times of the North''.''
Later in the year 2005, the band travelled to
Iceland
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, with funding from the Norwegian (Lyricists' Fund), to write their next album. As the trip inspired more material than would fit on a single album, the group ultimately decided to split ''
An Icelandic Odyssey'' into two albums, ''Red for Fire'' and ''Black for Death'', which were released in 2005 and 2006 on the French label
Season of Mist. This two-part saga is based on a story written by Jakhelln about a fictional Icelandic
skald named
Bragi
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Etymology
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. The band announced via
Myspace on 28 March 2007 that they had parted ways with Season of Mist.
In January 2008, a Solefald remix album, entitled ''The Circular Drain'' was released through Jakhelln's independent label, Von Jackhelln Inhuman, signed and limited to 1,000 copies. It features remixes by
Havoc Unit,
James Fogarty project "The Bombs of Enduring Freedom",
Zweizz
Zweizz is the primary performing alias of Norwegian musician and composer Svein Egil Hatlevik (born May 27, 1977).
History
Hatlevik started using the Zweizz alias in 2003 after leaving the Norwegian black metal group Dødheimsgard. Accordin ...
, and others. In addition to these remixes, the CD also contains the entire ''Jernlov'' demo, marking the first time it has appeared on a digital medium.
The band went on to sign with Norwegian label
Indie Recordings
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. They released their 7th full-length, entitled
Norrøn Livskunst
''Norrøn livskunst'' is the seventh studio album by Norwegian Avant-garde metal, avant-garde black metal band Solefald and their first album released through Indie Recordings.
Track listing
Concept
The press release for described the album as ...
("The Norse art of Life") on 15 November 2010. The album features guest vocals by
Agnete Kjølsrud (ex-Animal Alpha, Djerv) who was also featured the album
Abrahadabra
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released by
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir () is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993. The name is derived from Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation in Iceland, the name of which means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, ...
in 2010 as well. It also marks Solefald's first guitar solo, brought in by the guest guitarist Vangelis Labrakis of the band Mencea. The album marked the first time the band recorded an album with nearly entirely Norwegian lyrics. In a press release it was stated that "The lyrics on 'Norrøn livskunst' are written in a 'høgnorsk' style approaching the Norse — the sound ought to cut like a knife!"
Solefald remained with Indie Recordings for their next project, ''Kosmopolis'', which was again split into two releases. The 2014 EP ''Norrønasongen: Kosmopolis Nord'', named for a poem by
Olav Aukrust, was described by Nedland as "progressive folk-pop-noise" that "sets the scene for the forthcoming album ''Kosmopolis Sud'' by being nothing like it. We’re Solefald after all!"
In 2015, the full-length album ''World Metal: Kosmopolis Sud'' claimed to merge "raw Norwegian metal and Dutch techno with Norse and African folk rhythms" to create "a true celebration of global culture."
Aside from music, Nedland is a newscaster for
TVNorge
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, and Jakhelln is a writer/poet, with many published writings including a tetralogy of poems entitled ''Quadra Natura''.
Discography
;Demo albums
*''Jernlov'' (1995), Self-released
;Studio albums
*''
The Linear Scaffold
''The Linear Scaffold'' is the debut studio album by Norway, Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records.
The cover art features Odd Nerdrum's 1986 painting ''Return of the Sun''.
Track listing ...
'' (1997),
Avantgarde Music
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*''
Neonism
''Neonism'' is the second studio album by Norway, Norwegian experimental metal, avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released on 7 December 1999, through Avantgarde Music.
Background
The album takes its name from a synonym for the word "n ...
'' (1999), Avantgarde Music
*''
Pills Against the Ageless Ills'' (2001),
Century Media
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A centennial or ...
*''
In Harmonia Universali
''In Harmonia Universali'' is the fourth studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released on 24 March 2003, and their last record released under the Century Media label. The album features lyrics sung in four languages: ...
'' (2003), Century Media
*''
Red for Fire: An Icelandic Odyssey, Pt. 1'' (2005),
Season of Mist
*''
Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey, Pt. 2'' (2006), Season of Mist
*''
Norrøn Livskunst
''Norrøn livskunst'' is the seventh studio album by Norwegian Avant-garde metal, avant-garde black metal band Solefald and their first album released through Indie Recordings.
Track listing
Concept
The press release for described the album as ...
'' (2010),
Indie Recordings
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*''Norrønasongen: Kosmopolis Nord'' (2014),
Indie Recordings
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Gaming
* Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies
* Indie game, any game (boa ...
*''World Metal: Kosmopolis Sud'' (2015),
Indie Recordings
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Arts, entertainment, and media
Gaming
* Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies
* Indie game, any game (boa ...
;Compilation albums
*''The Circular Drain'' (2008), Von Jackhelln Inhuman
Band members
Current members
*''
Cornelius Jakhelln'' (
Sturmgeist, G.U.T.) - Vocals, Guitars, Bass,
Sampling - (1995-)
*''
Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland'' (ex-
Ásmegin,
Age Of Silence,
Borknagar
Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, pagan ...
, ex-
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1992.
History
In late 1990, the band originally started under the name Enthrone by Nattefrost (then bearing the pseudonym Lord Nosferatu) and Nordavind ...
, ex-Grail, Böh, Darling Divine) - Vocals,
Piano
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,
Keyboards,
Synthesizers,
Organs
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, Drums - (1995-)
Current live members
*''Kjetil D. Pedersen'' (
In Vain) - Guitars (2012-present)
*''Johnar Håland'' (
In Vain) - Guitars (2012-present)
*''Sindre Nedland'' (
In Vain,
Funeral) - Keyboards, Synthetizers, Vocals (backing) (2012-present)
*''Alexander Lebowski Bøe'' (
In Vain (live)) - Bass (2013-present)
*''Baard Kolstad'' (
Borknagar
Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, pagan ...
,
ICS Vortex,
Ihsahn
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(live),
In Vain (live)) - Drums (2013-present)
Former live/session members
*''John Erik Jacobsen'' a.k.a. Didrik von PanzerDanzer (
Sturmgeist) - live second guitar - (1998)
*''Jens-Petter Sandvik'' - Live bass - (1998)
*''Tarald Lie'' - Live drums - (1998)
*''Silje Ulvevadet Dæhli'' - Violins on ''Pills'' - (2001)
*''Kjetil Selvik'' -
Saxophone
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on ''In Harmonia'' and ''Red For Fire'' - (2003,2005)
*''Kristian Krüger'', ''Kjetil Selvik'', and ''Sigurd Høye'' - Choir on ''In Harmonia'' - (2003)
*''Aggie Frost Peterson'' - Vocals on ''Red For Fire'' - (2005)
*''
Jörmundur Ingi Hansen'' - Spoken word on ''Red For Fire'' - (2005)
*''Sareeta'' (
Ásmegin,
Ram-Zet
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) - Violin on ''Red For Fire'' and ''Black For Death'' - (2005, 2006)
*''Live Julianne Kostøl'' - Cello on ''Red For Fire'' and ''Black For Death'' - (2005, 2006)
*''
Kristoffer Rygg'' a.k.a. ''Garm'' a.k.a. ''Trickster G'' (
Ulver,
Head Control System
Head Control System is a cross-national rock/metal band featuring Portuguese Daniel Cardoso (ex-Sirius and ex-Re:aktor) and Norwegian Kristoffer Rygg (of Ulver and ex- Arcturus and ex-Borknagar). Head Control System is currently part of North-A ...
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Arcturus
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Arcturus is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Boötes. With an apparent visual magnitude of −0.05, it is the third-brightest of the ...
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Borknagar
Borknagar is a Norwegian heavy metal band from Bergen, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines black metal and folk metal with progressive and melodic elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, pagan ...
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Agnete Kjølsrud (ex-Animal Alpha, Djerv) - vocals on ''Norrøn Livskunst''
*Vangelis Labrakis - guitar on ''Norrøn Livskunst''
References
External links
Official pages
Solefald Official HomepageSolefald Official Myspace PageCornelius' Official HomepageCornelius' Official Myspace PageLars Nedlands' Official Myspace Page
Record labels
Avantgarde Music Official HomepageSeason Of Mist Records Solefald Homepage
Solefald on music databases
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Solefaldat
Encyclopaedia Metallum
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or abbreviated as MA) is an online encyclopedia based upon musical artists who predominantly perform heavy metal music along with its various sub-genres. En ...
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Norwegian avant-garde metal musical groups
Norwegian black metal musical groups
Heavy metal duos
Musical groups established in 1995
1995 establishments in Norway
Norwegian progressive metal musical groups
Post-metal musical groups
Century Media Records artists
Season of Mist artists
Musical groups from Norway with local place of origin missing