Vaakevandring was a Norwegian

unblack metal Unblack metal (also known as Christian black metal) is a religious philosophy and subgenre within black metal, inheriting several characteristics of it, such as the melody, the lyrics and the aesthetics ( corpse paint), whose artists either dir ...

band that was active from 1996 to 2007. The name in Norwegian is a reference to the

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.Vaakevandring
, (German) CrossOver. Retrieved 2007-11-30 Vaakevandring played symphonic black metal with influences from

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History

In 1996, Alexander Nygård and Trond Bjørnstad formed a pop band called Lothlorien with Morten Sigmund Magerøy and a local guitar player. Lothlorien's style became heavier and soon changed its name to Inertia. Trond left bass and began to do death growl vocals and the second guitar player started playing bass. Lothlorien had some internal problems because of religion. The second guitar player (then new bass player) wanted to write about darker subjects, and eventually left the band. Around the same time Pål and Ronny Hansen invited Magerøy to join them in their project "Signum Crusis". They rehearsed once and then Alexander Nygård became their guitarist. They changed the band name to "Korsferd". Morten played guitar, Ronny played bass and Pål Dæhlen played drums. Hansen concentrated on vocals and Trond became the bass player. By that time the band name was changed to Vaakevandring. The band achieved notable popularity for its ''

Demo 98/99 ''Demo 98/99'' is a demo from the Norwegian unblack symphonic black metal band Vaakevandring, released in 1999 through Nordic Mission, a label co-founded by Vaakevandring member Pål Dæhlen. ''Demo 98/99'' was produced by Stian Aarstad, a forme ...

''. It was produced and engineered by Stian Aarstad, the keyboard player of

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. This caused a lot of rumors on the internet. The reason Stian wanted to mix their demo, was that he heard them at a show they played. He offered them a free session in studio, because he needed training in mixing and engineering. Their demo was finished in December 1998, and they have at this point made 1000 copies of it. It was released on cassette in Indonesia through THT Productions in the beginning of 2000. Next, the band recorded a song entitled "Fall of Man" for Endtime Productions' compilation ''In the Shadow of Death''. Antestor's Lars Stokstad played guitars on that song. Both Hansen and Magerøy joined the notable band Antestor around this time while still were members of Vaakevandring. Entrevista a Vaakevandring de Noruega
/ref> Pål Dæhlen joined

Frosthardr Frosthardr is a Norwegian Christian black metal band, formed in 1997. The band plays a raw type of black metal music with occasional punk influences and lyrics from Christian point of view. The drummer Pål Daehlen (Savn) is a former member of th ...

. Vaakevandring's demo was re-released as a self-titled EP by the Norwegian label Momentum Scandinavia. It has become a classic of the unblack metal genre. They performed as co-headliners with Antestor at Sweden's Endtime Fest in 2007.Endtime Festival 2007
. Retrieved 2007-11-30 Antestor's guitarist Vemod (Lars Stokstad) played guitars for that show.

Style and importance

In the early 1990s the unblack metal scene was formed and it resented the satanism contained in black metal lyrics. The founder of unblack metal was Horde."So the album was created with a prophetic, free, submissive, obedient, reverent, anti-Satan and Christian mindset." – Horde
Interview with Son Of Man Records
(retrieved 2007-11-30) The genre initially focused on Christian elementary content as the setting of the Father's Prayer, and issues such as conversion and salvation. The bands such as Antestor,

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and Vaakevandring are believed to have taken a more emotional and philosophical approach to lyrics, as opposed to an exclusive evangelism approach. Vaakevandring transferred the development of the classic black metal in Scandinavian to the emotional dealing with philosophical and ideological content to the Christian part of the scene."Our songs deal with personal challenges as well as on spiritual struggles." -Pål Dæhle
Interview with CrossOver
2007 led to a revitalization of the project. In the wake of the Endtime Festival in Sweden, the band played as the headliner. Because of the personnel, they overlapped their program together with Antestor.

Members

;Last Known Lineup *Ronny Hansen -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

( Antestor, Grave Declaration) (1996-2007) *Morten Sigmund Magerøy -

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, clean vocals (ex-Antestor,

) (1996-2007) *Alexander Nygård - guitar (1996-2007) *Pål Dæhlen - drums (ex-Antestor, Frosthardr) (1996-2006) *Trond Bjørnstad - bass (1996-2007) *Solveig Maria Magerøy - soprano ;Live *Lars "Vemod" Stokstad - guitar (Antestor) (2007) *Fionnghuala - soprano (ex-

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, ex-Antestor) (2007)

Discography

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demo Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film *Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release * ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes * ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...

) - (1999) *"Fall of Man" (song) - appeared in the compilation ''In the Shadow of Death - A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation'' (2000) * ''Vaakevandring'' (EP) - (2004)

References

Citations

External links

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Norwegian unblack metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1996 1996 establishments in Norway Musical groups disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in Norway Musical groups from Akershus