The following announcement was issued by SHINING front man and founder Niklas Kvarforth:
“Guitarist Fredric Gråby has left the ranks of SHINING today because he no longer felt able to continue playing. Unfortunately this means that we have been forced to cancel our appearance at the Ragnarok Festival this month as there is not enough time for a new guitarist to learn the material.
“We are also pleased to announce that Christian Larsson, who has been playing bass with the band for some time on a temporary basis, has now has joined SHINING as a permanent full-time member”.
Niklas Kvarforth
20th April 2011
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Swedish Extreme Metallers SHINING have confirmed that they will play a four date tour of Finland, home to their label Spinefarm Records, in May of this year. The tour is set to coincide with the release of their seventh full length album “VII / Född Förlorare”, which in English means “Born Loser”, and which is scheduled for world-wide release on the 25th of May. Dates for the Finland tour as follows:
Wed 11 May – Yo-Hall, Tampere
Thur 12 May – Lutakko, Jyväskylä
Fri 13 May – Henry’s Pub, Kuopio
Sat 14 May – Nosturi, Helsinki
SHINING founder and front man Niklas Kvarforth will also be featured on U.S. Community Radio this weekend in an interview with DEREK RICE for his “Raise the Dead” show on the KDVS, Davis 90.3FM station. The show will air at 12:00 a.m. PT / 09:00 a.m. Central European Time on Sat 16th April and can be streamed live at http://www.kdvs.org/ . The show will later be archived and will be available at http://www.kdvs.org/show-info/1656?date=2011-04-16
SHINING recently debuted the track “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel”, from the long-awaited “VII / Född Förlorare”, after announcing an amicable split from Indie Recordings and a move to Spinefarm Records. Guests on the album include WATAIN’s Erik Danielsson, Chris Amott of ARCH ENEMY, Peter Bjärgö of ARCANA and Nordman, one of Sweden’s biggest pop stars. Kvarforth also confirmed that due to the growth of the band and the various plans that were being made, he wanted to concentrate all his efforts on SHINING, and, with the exception of MANIAC’s band SKITLIV, where he is the guitarist, he would no longer be involved in any other projects except for the occasional guest appearance.
More information about SHINING, can be found on the band’s MySpace page. The track “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel” from the new album, can be viewed HERE.
Swedish SHINING has released the following update:
Following on from the recent news that SHINING had parted company with Indie Recordings and signed with Spinefarm Records, the band has debuted a track from the forthcoming album “VII / Född Förlorare”, which in English means “Born Loser”. The track, “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel”, can be heard on SHINING’s MySpace page .
All the music and lyrics for “VII / Född Förlorare”, which is due for release on the 25th May, were written by SHINING’s founder and front man Niklas Kvarforth, and the album was recorded over what the band describes as “three long years” inside the Slaughterhouse studios in Sweden, with Rickard Bengtsson once again producing.
Kvarforth himself defines the finished result as “THE” SHINING album. “It is”, he commented, “the natural successor to our fifth album “V/Halmstad”, rather than to our last release “VI/Klagopsalmer”, which I have always thought of as more of an experiment both in terms of writing and performance”. “VII / Född Förlorare” includes an array of guest appearances, and here follows a track by track description of the album.
First song: “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel” (Despair, My Heritage) marks the start of what promises to be the darkest album in SHINING’s career to date – and for a band that epitomises the exploration of darkness, the significance of that statement is self-evident. A video of the track is currently being made.
Second song: “Tiden Läker Inga Sår” (Time Heals Nothing). As well as being tortured behind the microphone throughout most of the song, WATAIN’s Erik Danielsson makes an appearance on vocals on a track whose atmosphere is evocative of Led Zeppelin.
Third song: “Människa O’Avskyvärda Människa” (Man Despicable Man) could perhaps be the most groovy, yet most sinister and dark song from SHINING. Chris Amott of ARCH ENEMY contributes a magnificent solo on the track.
Fourth song: “Tillsammans Är Vi Allt” (Together We Are All) sheds an entirely new light on the band with its melancholic structure and the use of a grand piano as the lead instrument. The refrain is sung by Nordman, one of Sweden’s biggest pop stars.
Fifth song: “I Nattens Timma” (In The Night Hour). As can be expected with a SHINING album, there is always one track that differs from the rest, and this is the one, with only piano, mellotron and a guest vocal appearance by Peter Bjärgö of ARCANA.
Sixth song: “FFF” A track exploring family relationships, this is one of the most personal songs that Kvarforth has ever written.
More information about SHINING can be found on the band’s MySpace page .
The track “Förtvivlan, Min Arvedel” from the new album, can be found HERE .
SHINING founder Niklas Kvarforth announced today that the band has parted company with label Indie Recordings, and has instead signed with Spinefarm Records. The front man, who late last month announced that he was quitting all his other projects, with the exception of Maniac’s SKITLIV, so that he could concentrate on SHINING, is keen to stress that the parting from Indie is completely amicable explaining that “There is absolutely no bad blood between SHINING and Indie Recordings. We sat down together and talked everything through, and everyone came to the conclusion that the best way for SHINING to grow and develop would be to sign the band to a label with the size and experience of Spinefarm. I would like to thank Indie for putting the interests of the band first and allowing this to deal to happen”.
The surprise move also means that SHINING’s much delayed seventh full length album will now appear on Spinefarm rather than Indie, with a release date having been set for the 25th May.
Commenting on the upcoming release and the new cooperation with Spinefarm, Kvarforth had this to say: “VII / Född Förlorare” has been long in coming due to a series of unfortunate delays, none of which had anything to do with Indie, and it is a relief to all of us that it will finally see the light of day. I personally am extremely happy to be working with Spinefarm’s Teemu, and am confident that SHINING will now be able to go from strength to strength”.
The following statement was issued today by SHINING founder and front man Niklas Kvarforth.
“A lot of things have been happening recently with SHINING, and the rapid growth of the band over the last year, and the commitment that SHINING now requires of me has meant that it has become impractical for me to continue working as vocalist with other bands.
This includes my work with BETHLEHEM, who themselves realised that the band could not continue with myself on vocals. BETHLEHEM is still my all-time favourite band and I wish them all the best for the future.
I will also be quitting as front man for DEN SAAKALDTE.
From now on, therefore, I will only be making occasional guest vocal appearances on albums by other bands, and my priority will be SHINING. My work with Maniac’s band SKITLIV will not be affected, however, as the vocals and the bulk of the creative work is in his hands.
As always, myself and the band very much appreciate all the support the fans are giving SHINING and their patience in waiting for the release of VII, and there will be some very good news regarding this very shortly”.
Norwegian’s SHINING has issued the following press release on band’s official Web site:
We said we would reveal what the mysterious pictures where if we won the Norwegian Grammy. We did not win the Grammy, but have nevertheless decided to share with you our grand plan for the speech.
The attached pictures shows a 1m x 1m wooden plaque, 1 cm thick, with a vinyl print attached to both sides. On one side there is the Norwegian words for “THANK YOU” written in the Blackjazz style font. On the other side we have printed a QR code with the full acknowledgement list for the making of the album, which also has been modified with a brand new Shining symbol. In addition to the list of collaborators and Blackjazz accomplices, we have encoded the following sentences: The winner of this tablet is also the very first owner of the upcoming “Live Blackjazz” dvd, currently in the making.
In other news:
This plaque will be sold on eBay February 17th 2011 at the following link: www.shining.no/plaque.
Last but not least, you can read the Norwegian words “Vi er best, rest suger kuk”, which has become one of Massive Skills’ most famous quotes.
Go HERE to read the full story about the mysterious Blackjazz Plaque. Hope you all like the idea behind the Blackjazz Plaque!
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The following announcement was issued by SHINING front man and founder Niklas Kvarforth:
Swedish Extreme Metallers SHINING have confirmed that they will play a four date tour of Finland, home to their label Spinefarm Records, in May of this year. The tour is set to coincide with the release of their seventh full length album “VII / Född Förlorare”, which in English means “Born Loser”, and which is scheduled for world-wide release on the 25th of May. Dates for the Finland tour as follows:
Swedish SHINING has released the following update:
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