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SOLEFALD BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Solefald | |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Oslo, Oslo, Norway | |
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STATUS
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Active | |
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FORMED IN
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1995 | |
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LABEL
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Indie Recordings | |
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GENRE
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Black metal | |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2005-12-16, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2009-04-28, 17:43 | |
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| Band biography |
Cornelius, for his part, knew this radicality from bands such as Warrior Soul on one hand and Fear Factory on the other. Solefald have never felt at home in a universe of psalms and tortured women, dungeons and dragons, upside-down crosses and swastikas. "The Linear Scaffold" drew on the pictoral art of Odd Nerdrum, the poetry of Lord Byron, the music of Beethoven, Norwegian pantheism and existensialist philosophy. The album's feeble echoes of Deep Purple and Sex Pistols (organ arrangements and downstroke riffs) could be comprehended by the sensitive ear. Solefald entered Sunlight Studios in the late autumn of 1998 to record their second album.
"Neonism" arose during four hard weeks, including problems with a mixing desk that literally started burning during the recording. The album was released later that fall, sending shock waves into the underground with its bitingly satirical approach to popular culture in general and the Black Metal genre specifically. Solefald, choosing to call their music "Radical Designer Rock'n'Roll", provoked a lot of people, but pleased even more, and again the band harvested excellent reviews. "Neonism" surprised listeners and critics by diverging so strongly from "The Linear Scaffold". The album tried to fuse elements of Punk, Trip Hop, Drum'n'Bass, Reggae, Oriental Music and Progressive Rock with technical Black Metal. It now seems that "Neonism" may have been perceived as too experimental and too unconventional by many listeners, insofar that the album made no compromise whatsoever. "Neonism" was a musical experiment, orchestrated by a band wanting to take off their Black Metal blindfolds for a while. "Neonism" completed the deal with Avantgarde Music, and Solefald felt it was time to move on. Along came Century Media, and Solefald's third effort, "Pills Against the Ageless Ills". Recorded in the H-10 studio in Oslo, this concept album is yet another step on Solefald's weird and wonderful path. "Pills Against the Ageless Ills" could be defined as a synthesis of the two first Solefald albums. Gone are the electronic beats, the overtly Rap-inspired vocals and the eclectic attitude that distinguished "Neonism" from most of 1999's Black Metal releases. "Pills" is harder, faster and more straightforward than its predecessors. For once, one could simply call it Heavy Metal
without being unjust to the music. The new Solefald opus presents a more powerful guitar sound. The punchy downstroke riffs show their debt to traditional Heavy Metal (for example the "Hierarch" song). The organ complements the guitars all the way, adding a progressive dimension to the music. A new soreness characterises Lazare's vocals, more direct this time. Cornelius' spoken vocals have clearly been infested by his guest appearance on the Monumentum song "Black and Violet" (a Death SS cover, recorded in July 1999). His mourning voice displays a state of spiritual anguish, seeking relief and release. Release is found in the furious Black Metal passages still present in Solefald's music.
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