Name: Shining
Brand: Shining

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RACD 111CD

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

CDx2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-07-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

7033662001118

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Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Shining

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)

Formed in 1996, Shining is a Swedish extreme metal band that incorporates many doom metal elements in their music. Their unique sound has earned them the label of "suicidal black metal," although the band themselves would clarify that they are not strictly a black metal band. With their depressive undertones and mostly suicide-themed lyrics, Shining's music delves into dark emotions and explores the depths of human psyche.

If you enjoy artists such as Ihsahn, Zardonic, Mechanical Vein, Rabbit Junk, Dødheimsgard, Major Parkinson, Thy Catafalque, Einar Solberg, Strapping Young Lad, Blitz Union, Devin Townsend Project, Raizer, Maraton,Vulture Industries,Ulver,Circle of Dust ,Enslaved,Blood Command ,Devin Townsend,and Arcturus then you will definitely appreciate Shining's unique blend of extreme and doom metal.

Shining, with their haunting melodies and powerful instrumentals combined with introspective lyrics,is an artist that pushes boundaries within the extreme metal genre. Whether you are already a fan or new to their music, Shining's daring approach is sure to leave a lasting impression on any listener.

Shining have gone through a radical transition after starting out as a post-bop jazz quartet before ending up as the uncompromising "black jazz" metal band we know today, all under the determined leadership of composer and multi-instrumentalist Jørgen Munkeby. Still only 33 years old, Jørgen joined Jaga Jazzist at the tender age of 14, so it's fair to say he has accomplished a lot for his age. Shining have gone through a number of members since the first album back in 2001, the only mainstay to this day apart from Munkeby being drummer Torstein Lofthus (also of Elephant9). This 2CD release collects the two albums they did for Rune Grammofon — In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005) and Grindstone (2007). They very much represent a period of transition and are considered their most original and musically exciting albums, where they freely move between complex riffing, free jazz, filmic soundscapes and modern composition, with references to everything from The Mars Volta and Slayer via King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchestra to Henry Cow, This Heat, Ornette Coleman, Ligeti and Messiaen.

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