Vaakevandring

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Name = Vaakevandring


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Origin = Nannestad, Norway
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Genre = Unblack metal
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Years_active = 1996 - 2001
2007
Label = Monumentum Scandinavia
Associated_acts = Antestor
URL = [http://www.vaakevandring.com/ vaakevandring.com]
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Past_members = Ronny Hansen - (vocals) Morten Sigmund Magerøy - (keyboards, Guitar, Clean Vocals) Alexander Nygård - (Guitar) Pål Dæhlen - (drums) Trond Bjørnstad - (Bass) Solveig Maria Magerøy - (Soprano)
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Vaakevandring is a Norwegian unblack metal band that was active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The name means "To walk and wake up the people" in Norwegian. Vaakevandring played atmospheric, epic black metal with keyboards and folk melodies. Their self-titled EP was produced by Stian Aarstad of Dimmu Borgir and gained world wide appreciation. [ Sharpe-Yung, Gary (2006-06-04) [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,31411.sm Vaakevandring] Rock Detector. Retrieved 2007-11-30.] [ [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Vaakevandring Sputnikmusic.com] ] [http://www.crossover-agm.de/intVaakevandring01.htm Vaakevandring] , (German) CroosOver. Retrieved 2007-11-30] Despite releasing only an EP, Vaakevandring's influence on the unblack metal scene was significant because they were one of the key bands to change the dominating "anti-satanism" lyrical theme led by the genre-founder Horde" „So the album was created with a prophetic, free, submissive, obedient, reverent, anti-Satan and Christian mindset.“ – Horde: [http://unblack.d135-1r43.de/hordeint/hordeinterview.html Interview with Son Of Man Records] (retrieved 2007-11-30)] to a more philosophical and emotional direction."Our songs deal with personal challenges as well as on spiritual struggles." -Pål Dæhlen [http://www.crossover-agm.de/intVaakevandring01.htm Interview with CrossOver] ] Their position in the Christian metal scene is notable: For example, they were co-headliners with Antestor at Swedish Endtime Festival in 2007.

History

In 1996, Alexander Nygård and Trond Bjørnstad formed a pop band called Lothlorien with Morten Sigmund Magerøy and a local guitarplayer. 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 guitarplayer started playing bass.

Lothlorien got some internal problems because of religion. The second guitarplayer (then new bass player) wanted to write about darker subjects, and eventually left the band. Around the same time Pøl 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 Pøl 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. It was produced and engineered by Stian Aarstad, the keyboard player of Dimmu Borgir. Morrow, Matt: [http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/vaakevandringdemo9899/ Vaakevandring - demo 98/99] retrieved 2007-10-25] This caused a lot of rumors in 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. [http://bellator7.topcities.com/vaakevandring.htm Vaakevandring] ] . 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. [http://www.geocities.com/pateagusanos/vaakentr1.htm Entrevista a Vaakevandring de Noruega ] ] Pål Dæhlen joined Frosthardr. The demos soon sold out and used copies have sold for upwards of $60 on Ebay. 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.Morrow, Matt. [http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/vaakevandringst/ Vaakevandring - Vaakevandring] , The Whipping Post, retrieved 2007-11-30.] [ [http://www.crossover-agm.de/cdVaakevandring04.htm Vaakevandring - Vaakevandring] . Crossover-agm.de. Retrieved 2007-11-30] [ [http://www.myspace.com/vaakevandringmetal Vaakevandring page] ]

They performed as co-headliners with Antestor at Sweden's Endtime Fest in 2007. [http://www.endtime-festival.com/ Endtime Festival 2007] . Retrieved 2007-11-30] Antestor's guitarist Vemod (Lars Stokstad) played guitars for that show.

tyle and importance

In the early 1990s the unblack scene was dominated by "anti-satanism" and the "crusade mentality" of the genre founder Horde. With Christian elementary content as the setting of the Father's Prayer, and issues such as conversion and salvation, the bands such as Antestor, Crimson Moonlight and especially Vaakevandring set a new direction. 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.

Musically, Vaakevandring uses the new influences from Folk Metal or even the Pagan Metal. So they influenced later bands such as Arvinger or Holy Blood. Because of the staffing overlap, Antestor (named after the album, "The Return of the Black Death") as a more or less direct development of "Vaakevandring".

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.

Discography

* "Demo 98/99" (demo) - (1999)
* "Vaakevandring" (EP) - (2004)

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010815051807/home.sysedata.no/~alexn/index2.htm Original website in Google cache]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=5379 Profile] at Metal-Archives