Ved Buens Ende

Ved Buens Ende was a Norwegian avant-garde metal band. Their sound is diverse with quiet instrumental jazz influenced sections and aggressive black metal blast beats and vocals. Ved Buens Ende means "At the end of the bow" referring to the mythological rainbow Bifröst.

History

Ved Buens Ende was formed in Oslo in 1994 by the drummer Carl-Michael Eide. They were signed to the British label Misanthropy Records. The band was unique by their mixture of many musical elements and Eide's crooning.

The band split up in 1997, after releasing only one full-length album "Written in Waters".

The short reunion

On April 26, 2006, Blabbermouth.net announced that Ved Buens Ende has reformed, and are working on new material.

Along with Vicotnik and Carl-Michael Eide, who now plays guitar instead of drums, there are two new members; Petter "Plenum" Berntsen on bass and Einar "Esso" Sjursø on drums. They are also members of Carl-Michael Eide's band "Virus". Many fans of the band were surprised by the absence of Hugh Mingay (aka Skoll), whose place was taken by Petter Berntsen.

The band's drummer, Einar Sjursø, had this to say about the band on blabbermouth.net.:"We will record a new album this year, to be released in 2007 by an as-yet-undetermined label (interested parties get in touch) and we also aim at playing live, where we will perform material both from 'Written In Waters' and the [post-VED BUENS ENDE project] VIRUS 'Carheart' album plus of course new compositions. The new material is being developed at the moment and will differ from both 'Written In Waters' and 'Carheart' yet still retain the trademark off the wall guitar sounds of those releases."

The band broke up again in early 2007.

Discography

*"Those Who Caress the Pale" (Demo) - 1994
*"Written in Waters (demo)" - 1995
*"Written in Waters" (Full length) - 1995
*"Those Who Caress the Pale" (EP) - 1997

Line-up

*Vicotnik (Yusaf Parvez) - Guitars, Vocals (Dødheimsgard, Code)
*Carl-Michael Eide - Guitars, Vocals (before reunion, Drums) (Cadaver, Dødheimsgard, Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö, Aura Noir and Virus)
*Petter "Plenum" Berntsen - Bass (Virus, Audiopain)
*Einar "Esso" Sjursø - Drums (Beyond Dawn, Lamented Souls, Infernö)

Former members

*Skoll (Hugh Steven James Mingay) - Bass (Arcturus, Ulver)

ession musicians

*Lill Katherine Stensrud - additional vocals on "Written in Waters"
*Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs - Vocals (on the tour and on ...Coiled in Obscurity) (see also Arcturus, Borknagar, Dimmu Borgir)
*Steinar Sverd Johnsen - Keyboards (on the tour and on ...Coiled in Obscurity) (see also Arcturus)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0bfuxqyhldje~T1 Ved Buens Ende] at Allmusic
** [http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,9814.sm Ved Buens Ende] at Rockdetector

External links

* [http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/vbe.htm Ved Buens Ende at BNR metal pages]
* [http://www.myspace.com/vedbuensende Ved Buens Ende official Myspace page]
* [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51460 "Ved Buens Ende Reform" article at Blabbermouth]
* [http://www.avantgarde-metal.com/content/stories2.php?id=10 Interview] with Vicotnik about Ved Buens Ende, 2007