Shining - Metal Storm

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29.09 - Opeth - New Album Streaming Online

29.09 - Theocracy - Unveil Lyric Video For New Song

29.09 - Root - New Album Details Unveiled

29.09 - Crippled Black Phoenix - Another Single Streaming Online

29.09 - Rhapsody Of Fire - Fabio Lione Quits The Band

29.09 - Shape Of Despair - Share (Old) New Song

29.09 - Anagnorisis - Release New Album's First Single

29.09 - Quartz - Original Vocalist Passes Away

29.09 - Sacred Steel - Stream New Track

28.09 - Delain - To Embark On U.S. Co-Headline Tour With HammerFall

28.09 - Grave Digger - Reveal New Album Details

28.09 - Megadeth - Share 'Conquer Or Die' Video Clip

Reviews Articles

	Valient Thorr Old Salt
	Charred Walls Of The Damned Creatures Watching Over The Dead
	Devin Townsend Transcendence
	Sumerlands Sumerlands
	Twilight Force Heroes Of Mighty Magic
	Chariots Of The Gods Ages Unsung
	Bloody Hammers Lovely Sort Of Death
	Triggerman Atomic Rock Number 79 [EP]
	Iron Fire Among The Dead
	Nails You Will Never Be One Of Us

01.09 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 6 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

18.08 - Summer Slaughter Tour - San Francisco, USA - August 2016

08.08 - Winter Metal Fest - A Kiloton Of Fun

05.08 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 6 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

02.08 - Hellfest 2016!

12.07 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2016 - Part One: Why You Should Go Next Year

11.07 - ScreamingSteel's Top 10 Best Metal Covers of Non-Metal Songs

08.07 - Roadburn Festival 2016 - Day 4: Afterburner

Shoutbox

21:53 - Cynic Metalhead
Not fucking again.

21:53 - Zaphod
You read my mind!

21:52 - !J.O.O.E.!
Yeah reminds me of My Arms, Your Hearse a bit.

21:51 - Zaphod
Dem growls doe

21:51 - 3rdWorld
Someone needs to show that to deadone, seriously.

21:45 - 3rdWorld
hahahaha.

21:42 - !J.O.O.E.!
Lol.

Events Now online Today

16.12 - The Netherlands
Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2016 (9)

24.07 - Slovenia
Metaldays 2017 (7)

25.10 - Portugal
Behemoth: Europa Blasfemia 2016 - Part II (6)

08.12 - Portugal
Under The Doom Festival 2016 - Fourth Edition (6)

05.11 - United Kingdom
Damnation Festival 2016 (6)

09.12 - Spain
Madrid Is The Dark Fest IV (6)

02.02 - USA
70000 Tons Of Metal 2017 (6)

Musicians' birthdays:

54 - Al Pitrelli
37 - Alessandro Comerio
48 - Alex Skolnick
38 - Andrea Murgia
23 - Christoffer Bråthen
41 - Henrik Ohlsson
(1946-2007) - Ian Wallace
41 - João David
53 - Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool
30 - Riccardo Grechi
52 - Taime Downe
25 - Tobias Arvidsson
28 - Vladimir Nestorović

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Shining

Popularity index: 183
411 fans

Country:	Sweden
Label:	Dark Essence Records

Links:	Official website Facebook Myspace show moreYouTube SoundCloud ReverbNation Twitter

Formed in:	1996

1998-2009	Depressive black metal
2009-	Progressive black metal

Line-up

Current members:
1996-	Niklas Kvarforth - vocals
2005-	Peter Huss - guitars
2010-	Christian Larsson - bass
2012-	Euge Valovirta - guitars
2012-	Rainer Tuomikanto - drums
Former musicians:
1998	Robert (I) - vocals
1998-2001	Ted Wedebrand - drums
2000-2001	Tusk - bass
2001-2004	Hellhammer - drums
2001-2005	Phil A. Cirone - bass
› 2007-2008	-//-
2002	Håkan Ollars - guitars
2005-2006	Andreas Casado - guitars
2005-2006	John Doe - guitars
2005-2007	Ludwig "Ludde" Witt - drums
› 2011-2012	-//-
2005-2007	Johan Hallander - bass
2006-2011	Fredric Gråby - guitars
2007-2008	Jarle Byberg - drums
2008-2010	Andreas Larsen - bass
2008-2010	Richard Schill - drums
2011	Sebastiaan Bats - guitars
Studio musicians:
2008	Tom Cato Visnes - bass
2013	Lars Fredrik Frøislie - keyboards
Live musicians:
2007	Attila Gábor Csihar - vocals
2007	Nattefrost - vocals
2014	Mikko Salovaara - guitars
Guest musicians:
2000	Andreas Classen - vocals
2010	Erik Danielsson - vocals
2010	Peter Bjärgö - guitars
› 2012	-//- vocals
2011	Christopher "Chris" Amott - guitar solo
2012	Robert "Rob" Caggiano - guitars
2012	Hoest - vocals
2012	Andy LaRocque - guitars
2012	Yusaf Parvez - guitars
2013	Sven-Erik Kristiansen - vocals
2013	Gaahl - vocals
2013	Pehr Larsson - vocals
2013	Attila Gábor Csihar - vocals
2013	Ludovic - vocals

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

1998 \| 7.4	Submit To Selfdestruction [EP]
2000 \| 7.5	I - Within Deep Dark Chambers
2001 \| 7.8	II - Livets Ändhållplats
2002 \| 8.2	III - Angst, Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie
2003 \| 7.4	Dolorian / Shining [Split] [EP]
2005 \| 8.5	IV - The Eerie Cold
2007 \| 6.7	The Sinister Alliance [EP]
2007 \| 8.8	V - Halmstad
2008 \| 8.1	Shining / Den Saakaldte [Split] [EP]
2009 \| 8.2	VI - Klagopsalmer
2011 \| 8.1	VII - Född Förlorare
2012 \| 6.8	Lots Of Girls Gonna Get Hurt [EP]
2012 \| 8.1	Redefining Darkness
2012 \| 8.4	Shining / Monumentum [Split] [EP]
2012 \| 7.5	Shining / Alfahanne [Split] [EP]
2013 \| 6.8	In The Eerie Cold Where All The Witches Dance [Split] [EP]
2013 \| 7.3	8 ½ - Feberdrömmar I Vaket Tillstånd
2015 \| 7.4	Shining On The Enslaved [Split] [EP]
2015 \| 7.6	IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends
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04.07.2015	Hard Rock Laager 2015 - Vana-Vigala, Estonia, 04.07.2015 by Ivor
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News / Concerts / Interviews

News

23.06.2016	Shining - Announce First Ever U.S. Tour
16.05.2016	Shining - To Hit The Road With Taake
28.05.2015	Shining - Release New Video
14.04.2015	Shining - New Album Streaming In Full
27.03.2015	Shining - New Song Available Online
04.03.2015	Shining - Debut Another New Song
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Interviews

02.07.2015

with Niklas Kvarforth

Articles

13.07.2015

Hard Rock Laager 2015 - Vana-Vigala, Estonia, 03-04.07.2015

Concerts

02.12.2016	GER, Berlin
03.12.2016	NED, Leeuwarden - Into Darkness Festival 2016
04.12.2016	GBR, London (1)
05.12.2016	FRA, Paris
06.12.2016	FRA, Rennes
07.12.2016	BEL, Roeselare
08.12.2016	LUX, Esch-sur-Alzette (1)
09.12.2016	GER, Bochum
10.12.2016	GER, München
11.12.2016	ITA, Brescia
19.03.2017	SLO, Bohinj - Winter Days Of Metal 2017 (1)

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