In Vain (band)
| In Vain | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Kristiansand, Norway |
| Genres | Progressive metal, Death metal, Black metal, Extreme metal, Doom metal |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Indie Recordings |
| Associated acts |
Solefald Funeral From Strength to Strength Borknagar ICS Vortex Ihsahn Tristania Green Carnation Trail of Tears In The Woods... |
| Website | www |
| Members | Johnar Håland Andreas Frigstad Sindre Nedland Stig Reinhardtsen Kristian Wikstøl Kjetil Pedersen |
In Vain is a progressive death metal band from Kristiansand in Norway. Their music can be described as melodic extreme metal, and it is mainly composed by their guitarist Johnar Haaland. The band has released three albums, and toured Europe with Solefald in 2013 and My Silent Wake in 2010. In Vain has also played concerts in Norway. They, for example, played at the Inferno Metal Festival in 2013.
The band was formed by guitarist Johnar Haaland and vocalist Andreas Frigstad in 2003. They were shortly joined by keyboardist and vocalist Sindre Nedland. In 2004 they recorded their first release, a three track EP Will the Sun Ever Rise?. The EP featured guest Joakim Sehl on bass guitar, while the drums were sampled. The following year, 2005, they released another EP named Wounds. This EP featured several guests, two of them being bassist/vocalist, Kristian Wikstøl, lending both his bass and vocal skills to this release and drummer Anders Haave. Anders joined the band shortly after the release, but were soon replaced by Stig Reinhardtsen. Their music had then moved in a more diverse and progressive direction.
In late 2005 the band were then joined by bassist Ole Vistnes and guitarist Magnus Olav Tveiten, and began to write and record their first full-length album. The album The Latter Rain was recorded in DUB studio in 2006. Close to 20 guest musicians participated in the recordings, amongst them Jan K. Transeth, Kjetil Nordhus and future bassist/vocalist Kristian Wikstøl on hardcore vocals. Guitarist Even Fuglestad replaced guitarist Magnus Olav Tveiten during the recordings, but were unable to participate on the record. Magnus still contributed on the record. The Latter Rain was released in 2007. Just before the band began playing live gigs they were joined by bassist/vocalist Kristian Wikstøl who replaced former bassist Ole Vistnes. They played live with Battered and Vreid on the Northern Brigade Tour in March–April 2007.
In the summer of 2008 the band started to record their second full length album Mantra. Guitarist Even Fuglestad left the band on good terms before the recordings of the album. He still contributed some additional guitars for the album. Future replacement-guitarist, Kjetil D. Pedersen, contributed some lead guitars on this album. He joined the band before the tour for the album. It was released on January 18, 2010. This album saw a more diverse genre than the previous album, with two tracks being more in the vein of blues than metal. Sindre Nedland also utilized more deep growls together with his clean vocals giving more diversity to the music. The blues influence was almost entirely discarded on the next record. In 2012 several members of the band joined the live line-up of the band Solefald. Later that year the band got together to write and record their third full-length album.
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