Shining - 2009 - VI - Klagopsalmer - Review

This album is something new for shining, its melodic with progressive rifs and solo guitars, in this release is one ballad named "Fullständigt Jävla Död Inuti" with whispering and clean vocal.

Shining - 2007 - V - Halmstad - Review

Very good album with nice acoustic rifs and solo, and somehow is like in rock style guitars and acoistic guitars.
In this album you can hear very nice bass solos, and drums are more based on "exceeds" than on something faster, but of course here you can hear and faster parts in almost all songs.

Shining - 2005 - IV - The Eerie Cold - Review

Revolution for Shining.
If you ask me, this album is best release of shining, story is very good, acoustic rifs are perfect, bass guitar almost all time working on solo, raw guitar rifs and fast drums, vocal is sick than ever, better cant be.
And in this album is ballad named "The Eerie Cold".

Shining - 2001 - III - Angst, Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie - Review

This album is totally different story but still have depressive agression, and is truework of Niklas Olsson "Kvarforth".
Here you can hear very dark keyboards, some good guitar rifs, and bass solo, drums are faster than in previous album, vocal is totally original, here Shining begins its career.

Shining - 2001 - II - Livets Andhallplats - Review

In this album i can see its work of Kvarthforth, with acoustic rifs and good guitar rifs, bass here make really good job, keyboards are very very darkly here, drums is not so fast but is agressive than on first album, vocal is much better.

Shining - 2000 - I-Within Deep Dark Chambers - Review

The first album of Shining is very depressive and slow, guitars have some better slow rifs and few acoustic, drums is slow and they dont have exceeds.
And there is something new about this album on last song "And Only Silence Remains..." Kvarforth played "Keyboards".
Vocal is changed and is better than on ep
Their first album is released by "Selbstmord Services" and is second shining release for this label in year 2000.

Line - up of this release is:

Kvarforth - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards ( here he did vocal first time in shining )
Andreas Classen - Vocals ( he is new vocalist on this release )
Tusk - Bass
Ted Wedebrand - Drums.
This release is released as a black LP and is limited on 237 copies.

Track list of this release:

1.Reflecting In Solitude 08:46
2.Stonelands 08:58
3.Vita Detestabilis 06:48
4.Ren Djävla Angest 07:38
5.Inisis 08:12
6.And Only Silence Remains... 10:55

Shining - Submit to Selfdestruction ( EP ) 1998 - Review

This release is clear depressive black metal with very slow and dirty guitar rifs.
Vocal is not original on this release, its like Burzum.
Bass have very good rythm, and drums are classical inspiration.

Shining - Review

Shining was formed in early 1996 in Sweden by Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson.
In the beginning they wasn't much popular, "Submit to Selfdestruction" was they're first release, at first wasn't so popular, but after few years people have realized that this is good.
They had greatest successful when they released "The Eerie Cold" in 2005, in this album is the most sick vocal.
If someone would ask me "what is the one of best songs of Shining?", i would say "Någonting Är Jävligt Fel" from The Eerie Cold.
This band is revolution in black metal scene, as with music thus with show on live concerts.
Just watch some videos on youtube, and you'll see what i mean.
Their themes are speak about: Suicide, Depression, Betrayed and Negativity.


Line - up:

Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson, he's currently a vocal of Shining, but he played Guitar and Bass. Fredric "Wredhe" Gråby playing guitar, he's member from 2006. Peter Huss play guitar as well, and joined 2006 as well.
Rickard Schill he's the newest member of Kvarforth crew joined 2008, he's watching the drums.

Here you can see the photo of the band:

Kvarforth had only 14 years when he formed Shining.
The band is disbanded in August 2004 and reformed in same year.

Discography:

-Submit to Selfdestruction ( EP ) 1998

-I - Within Deep Dark Chambers ( Album ) 2000

-II - Livets Ändhållplats ( Album ) 2001

-III - Angst, Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie ( Album ) 2002

-Dolorian & Shining ( Split ) 2003

-Through Years of Oppression ( Compilation ) 2004

-The Darkroom Sessions ( Compilation ) 2004

-IV - The Eerie Cold ( Album ) 2005

-The Sinister Alliance ( Split ) 2007

-V - Halmstad ( Album ) 2007

-Shining & Den Saakaldte ( Split ) 2008

-VI - Klagopsalmer ( Album ) 2009