Shining (Swedish band)

Kvarforth is the main composer and vocalist of the band and started the band when he was twelve. By the time Kvarforth was fourteen, Shining had released their first EP Submit to Selfdestruction (1998) on which he played guitars and bass. It was not until the band released their first album, Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000), that Kvarforth became the band's vocalist. The band's name does not refer to the book The Shining or the film based on it, but rather it means "the path to enlightenment", according to Kvarforth. At a concert that took place on 3 February 2007, at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden, "Ghoul" was revealed to be Kvarforth. The concert was violent in nature, with Kvarforth occasionally fighting the audience and the guest vocalists (Attila Csihar, Maniac and Nattefrost). The band released their fifth album in 2007, Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas), a reference to Kvarforth's hometown. A compilation album entitled, 8½ – Feberdrömmar I Vaket Tillstånd (2013), was released that featured re-recorded songs from 2001–2002 and different vocalists for 5/6 tracks. The band's ninth album entitled, IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends, was released on 21 April 2015. The band's tenth album, X – Varg Utan Flock, was released on 5 January 2018. The band's eleventh album, Shining, was released on 15 September 2023. ==Musical style==

Musically, Shining went from black metal with doom influences on their earlier work to a more progressive extreme metal sound with extensive use of clean guitars, pentatonic scales, guitar solos, different vocal styles and often tempo shifts and odd time signatures. Shining's music also contains several movie samples from films such as Prozac Nation, ''She's So Lovely, and American Psycho''. Shining openly promotes suicide and self-harm in all its forms (e.g. drugs) in their lyrics. The founder of the band, Niklas Kvarforth, has claimed, with contentment, there have been some cases of people committing suicide at least partially under the influence of Shining's music. Vocalist Niklas Kvarforth wanted to "force feed" his listeners "with self-destructive and suicidal imagery and lyrics". In the beginning he used the term "suicidal black metal" for his music to separate himself from the "mediocre worms". ==Members==

Current members • Niklas Kvarforth (a.k.a. "Ghoul") – guitars, keyboards (1996–2004, 2004–present), lead vocals (2000–2004, 2004–present), bass (1996–2000) • Peter Huss – guitars (2005–present) • Charles Hedger – guitars (2022–present) Former members ;Vocalists • Robert Ayddan (1998) • Andreas Classen (1999–2000) • Christian Larsson (2010–2016) • Alex "Impaler" Friberg – bass (2022–2023) ;Drummers • Ted "Impaler" Wedebrand (1998–2001) • Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg (2001–2004) • Rickard "Rille" Schill (2008–2010) • Ludwig Witt (2005–2007, 2011–2012) • Jarle "Uruz" Byberg (2007–2008, 2016–2017) • Rainer Tuomikanto (2012–2016) • Nicholas Barker – drums (2022–2023) Timeline ==Discography==

Studio albums • Within Deep Dark Chambers (2000) • Livets ändhållplats (2001) • III – Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie (2002) • IV – The Eerie Cold (2005) • V – Halmstad (2007) • VI – Klagopsalmer (2009) • VII – Född förlorare (2011) • Redefining Darkness (2012) • IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends (2015) • X – Varg Utan Flock (2018) • Shining (2023) EPs and compilations • Submit to Selfdestruction (EP, 1998) • Dolorian/Shining (Split EP, 2004) • Through Years of Oppression (Rarity compilation, 2004) • The Darkroom Sessions (Rehearsal compilation, 2004) • Shining/Den Saakaldte (Split EP, 2008) • Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt (EP, 2012) • 8 ½ – Feberdrömmar i vaket tillstånd (Compilation, 2013) • In the Eerie Cold Where All the Witches Dance (Split EP, 2013) • Shining on the Enslaved (Split EP with, Enslaved, 2015) • Fiende (EP, 2017) • Oppression MMXVIII (Compilation, 2020) Singles • "Förtvivlan, min arvedel" (2011) Music videos • "Förtvivlan, min arvedel" (2011) • "Tillsammans är vi allt" (2012) • "Vilja & Dröm" (2015) ==References==