Stonegard

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Stonegard
Background information
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genre(s)	Heavy Metal
Years active	1997 - present
Label(s)	Bells Go Clang! Candlelight Records
Website	http://www.stonegard.org
Members
Torgrim Torve Ronny Flissundet Håvard Gjerde Erlend Gjerde

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Stonegard is an up and coming heavy metal band from Oslo, Norway. They have two official releases in the form of two full length CDs, "Arrows" and "From Dusk Till Doom".

1 Popularity
2 Line-up
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Popularity

When the band released their first CD "Arrows", they received excellent critics from national newspapers television and radio in Norway. Close to a year after the release, the growing popularity resulted in the foundation of the Skull Army, the official fan club of Stonegard. The Skull Army help the band out with promotion, with merchandise on the line as prizes. Several Stonegard music videos have ran on the popular Norwegian TV show "Svisj" and and the pay-channel ZTV. From "Arrows", the songs "Barricades", "Arrows" and "Hunter" received air time throughout 2005. The title track from their new CD, "From Dusk Till Doom", is currently played on the same channels.

When Stonegard was but one of many bands trying to make it, one of their means to promote themselves were through the Norwegian website NRK Urørt which is helping unsigned bands, singers and musicians. Their page was quite popular, and it helped them make a name for themselves. The Stonegard page is now taken down, as they are no longer an unsigned band.

Their motto is "Mer metal til folket", which means "More metal to the people". Stonegard is also strongly against drugs.