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.myspace.com/invainno
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.[1] Their music can be described as melodic extreme metal, and it is mainly composed by their guitarist Johnar Haaland.[2] The band has released three albums, and toured Europe with Solefald in 2013 and My Silent Wake in 2010.[3] In Vain has also played concerts in Norway. They, for example, played at the Inferno Metal Festival in 2013.[4]

Biography

Will the Sun Ever Rise? and Wounds (2003–2005)

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?.[5] 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.

The Latter Rain (2005–2007)

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.[5] 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.

Mantra (2008–2012)

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.

Ænigma (2012–2014)

Ænigma was recorded in 2012 and released on March 11, 2013. The tour for support of Ænigma included three session musicians. The bassist, Kristian, decided to study abroad for two years, taking a break from In Vain, but with the intention to return afterwards. The replacement was Alexander Lebowski Bøe from Solefald. It remains to be seen who will record on the upcoming album. The drummer, Stig, was working in Korea and his replacement was Baard Kolstad from Borknagar, ICS Vortex, Ihsahn and Solefald. The guitarist Kjetil were shortly unavailable due to family commitments, and his replacement were Petter Hallaråker from ICS Vortex and Rendezvous Point.

Fourth studio album (2014-)

Johnar Håland has stated that he is currently writing songs for the upcoming album, hoping for a release in 2015.

Members

Current members

Live members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Demos/EPs

References

  1. ↑ "Ekstremmetal og sørlandsvise". nrk.no. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Interview with In Vain". The RingMaster Review. March 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "In Vain Blogg". Myspace.com.
  4. ↑ "Torsdagsprogram Inferno Metal Festival 2013". Rockefeller. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "In Vain". Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.

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