SHINING

Founded back in 1997 in Halmstad, Sweden by Niklas Kvarforth, SHINING started out as a traditional black metal act which has since evolved into one of the most controversial extreme metal acts of the past decade, with the combination of beautiful soundscapes and lyrics of despair & self-destruction becoming the band’s trademark. Due to the depressive undertones of their music and the mostly suicide-themed lyrics, SHINING's music is often referred to as "suicidal black metal" although the band themselves would point out that they are not a black metal band.