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Insense – Surviving Self Resentment
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Tommy Hjelm - vocals, guitars
Martin Rygge - guitars
Ola S Hana - bass
Truls Haugen - drums
Growing up in the small town of Ski, just outside the Norwegian capital, Oslo, guitarist Tommy Hjelm and drummer Håvard Iversen were the sparks that would ignite the inferno that would become Insense. Both felt estranged and embarrassed by the Norwegian music scene, overcrowded by corpsepainted idiots and Korn wannabes, and decided that their band would be something different. Joined by guitarist Martin Rygge and Magnus Ruud (bass) Insense began their musical journey in earnest. The four members, all with very different musical backgrounds, rehearsed and put “music for themselves” first. The result was a hybrid of technically brutal riffs and aggressive melodies.
Three years later, in June 2002, their self-titled debut album was released on American label This Dark Reign, and was critically acclaimed by a unanimous American and European press. With the addition of vocalist Eigil Dragvik, the band started touring Norway extensively, which seemed like a road to self-annihilation. It wasn’t only the band’s intense songs, but their brutal stage shows that left members bloody and bruised night after night. The band’s first European tour took place over two weeks in 2003.
Exit Dragvik and Iversen – enter Truls Haugen. With a new drummer and Hjelm back on vocal detail, Insense’s time-consuming songwriting gave birth to “Soothing Torture” in January 2005.
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mypi
This band is NOTHING like Korn. Nothing against Korn there, they're just too different.
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X_Xx_xX
Мазафака какая-то, с техничным надрачиванием местами. Уныние, в общем.
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jensbjoern
Beautiful, brutal and heartfelt metal. Just how I like it :D
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Supertransonic
lol korn?... never heard that before!
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KosTeT72RUS
неплохи
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theexplodedrage
korn tribute band ? wtf ?
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TheWrathofThor
Great Korn tribute band!
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FedoraPower
Great Band. Great Musics. They are problably going to grow on the future.
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Gepa_666
хорош)
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The_Seabeast
Alone In A Crowd..... I don't understand how it's possible that this group composed that beautiful song.... stunning....
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OnFireAlive
bad fucking ass!
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theexplodedrage
cant wait to see them with trivium and in flames !
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TuNk77
"Overrated" - The soundtrack of my life
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degtrampare
It's funny cause it's true, atleast the black metal bit!
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degtrampare
"Both felt estranged and embarrassed by the Norwegian music scene, overcrowded by corpsepainted idiots and Korn wannabes, and decided that their band would be something different." Love it :D
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Tobo-Potato
New official press pictures uploaded! Vote it up folks!
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shapiq
for 2-3 listens imo, but Death for me, death for you is a very good song.
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eastbaythunder
great band listen to 01 - Death For Me, Death For You
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DrMosse
Pretty good CD for this kinda stuff!
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Just posted a review of Burn in Beautiful Fire. Check it out at http://thenewreview.net
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