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Norway (1995 – present)

Solefald is a metal band from Norway that was formed by members Lars Are “Lazare” Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band’s name is best explained in an interview from Century Media Records website. Lazare states “Solefald is an old norse word for sunset. We “stole” it from a painting by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen. His two paintings “Soleglad” and “Solefald” portrays the cycle of being, and we found it to be a very fitting idea for our band. ” Cornelius also states “”Solefald” means literally “the fall of the sun”, or just “sunset”; the way we spell it is Danish, from the 19th century.”

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Their first official rehearsal together was in 1995 with the song “When The Moon Is On The Wave.” They released their first, 5 song demo, entitled Jernlov (translated to Iron Law in English), in 1996. Jernlov was the band’s most traditional black metal release, but it was already quite evident that the band had an experimental edge, incorporating Lazare’s choir like clean vocals and lush piano passages into the heavy and intense black metal formula. They were a rare breed of band, that was able to successfully fuse two opposing feelings of music, beauty and ambiance and intensity and rage. They were one of the first bands in the black metal world to incorporate bizarre new elements into the style, including a bag pipe passage in one song.

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  • Neue_regel_

    At last they started touring. Great news. But on the other side, some of their material are a bit difficult to perform live, on technical aspects. I hope Cornelius can pull them out.

    19 May 1:49am Reply

  • igorgoularth

    Solefald @ John Dee, 10.05.13 -- Someone knows the setlist? Cornelius said in his Facebook that Solefald played their longest setlist and had even a sax player with them.

    14 May 10:39pm Reply

  • igorgoularth

    "Philosophical Revolt" live with the original high-pitched vocals! *-* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_fnTSx0gU

    14 May 8:34am Reply

  • dimmuborgir6666

    Happy birthday Lars:)

    12 May 10:57pm Reply

  • ikd-sj

    -Jernlov- great (´∀｀*)

    14 Apr 8:56am Reply

  • ToSeethernity

    Solefald @Ragnarök / Germany was simply amazing and I was astonished how well Cornelius is able to speak German. The whole show was almost perfect. Thank you so much Solefald =)

    7 Apr 9:12pm Reply

  • Eru_Iluvatar

    HD Video's of the show in Drachten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1obZ9TLOww and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfZswHjjfdc

    6 Apr 8:48pm Reply

  • DemonicTutor

    Excellent show yesterday @ Drachten. I was pretty skeptical about Solefald live but they definitely delivered and exceeded all my expectations. Cornelius is actually a pretty funny guy and once he gets some more experience as a frontman on stage the shows should become even better. Lazare unfortunately wasn't there but his brother, Sindre from In Vain, took care of the clean vocals end keys for him. The clean vocals were okay but towards the end of the gig I felt he was getting too tired. No surprise as he also performed with In Vain just before that. He sounded better with In Vain but still decent with Solefald. I do hope to catch Solefald again though and this time with Lazare on vocals. Still, if you like this band, and you like the quirky things they do in the studio you should definitely go see them live if you have the chance. It's special. =)

    6 Apr 1:03pm Reply

  • ante979

    Sun I call has to be one of greatest songs in music history, absolutely stunning.

    20 Feb 6:57am Reply

  • usal_bolgar

    Sun I call, Burning Wheel. Sword I call, Wolf of Steel. Star I call, Sword of Light. Rune I call, Sign in Stone...

    5 Feb 7:40pm Reply

  • Caittroll

    I'm going to finally see them live... This is the biggest event of my life.

    15 Dec 2012 Reply

  • JBThazard

    COME TO POLAND

    19 Nov 2012 Reply

  • nastiab

    Great news! Thanks! I hope I will be able to be there!! 8-)

    30 Oct 2012 Reply

  • sheldoncooper__

    Solefald live in Poland on two gigs 29 and 30 June 2013 !!

    29 Oct 2012 Reply

  • chierules

    http://artistfoto.no/?main=artikkel&funksjon=view&artikkelid=195 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S_KKuB5hGdI

    25 Sep 2012 Reply

  • KSSTRTZR

    respect for playing stuff from the first album.

    23 Sep 2012 Reply

  • igorgoularth

    Lazare posted the setlist on his Facebook. 1. CK II Chanel Nº6 2. Song Til Stormen 3. Red View 4. Backpacka Baba 5. The USA Don't Exist 6. Sun I Call 7. Jernlov 8. Mont Blanc Providence Crow 9. Vitets Vidd I Verdi 10. Philosophical Revolt 11. Til Heimen Yver Havet 12. When the Moon Is On the Wave

    19 Sep 2012 Reply

  • ToadstoolMoon

    So, anyone who was at Southern Discomfort? Any footage or setlist info?

    16 Sep 2012 Reply

  • kveldssang

    I still can't believe that tomorrow they are going to do their first show since 1999. I wish I could be there :/

    14 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Larbzieg

    It's a shame they got over-produced and completely shit after 2005.

    14 Sep 2012 Reply
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