Solefald

Solefald
Cornelius Jakhelln during Solefald's performance at Ragnarök Festival 2013.
Background information
OriginNorway
GenresAvant-garde metal, black metal, post-metal, industrial metal
Years active1995–present
LabelsIndie Recordings, Season of Mist, Century Media, Avantgarde Music
MembersCornelius Jakhelln
Lazare Nedland
Websitehttp://www.solefald.no

Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Nedland singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Jakhelln singing and playing guitar and bass. The duo experiment with a wide array of musical styles, frequently work on other projects, and rarely perform live under the Solefald name, leading them to describe themselves as "two stubborn goats pretending to be a band." According to the duo, their name is an Old Norse word for "sunset," taken from one of Theodor Kittelsen's paintings illustrating a poem of the same name by Theodor Caspari, published in the 1901 book Vintereventyr.