Solefald
Solefald | |
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Cornelius Jakhelln during Solefald's performance at Ragnarök Festival 2013. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Avant-garde metal, black metal, post-metal, industrial metal |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Indie Recordings, Season of Mist, Century Media, Avantgarde Music |
| Members | Cornelius Jakhelln Lazare Nedland |
| Website | http://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.