Keep of Kalessin

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Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin live 2011
Keep of Kalessin live 2011
General information
Genre (s) Black Metal , Progressive Metal , Extreme Metal
founding 1994
Website www.keepofkalessin.no
Founding members
Ghash
Arnt Ove "Obsidian Claw" Gronbech
Øyvind "Warach" Westrum
Vegar "Vyl" Larsen
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Arnt Ove "Obsidian Claw" Gronbech
bass
 Robin "Wizziac" Isaksen
Drums
 Wanja "Nechtan" Gröger
former members
singing
 Attila Csihar
Drums
 Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad
singing
 Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei
Drums
 Vegar "Vyl" Larsen

Keep of Kalessin is a metal band from Norway . The band name refers to Kalessin, the oldest dragon in the novels of the Earth Sea cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin .

history

Keep of Kalessin was founded in 1994 by Arnt Ove “Obsidian Claw” Gronbech and Ghash under the name “Ildskjaer” in Trondheim . The band combines elements of black and power metal . A little later Vyl and Warach joined the band. The Erdsee cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin not only served as a template for the band name, but also inspired the band in their musical work.

In 1995 they recorded their first demo, Skygger av Sorg , which sold very little. The band received a contract with the Italian label Avantgarde Music. Her debut album Through Times and War was released in 1997.

Bassist Wizziac at the Metal Mean Festival in Méan, Belgium, on August 20, 2011

Her second album Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark was also recorded at Brygga Studios. In 2006 the third studio album Armada was released by the Swedish record company Tabu Recordings. In early 2008, Keep of Kalessin signed with Nuclear Blast . Shortly afterwards, the fourth studio album Kolossus was released. At the end of 2008 the band toured supporting Morbid Angel , Kataklysm and Marduk .

In 2010 the band took part with the song Dragontower at the Melodi Grand Prix , the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . There are no Black Metal elements to be found in this song, the fans of the band reacted mostly negatively to this song. The associated album Reptilian described the band, according to a sticker on the album cover, as Epic Extreme Metal. Reptilian was the last album with Thebon as a singer. Obsidian took on vocals and guitar, and Keep of Kalessin acted as the trio.

In 2015 the 6th studio album Epistemology was released, which has a much more melodic vocals than its predecessors.

In March 2019, Nechtan from the German band Craving became the drummer for Keep of Kalessin.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Colossus
  NO 19th 24/2008 (1 week)
Reptilian
  NO 2 20/2010 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1997: Through Times of War
  • 1999: Agnen - "A Journey Through the Dark"
  • 2006: Armada
  • 2008: Colossus
  • 2010: Reptilian
  • 2015: Epistemology

Other publications

  • 1995: Skygger av sorg (demo)
  • 2003: Reclaim (MCD)
  • 2010: The Dragontower (single)
  • 2011: The Divine Land (2011 Edit) (Single)
  • 2013: Introspection (EP)
  • 2016: Heaven of Sin (EP)

Web links

Commons : Keep of Kalessin  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fan reviews on metal-archives.com
  2. ^ Nechtan drummer: Nechtan - Keep of Kalessin
  3. ↑ Chart placements: NO