![]() Those Who Caress the Pale bounced between the ethereal and the aggressive with a youthful vigor-it was a sign of things to come. The demo was interesting, a landmark in a still-to-be-defined style of “Norwegian strangeness,” but there were still growing pains-shifting from style to style with a disregard only found in the earliest stages of true creativity. It wasn’t until 1994’s inclusion of Ulver bassist Hugh “Skoll” Mingay and Aura Noir mastermind Carl-Michael “Aggressor” (otherwise known as “Czral”) Eide that the Ved Buens Ende name took hold, and the first seeds of their peculiar sound sown with demo Those Who Caress the Pale.Ĭompared to Manes, Those Who Caress the Pale was moody and ethereal, although it contained an undeniable black metal influence. ![]() Black metal was ready to change, or at least begin making its journey into the new millennium, and a certain trio of Norwegian oddballs was prepared to push the genre forward.įounding his new project under the moniker Manes (not to be confused with his fellow Norwegian weirdos of the same name), guitarist/vocalist Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez’s early ventures into black metal were linear and mechanical, a far cry from what would eventually become Ved Buens Ende just one year later. From Frost’s Edvard Grieg-inspired progressive “Viking” leanings to Transilvanian Hunger’s riff hypnosis, the canvas was primed for something new and interesting. The previous year had expanded black metal to its furthest reaches. By the early 2000s, Elde had announced the formation of a new band, Virus, which he said would mark a continuation of his work with Ved Buens Ende.If, according to fellow Decibel scribe Chris Dick, black metal was defined in 1994, it was broken in 1995. However, despite rumors circulating in the late '90s that the group would get back together to record another album, nothing ever materialized (perhaps because the musicians were so busy with their other projects). Those Who Caress the Pale was later released in 1997 with a couple of bonus tracks added on. Following a demo, entitled Those Who Caress the Pale, Ved Buens Ende signed to the British Misanthropy label, on which they released their first (and only) full-length album, Written in Waters, in 1995. Fixit and, at one time or another, also a member of Dodheimsgard and Aura Noir) as well as bassist Skoll (aka Hugh Stephen James Mingay, also of Ulver and Arcturus). Along with drummer/lead vocalist Elde - who has also gone by the name Czral and played in the groups Dodheimsgard, Aura Noir, Cadaver Inc., and Virus, among others - the group's lineup included guitarist Vicotnik (aka Aggressor and Mr. ![]() ![]() Their style blended aspects of so-called post-rock (especially in terms of the guitar playing) together with eerie crooning vocals and jazz-influenced drumming and bass playing, resulting in a sound that was as much subdued and mysterious as it was aggressive or forceful. One of the many bands involving multi-instrumentalist Carl-Michael Elde, Norway's Ved Buens Ende (whose name roughly translates to "beyond the bow" or "beyond the rainbow") were an experimental black metal band whose sound remains heavily distinct and unusual years after their last recording. ![]()
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