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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

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Musical artist.name
Solefald
Musical artist.image
Solefald - Cornelius Jakhelln.jpg
Musical artist.caption
Cornelius Jakhelln during Solefald's performance at Ragnarök Festival 2013.
Musical artist.background
group_or_band
Musical artist.origin
Norway
Musical artist.genre
Avant-garde metal, black metal, post-metal, industrial metal
Musical artist.years_active
1995–present
Musical artist.label
Indie Recordings, Season of Mist, Century Media, Avantgarde Music
Musical artist.website
http://www.solefald.no
Musical artist.current_members
Cornelius JakhellnLazare Nedland

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Official website
www.solefald.no
Image
Solefald - Cornelius Jakhelln.jpg
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inception
1995-00-00
start of work period
1995-00-00
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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.

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