Ved Buens Ende

Ved Buens Ende
Background information
Origin	Oslo,Norway
Genres	Black metal,avant-garde metal
Years active	1993–1997, 2006–2007, 2019–present
Labels	Misanthropy Records
Past members	Skoll Vicotnik Carl-Michael Eide Plenum Esso
Website	[1]

Ved Buens Endeis aNorwegianavant-garde metalband. Their sound is diverse with quiet instrumentaljazzinfluenced sections and aggressiveblack metalblast beatsandvocals.Ved Buens Ende means "By the end of the bow" referring to the mythological rainbowBifröst.

History

Ved Buens Ende was formed inOsloin 1993 by thedrummerCarl-Michael EideandguitaristVicotnik, who were then joined bybassistSkoll.Prior to this,Carl-Michael Eidehad been playing inUlverand Vicotnik in his own project Manes which eventually became Ved Buens Ende, not to be confused with other Norwegian bandManes,known as Perifa, and later, Manii.They were signed to theBritishlabelMisanthropy Records.The band mixed many unusual musical elements for metal, such as atonality and dissonance, a very prominentbasssound as well as Eide'scrooningand Vicotnik's characteristic shrieks.

The band split up in 1997, after releasing only one album,Written in Waters.

On 26 April 2006,Blabbermouth.netannounced that Ved Buens Ende had reformed, and were working on new material.

Along with Vicotnik andCarl-Michael Eide,who now plays guitar instead of drums, there are two new members; Petter "Plenum" Berntsen on bass and Einar "Esso" Sjursø on drums. They are also members of Carl-Michael Eide's bandVirus.Many fans of the band were surprised by the absence of Hugh Mingay (aka Skoll), whose place was taken by Petter Berntsen.

The band's drummer, Einar Sjursø, had this to say about the band on Blabbermouth.net: "We will record a new album this year, to be released in 2007 by an as-yet-undetermined label (interested parties get in touch) and we also aim at playing live, where we will perform material both from 'Written In Waters' and the [post-VED BUENS ENDE project] VIRUS 'Carheart' album plus of course new compositions. The new material is being developed at the moment and will differ from both 'Written In Waters' and 'Carheart' yet still retain the trademark off the wall guitar sounds of those releases."

The band broke up again in early 2007, without having released another album. Several songs intended for this album ultimately appeared on Virus'The Black Flux.

As of 2019, they have reunited again. The current lineup is Skoll on bass, Carl-Michael Eide on guitars/clean vocals, Vicotnik on guitars/harsh vocals, and Øyvind Myrvoll on drums.

Discography

• Those Who Caress the Pale(demo) – 1994
• Written in Waters(demo) – 1995
• Written in Waters– 1995
• Those Who Caress the Pale(EP) – 1997

Members

• Yusaf "Vicotnik" Parvez -harsh vocals,electric guitar
• Hugh "Skoll" Mingay-bass guitar,keyboards(1993-1997)
• Carl-Michael Eide-drums,percussion(1994-1997),clean vocals,electric guitar(1994-1997, 2006-2007)
• Petter "Plenum" Berntsen - bass guitar(2006-2007)
• Einar "Esso" Sjursø - drums, percussion(2006-2007)

Sources

• Ved Buens EndeatAllMusic
• Ved Buens EndeatRate Your Music
• Interviewwith Vicotnik about Ved Buens Ende, July 2007
• Interviewwith Carl-Michael Eide, December 2008

External links

• "Ved Buens Ende Reform" article at Blabbermouth