---
title: "Shining"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/shining-02e28741"
genre: "Black Metal"
country: "Sweden"
formed: 1996
---

# Shining

**Shining** is a black metal band, from Sweden, active 1996 to present.

Shining is a Swedish depressive suicidal black metal band, formed by Niklas Kvarforth in Halmstad in 1996.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_(Swedish_band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Shining |
| Genre | Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Formed | 1996 |
| Releases in catalog | 20 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Depressive Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/depressive-black)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Niklas Kvarforth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/niklas-kvarforth) |  | 1996 to present | Current |
| [Hellhammer](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hellhammer) |  | 2001 to 2004 | Former |
| [Charles Hedger](https://themetalnet.com/musician/charles-hedger) | Guitar | 2022 to 2023 | Former |
| [Andreas Casado](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-casado) | Electric guitar | 2005 to 2006 | Former |
| [John Doe](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-doe) | Guitar | 2005 to 2006 | Former |
| [Marcus Hammarström](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marcus-hammarstrom) | Electric bass guitar | 2016 to 2022 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1998 | [Submit to Selfdestruction](https://themetalnet.com/album/c8297daf-6952-394b-8914-e89fb71f4609) | EP |
| 2000 | [I: Within Deep Dark Chambers](https://themetalnet.com/album/756420ee-16a3-34d5-ad6e-30e324ee88ca) | Album |
| 2001 | [II: Livets ändhållplats](https://themetalnet.com/album/baf35dbf-7167-38fd-9b6b-449e484e8e8d) | Album |
| 2002 | [III: Angst, självdestruktivitetens emissarie](https://themetalnet.com/album/bccbc03b-aeed-3cc3-a9b6-049065559f53) | Album |
| 2005 | [IV: The Eerie Cold](https://themetalnet.com/album/b4531f47-c0ff-353a-a873-4a7554cc1eb1) | Album |
| 2007 | [V: Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)](https://themetalnet.com/album/4f5d8a7d-eeba-3c19-baf7-39f81895fc98) | Album |
| 2009 | [VI: Klagopsalmer](https://themetalnet.com/album/af297259-2d47-4f4a-9c29-a42ed3fdff94) | Album |
| 2011 | [VII: Född förlorare](https://themetalnet.com/album/d21ea232-1173-41f9-914f-a779fd2f9299) | Album |
| 2012 | [Lots of Girls Gonna Get Hurt](https://themetalnet.com/album/d4e26823-955f-4a68-9d21-a1c38914d94c) | EP |
| 2012 | [Redefining Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/album/50216c31-8425-4528-b1c8-a7e2a429b5dc) | Album |
| 2012 | [Shining / Alfahanne](https://themetalnet.com/album/e8816b41-ac07-4c5f-9b45-3d4c068f1f4d) | EP |
| 2013 | [In the Eerie Cold Where All the Witches Dance](https://themetalnet.com/album/12d9356f-44a6-46ad-970d-74656fbe09d4) | EP |
| 2013 | [Shining / Monumentum](https://themetalnet.com/album/7f0013af-7cb1-44e6-8888-0c04e5a13504) | EP |
| 2014 | [Five Valid Reasons for Self-Inflicting Harm](https://themetalnet.com/album/329bb77e-1860-4b2c-9d64-5e2cdb010c50) | EP |
| 2015 | [IX: Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends](https://themetalnet.com/album/193ab4df-1001-427f-9d51-247cbedb4869) | Album |
| 2017 | [X: Varg utan flock](https://themetalnet.com/album/89acd459-7e13-4e57-8f6c-e7e9c705a7f2) | Album |
| 2019 | [Shining / Srd](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec4a2790-7480-45f5-bb8f-038f611a086b) | EP |
| 2023 | [Döden](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6dd4bcd-8456-4a59-a3f4-86ac7b9a594c) | EP |
| 2023 | [Shining](https://themetalnet.com/album/b440e42b-1621-44e9-9d10-617f2c189bbe) | Album |
| 2025 | [Divided You'll Stand & United You'll Fall](https://themetalnet.com/album/b326a752-d1c8-461d-ad18-38f7c5ef2b2a) | EP |

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- [Satyricon](https://themetalnet.com/band/satyricon) (listened together)
- [Watain](https://themetalnet.com/band/watain) (listened together)
- [Burzum](https://themetalnet.com/band/burzum) (listened together)
- [Marduk](https://themetalnet.com/band/marduk) (listened together)
- [Lifelover](https://themetalnet.com/band/lifelover) (listened together)
- [Rotting Christ](https://themetalnet.com/band/rotting-christ) (listened together)
- [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together)
- [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together)
- [Dimmu Borgir](https://themetalnet.com/band/dimmu-borgir) (listened together)
- [Ulver](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulver) (listened together)
- [Behemoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/behemoth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- apple music: https://music.apple.com/fr/artist/68234788
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Shining/2256
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiningofficial
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialShining
- x: https://twitter.com/ShiningLegions
- bandcamp: https://shiningsom.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/6060
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7wqTItc5qEyIwWw5ksN1Ya

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/shining-02e28741](https://themetalnet.com/band/shining-02e28741). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt