---
title: "Shining"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/shining"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Norway"
formed: 1999
---

# Shining

**Shining** is a progressive metal band, from Norway, active 1999 to present.

Shining (stylized as SHINING) is a Norwegian experimental band from Oslo. Thirteen musicians have been a part of the band's lineup in its history, with singer, guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter Jørgen Munkeby as its leading force and only constant member. The band is also called SHINING (NOR) to avoid confusion with the Swedish black metal band of the same name.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Shining |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 10 |

## Genres

[Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Jørgen Munkeby](https://themetalnet.com/musician/j-rgen-munkeby) |  |  | Current |
| [Morten Qvenild](https://themetalnet.com/musician/morten-qvenild) |  |  | Current |
| [Torstein Lofthus](https://themetalnet.com/musician/torstein-lofthus) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | [Where the Ragged People Go](https://themetalnet.com/album/7757e2a6-7f0f-3772-98f4-13eb8d026c97) | Album |
| 2003 | [Sweet Shanghai Devil](https://themetalnet.com/album/1f084f43-4bbe-3a57-aa58-7f534cbb4101) | Album |
| 2005 | [In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster](https://themetalnet.com/album/1d47d713-c9d1-3402-89a8-888eca57b88b) | Album |
| 2007 | [Grindstone](https://themetalnet.com/album/237856eb-7e9b-39f1-b7d6-36a519b209cf) | Album |
| 2010 | [Blackjazz](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd5183e5-d9b2-44f2-8a66-63a20c08614c) | Album |
| 2013 | [One One One](https://themetalnet.com/album/da1f2560-e5dd-4ea4-8b1e-bf23433b61f8) | Album |
| 2015 | [International Blackjazz Society](https://themetalnet.com/album/ce5c8b5d-a079-4d92-82a5-3204a9bbebee) | Album |
| 2018 | [Animal](https://themetalnet.com/album/c80c06e0-cd6b-4ed8-883c-b9bfb4be6d1a) | Album |
| 2022 | [Drag Me Through Hell](https://themetalnet.com/album/6361164f-4c17-49b9-b5e0-2bc142b0ef28) | EP |
| 2024 | [Without You EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/f01a78c3-6fb2-45eb-b850-926486042884) | EP |

## Related bands

- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)
- [Shining](https://themetalnet.com/band/shining-02e28741) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Ihsahn](https://themetalnet.com/band/ihsahn) (listened together)
- [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (listened together)
- [Leprous](https://themetalnet.com/band/leprous) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/370lLcSfFuzXFatC0DFLel
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shiningnorway
- x: https://twitter.com/shiningofficial
- bandcamp: https://shining.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shiningnorway/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/7506642
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI9nMtnIISYjbZAPwqb7agg

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