Country	Oslo, Norway
Years active	2004–present
Genre(s)	Progressive metal Avantgarde metal
Label(s)	The End Records
Members	Kobbergaard (K. Haugen) Hellhammer Lars Nedland Eikind (Lars Eric Si) Andy Winter Extant

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Biography

Age Of Silence is a Norwegian avantgarde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter of Winds fame. Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. ... Progressive metal (often shortened to prog, or prog metal when differentiating from progressive rock) is a genre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ...

Project

Who you are is insignificant.
What you do is insignificant.
How you are what you are and how you do is significant.
Smooth surfaces equal harmony. Despise roughness in any form.
Seek artificial light.
Always follow the flow, no matter where it goes.
Nature is your friend only if it serves you.
Spirituality is measurable.
IT is not yours. You lease it!
Trust is a disease.

Abstract: Mission Statement

The project was founded with the purpose of studying mankind's behavior to gain deeper awareness and understanding of humanity and its thought-pattern, achieving comprehension of things not explainable, related to the way humans interact and communicate.
It was determined that this understanding could only be reached by constructing a complex device capable of reflecting all aspects of the human element. By entering into it, even for only seconds at a time, empathy and awareness of the ways of the mind may be reached, thereby attaining knowledge of humanity's complexity and possibly even insight into the meaning of existence.

Concrete: The Devices Of Creation

Elements used in constructing the device will be those of articulation through sound, and more specifically harmony and melody combined with auditory vocalization.
To reach the suitable environment in which these articulations will be expressed, performance by way of musical instruments shall be utilized together with words conveyed through various forms of phonetic recitation, which in turn shall be digitally manifested.
The device shall then be made available for sequencial audible observation through multiple duplication and extensive distribution.^[1]

Discography

• Acceleration - The End Records (2004)
• Complication - Trilogy Of Intricacy - The End Records (2005)

The End Records is an independent metal and rock record label based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The End Records is an independent metal and rock record label based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Band members

Current members

• Kobbergaard (K. Haugen) (ex-Winds) - Guitars
• Hellhammer (Arcturus, ex-The Kovenant, Mayhem, Winds) - Drums
• Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland (Solefald, Borknagar, Ásmegin, ex-Carpathian Forest) - Vocals
• Eikind (Lars Eric Si) (ex-Khold, Tulus, Winds) - Bass, backing vocals
• Andy Winter (Winds) - Piano, keyboards
• Extant - Guitars

Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ... Biography Hellhammer Jan Axel von Blomberg, also known by his stage name Hellhammer, is a black and avantgarde metal drummer from Oslo, Norway. ... The band in 2005 Arcturus is an avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from black metal to space metal and cyber metal over the years. ... Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band which was originally formed in 1983. ... Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ... Lazare (right) with Solefald bandmate, Cornelius, in 2005 Lars Are Nedland, also known as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer and keyboardist for the highly acclaimed avant garde metal band Solefald. ... // Biography Solefald is a Norwegian Avantgarde/Post-Black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are Lazare Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. ... Borknagar is a melodic, progressive, folk/viking, black metal-influenced band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. ... Ásmegin is a Norwegian folk/viking metal band formed in 1998. ... Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990. ... Formed in 2000 from the ashes of Tulus, Khold signed to Moonfog shortly after and released two critically acclaimed albums - Masterpiss Of Pain in 2001 and Phantom in 2002. ... Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ... Winds is a Norwegian band whose style is close to progressive metal, largely influenced by classic music, with Andy Winters piano work often the central focus. ...

Note

1. ↑  - the project section was taken from the official Age Of Silence web page http://www.ageofsilence.com/

External links

• Age Of Silence Official Homepage
• Age Of Silence Official Forum
• Age Of Silence myspace page
• Age Of Silence at Encyclopaedia Metallum