Thor Georg Buer and Lars Stokstad at Elements of Rock 2011
Background information
Also known as
Crush Evil
Origin
Jessheim, Norway
Genres
Unblack metal[1][2] Death metal Black-doomBlackened death metalBlackened death-doomDoom metal (early)
Years active
1989[3]–2007, 2010–present
Labels
Cacophonous
Endtime
Bombworks[4]
Rowe
Members
Ronny Hansen
Lars Stokstad
Erik Normann Aanonsen
Henning Børven
Past members
Robert Bordevick
Morten Sigmund Mageroy
Nicholas Main Henriksen
Thor Georg Buer
Vegard Undal
Tony Kirkemo
Kjetil Molnes
Svein Sander
Erling Jorgensen
Stig Rolfsen
Paul W
Ole Børud
Antestor (Norwegian:[ˈɑ̀ntəstuːɽ]) is a Norwegian Christian extreme metal band formed in 1990 in Jessheim. Credited for starting the northern European Christian black metal scene,[5] Antestor is the only Christian band to have an album released by Cacophonous Records, which has also released records by bands such as Dimmu Borgir, Sigh, and Cradle of Filth. The band's only release on Cacophonous, The Return of the Black Death, proved influential for the Christian black metal movement, and has sold over 10,000 copies.[6]
In the late 1990s, they dubbed their musical style as "sorrow metal" rather than black metal because the early Norwegian black metal scene was publicly affiliated with Satanism in Norway. According to HM magazine, the progressive elements on the debut album, Martyrium, were possibly ahead of their time in the Norwegian extreme metal scene.[7]
The group has gone through several line-up changes over the years, and currently Antestor consists of the founding guitarist Lars Stokstad (Vemod), vocalist Ronny Hansen (Vrede), bassist Erik Normann Aanonsen, guitarist Robert Bordevick, and drummer Henning Børven. The original vocalist Kjetil Molnes (Martyr) and drummer Svein Sander (Armoth) left the band around 2000, and the members of a fellow Norwegian black metal group, Vaakevandring, joined Antestor. The reputable Norwegian extreme metal drummer Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer) played session drums for their 2005 album The Forsaken and Det tapte liv EP. A fourth studio album, Omen, was released in 2012.
^Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Antestor". MusicMight. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
^Cite error: The named reference Ryhanen_1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Antestor - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
^Antestor. "Antestor". Official Facebook page. Facebook.
^Bryzak, Michael. Liner notes of The Defeat of Satan album. 2003. Endtime Productions
^Cite error: The named reference Intense_Interview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Lee Rake, Jamie (2000). "Antestor - Martyrium". HM Magazine. Open Publishing. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
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