Ved Buens Ende

Ved Buens Ende
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genres	Black metal, experimental metal
Years active	1993-1997 2006- 2007
Labels	Misanthropy Records
Associated acts	Dødheimsgard, Dimmu Borgir, Cadaver Inc., Arcturus, Satyricon, Ulver, Infernö, Virus, Aura Noir, Beyond Dawn, Code, Naer Mataron
Website	[1]
Past members	Skoll Vicotnik Carl-Michael Eide Plenum Esso

Ved Buens Ende was a Norwegian avant-garde metal band. Their sound is diverse with quiet instrumental jazz influenced sections and aggressive black metal blast beats and vocals. Ved Buens Ende means "By the end of the bow" referring to the mythological rainbow Bifröst.

Ved Buens Ende was formed in Oslo in 1993 by the drummer Carl-Michael Eide and guitarist Vicotnik, who were then joined by bassist Skoll. Prior to this, Carl-Michael Eide had been playing in Ulver and Vicotnik in his own project Manes which eventually became Ved Buens Ende, not to be confused with other Norwegian band Manes, known as Perifa, and later, Manii. They were signed to the British label Misanthropy Records. The band was unique by their mixture of many unusual musical elements for Metal, such as atonality and dissonance, a very prominent bass sound as well as Eide's crooning and Vicotnik's characteristic shrieks.

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

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

Along with Vicotnik and Carl-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 band Virus. Many fans of the band were surprised by the absence of Hugh Mingay (aka Skoll), whose place was taken by Petter Berntsen.

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