Vibeke Stene
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Vibeke Stene performing with Tristania
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| Birth name | Vibeke Stene |
| Born | 17 August 1978 |
| Origin | Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway |
| Genres | Gothic metal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1996–2007; 2013-present |
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| Website | Vibeke Stene's Official Page |
Vibeke Stene (pronounced vee-beh-keh) (born 17 August 1978) is a Norwegian soprano. She is best known as the former vocalist in the gothic metal band, Tristania.
In 2013, Stene came out of retirement with the announcement of a future guest appearance in God of Atheists and a new band project.
Stene was born in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway to Steinar Stene and Sissel Bø Stene, and has two sisters named Ingvild and Maiken. She first performed for people outside her family at the age of three. She began taking singing lessons at the age of thirteen, and became more interested in classical singing. She took lessons until the age of twenty-three because she wanted to become her own teacher.
Stene grew up in a home filled with music. In an interview, she stated that her influences were the people with whom she had performed personally. Before Tristania, Stene mostly performed classical vocals at various music schools. She also sang in choirs and performed in jazz, folk, and classical concerts as a solo artist with varying musicians, and admitted that "all the traveling with the band makes it impossible to let a serious choir depend on you". Stene has cited Tori Amos, Björk, David Bowie, Tom Waits and Diamanda Galás as "only a few of many singers that I think are very good".
Tristania's keyboardist, Einar Moen, stated in an interview that Stene "has a classical education actually - sort of an opera school or university degree. And she has also taken singing lessons since she was a little girl, so she's always sung." He also mentioned that when he met Vibeke, she wasn't into gothic metal, but more into rock and heavy metal.
Around the age of 17, Stene was studying music in high school when she was beginning to find her inner melancholy. She was taken by the concept when Stene heard about Theater of Tragedy. She saw them live for the first time in Stavanger and thought to herself that she could do it much better. After seeing them live, she was inspired and hoped to do it professionally.
Stene met the band members through a friend and saw them again at a music contest. She joined them at the age of 18 while still in school. At that time, Tristania was planning to record their first demo. At first she was meant to be a guest singer but became a permanent member later on. According to her, she did not know she was in the band until she read an interview after Widows Weeds was released. On 27 February 2007, Stene left Tristania to finish her university degree which she started but did not finish in 2000, and also because she did not like the direction the music was going into.
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