Posthum is a

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band from

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. The band was founded in 2004 by Jon Kristian Skare (guitar, bass, vocals) and Morten Edseth (drums). The music is more to the ambient/progressive side of the genre than the aggressive, and can be compared to acts like

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, or old Enslaved.
Metalasfuck.net`s review of Posthum "Lights Out"

History

Their first years from 2004–2008 they mostly focused on rehearsal space and developing their own style., Mortem Zine Magazine interview 2009 They released their debut album, '' Posthum (album), Posthum'' on both vinyl and CD on Folter Records in 2009. Later that year they joined

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, Shining and

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to do a 21-gig European tour.
Finale In Black Tour 2009 Poster last.fm.com After another European tour with Nargaroth and Chaos Invocation,
Living Darkness Tour Poster 2011 Norwegian tour,
Tour Poster festival
Under The Black Sun Poster 2011 and gigs they recorded their second album in 2011. The album, titled '' Lights Out (Posthum album), Lights Out'', was released on

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in September 2012. The following month they did a small tourSòlstafir, Dunderbeist and Posthum

, Fire Walk With Me vol 3 around Norway with Sòlstafir and Dunderbeist. The Norwegian radio program "Pyro" on

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named Posthum as one of the most interesting bands from Norway to look out for in 2013.Pyro
Pyro on the most interesting bands in 2013, 27 November 2012

Line-up

Present *Jon Kristian Skare (guitar/bass/vocals) 2004 - *Morten Edseth (drums) 2004 - *Mats Kjeserud Iversen (live guitarist) 2012 - *Jon Einar Hektoen (bass) 2015 - Past *Martin Wasa Olsen (guitar/bass) 2004 - 2012 *Vegard Wiik (bass) 2004 - 2005 *Morten Opsahl Thomassen (vocals) 2004

Discography

References

External links

* http://www.facebook.com/posthumofficial * https://web.archive.org/web/20130130093900/http://www.indierecordings.net/ * http://posthum.no {{Authority control Norwegian heavy metal musical groups People from Nannestad