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Extol was formed in 1993 by
drummer David Husvik and guitarist
Christer Espevoll, who had been
playing together and wanted to start
a band. Peter Espevoll became their
vocalist. In 1994, bassist Eystein
Holm joined the band just before
their first gig. Emil Nikolaisen joined
as a second guitarist in 1995.
In 1996, they recorded for
Norwegian metal compilation,
Northern Lights. Later that year they
recorded "Embraced", a short demo.
Ole B?soon replaced Emil, who
wanted to give more attention to his
other band, Royal, on guitar. In 1997,
Extol recorded Burial, the b ...read more
Extol was formed in 1993 by
drummer David Husvik and guitarist
Christer Espevoll, who had been
playing together and wanted to start
a band. Peter Espevoll became their
vocalist. In 1994, bassist Eystein
Holm joined the band just before
their first gig. Emil Nikolaisen joined
as a second guitarist in 1995.
In 1996, they recorded for
Norwegian metal compilation,
Northern Lights. Later that year they
recorded "Embraced", a short demo.
Ole B?soon replaced Emil, who
wanted to give more attention to his
other band, Royal, on guitar. In 1997,
Extol recorded Burial, the band's first
full album. They signed with Endtime
Productions in 1998.
The next year, they released the EP,
Mesmerized, which featured three
industrial remixes of songs from
Burial. Eystein was replaced by Tor
Magne Glidje on bass. They later
recorded Undeceived, which was
much darker and more intense.
Then, Ole left the band, so Tor
Magne switched over to guitar, and
Jon Robert Mj嬡nd joined as bassist.
In 2001 another EP, Paralysis was
recorded; it was only released in
Sweden. This EP featured a cover of
"Shadow of Death" by Believer, who
the band considers to be a great
influence. After Paralysis, Tor Magne
left the band to focus on his other
project, Lengsel, and Ole returned to
the line-up. After Undeceived was
released, Extol was no longer
obligated to Endtime, and they
signed with Century Media in 2002.
Their album Synergy, released in
2003, showed an even greater
appreciation of the band Believer.
The music on the album is very
similar to Believer's style of thrash
metal.
In June of 2004, Ole B?and Christer
Espevoll left Extol to "invest their
time and energy elsewhere". Taking
their place as permanent members in
the band are the return of Tor
Magne Glidje and also Ole Halvard
Sveen, both from Ganglion, an Extol.
side project that merged with Extol
when four out of five bandmembers
ended up playing in both bands.
In 2005, the band released what
could be considered their most
diverse album in The Blueprint Dives,
or "Blueprint" for short. The album
was nominated for the Norwegian
Grammy, Spellemannsprisen, for best
Norwegian metal album in 2005. « hide |
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