1. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Please introduce the band. SHINING is me, Kvarforth, besides writing all music and lyrics playing the guitar as well as being the singer and dictator of the band. I have had many tools in and out since our birth in 1996, but at present it seems our line-up is quite stable with Hellhammer on drums, Inisis on guitar, and Phil A. Cirone on bass , our three albums are pure manifestations of the ugly and perverted in our society, endorsed fully? 2. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: How do you feel about the new line up for SHINING? SHINING: It is better than ever before, my tools are very efficient. 3. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: How did you get Hellhammer to play drums for you, and what was it like working with him? SHINING: I fired our previous drummer Wedebrand and I had to find an replacement, Hellhammer was an obvious choice because of his great personality and marvellous skills. It differs quite alot working with Hellhammer than what we had to go through with Wedebrand in the past even though I have absolutely nothing to complain about when it comes to his contribution for SHINING. 4. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: Talk about your new CD on Avantgarde Music "Självdestruktivitetens Emissaire". SHINING: It?s been out a while now and it is our most negative work to date, drawing parallels to our second album there are many things that have changed and I believe that we may have achieved our right sound now. Anyhow, this album could more or less be considered as our most "commercial" one with the production and such however, with SHINING IV we aim for a more distant production like the one we achieved with our second album for instance? 5. DARK RECOLLECTIONS: How did the deal with Avantgarde Music come about? SHINING: We had been working together on a minor scale earlier on with Selbstmord Services and when I needed to move on from my own label Avantgarde was an obvious choice, I mean, really, it is one of the very few labels out there with at least a small essence of personality and dedication? 6. DARK RECOLLECTIONS Would they be re-releasing your other 2 CDs? SHINING: We are momentarily negotiating about the matter and if everything works out like supposed too both albums will be re-issued in February. 7. DARK RECOLLECTIONS Is Fullmoon Productions still releasing your 1st CD or has that changed? SHINING: No? It was supposed to be released under our license two years ago but nothing ever happened so we consider this is definitely out of the question. 8. DARK RECOLLECTIONS What is the song "Ett Liv Utan Mening" from your 2nd CD about? SHINING: Translations of the lyrics used for the second album will be included in the booklet of the re-issued pressing. 9. DARK RECOLLECTIONS : What do you hope to accomplish with your music and lyrics? SHINING is a 9mm pointed at your forehead, our aim is to open our world for you in order to enlighten and preferably stagnate your own pity self in the concept and reality of self-destruction. A machinery driven by the fuel of conviction and fanaticism? 10. DARK RECOLLECTIONS Why did you choose the name SHINING for the band, does the name has a special meaning to you? SHINING: Yes, it has a somewhat special meaning to me, not as obvious as it did in the past but, yes? 11. DARK RECOLLECTIONS Any bands from around your area you would recommend checking out? SHINING: The only Black Metal bands I appreciate that are alive today are Craft, Bloodline, Ondskapt, Krohm, Zavorash, Malign, Shining, Watain and a few others I care not to mention? Some of them are signed to Selbstmord, others we distribute, so I suggest you have a look at our web-site http://www.selbstmord.nu and support these horrible recommendations of ours? 12. DARK RECOLLECTIONS Any last words, comments? thanks for the interview.... SHINING: Let The Self-destruction Blossom! http://www.suicidesquadron.cjb.net http://www.avantgardemusic.com ALASTOR CADAVERIA DESIRE EVOKEN FUNERAL MELEK-THA SATANIC SLAUGHTER SHINING