Chain Collector
Encyclopedia
Chain Collector is a heavy metal
band from Norway that formed in 2003. Some of the members come from other bands such as Green Carnation
, Carpathian Forest
, Trail of Tears
, Dismal Euphony
and In the Woods
. In 2004, the Forthcoming Addiction demo, containing four songs, was recorded at DUB studio. The band signed a two album record deal with Sound Riot Records
in September 2004, but due to the touring of some members with their other bands at the beginning the year, the production of The Masquerade was not finished until March 2005. In July 2005 the German label Massacre Records
became interested in the band, and Sound Riot Records licensed the Chain Collector album to them. Massacre Records released The Masquerade in Europe, Canada, and Australia in November 2005, while Sound Riot Records released in December 2005. They released a second album in 2008.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Norway that formed in 2003. Some of the members come from other bands such as Green Carnation
Green Carnation
Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
, Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
, Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears (band)
Trail of Tears is a Norwegian gothic/symphonic black metal band originally formed in 1994 by vocalist Ronny Thorsen, under the name of Natt...
, Dismal Euphony
Dismal Euphony
Dismal Euphony is a gothic metal band from Norway that mixed styles including death metal, black metal and classical music.-Biography:The history of Dismal Euphony began in 1992 in Stavanger by bassist Ole K. Helgesen and drummer Kristoffer Vold Austrheim under the name "The Headless Children", a...
and In the Woods
In the Woods
In the Woods is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French about a pair of Irish detectives and their investigation of the murder of a twelve year old girl...
. In 2004, the Forthcoming Addiction demo, containing four songs, was recorded at DUB studio. The band signed a two album record deal with Sound Riot Records
Sound Riot Records
Sound Riot Records is an independent record label founded in March 1994 in Brazil. The company started as a small mailorder service for demo-tapes and 7"EPs...
in September 2004, but due to the touring of some members with their other bands at the beginning the year, the production of The Masquerade was not finished until March 2005. In July 2005 the German label Massacre Records
Massacre Records
Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...
became interested in the band, and Sound Riot Records licensed the Chain Collector album to them. Massacre Records released The Masquerade in Europe, Canada, and Australia in November 2005, while Sound Riot Records released in December 2005. They released a second album in 2008.
Current members
- Gøran Bomann - guitar
- Svenn Aksel Henriksen - vocals
- Anders Kobro - drums
- Martin Eltvik - bass
Discography
- Forthcoming Addictions [EP] (2004)
- The Masquerade (2005)
- Unrestrained (2008)