Vaakevandring

In 1996, Alexander Nygård and Trond Bjørnstad formed a pop band called Lothlorien with Morten Sigmund Magerøy and a local guitar player. Lothlorien's style became heavier and soon changed its name to Inertia. Trond left bass and began to perform death growl vocals and the second guitar player started playing bass.

Lothlorien had some internal problems because of religion. The second guitar player (then new bass player) wanted to write about darker subjects, and eventually left the band. Around the same time Pål and Ronny Hansen invited Magerøy to join them in their project "Signum Crusis". They rehearsed once and then Alexander Nygård became their guitarist. They changed the band name to "Korsferd". Morten played guitar, Ronny played bass and Pål Dæhlen played drums. Hansen concentrated on vocals and Trond became the bass player. By that time the band name was changed to Vaakevandring.

The band achieved notable popularity for its Demo 98/99. It was produced and engineered by Stian Aarstad, the keyboard player of Dimmu Borgir.{{Harvnb|Sharpe-Young|2001|loc="Vaakevandring", p. 367. "A self styled "Christian symphonic unblack metal band". Vaakevandring look and sound like a Black Metal band but lyrically are strongly evangelical. In a surprise move the band's debut demo was produced by Stioan [sic] Aarstad of Dimmu Borgir."}}{{Cite journal |last=Morrow |first=Matt |date=April 30, 2005 |title=Vaakevandring - S/T |url=https://issuu.com/dougvanpelt/docs/hm_113 |journal=Heaven's Metal Magazine |issue=113 |pages=65 |via=Issuu}} Next, the band recorded a song entitled "Fall of Man" for Endtime Productions' compilation In the Shadow of Death. Both Hansen and Magerøy joined the notable band Antestor around this time while still were members of Vaakevandring.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-27 |title=Entrevista a Vaakevandring de Noruega |url=http://www.geocities.com/pateagusanos/vaakentr1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027151542/http://www.geocities.com/pateagusanos/vaakentr1.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Pateando Gusanos En La Fosa Comun |language=Spanish}} Pål Dæhlen joined Frosthardr on drums.{{Cite web |date=2015-02-11 |title=7 Christian Black Metal Bands You Need To Hear - Page 2 of 2 |url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/christian-black-metal-bands/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Metal Injection |page=2 |language=en-US}} Vaakevandring's demo was re-released as a self-titled EP by the Norwegian label Momentum Scandinavia. They performed as co-headliners with Antestor at Sweden's Endtime Fest in 2007.[http://www.endtime-festival.com/ Endtime Festival 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509084611/http://www.endtime-festival.com/ |date=2008-05-09 }}. Retrieved 2007-11-30 Though the band only issued two recordings, it was influential on the unblack metal scene.{{Cite book |last=Bianciotto |first=Benjamin |title=Black Metal Rainbows |date=2023-01-03 |publisher=PM Press |isbn=978-1-62963-923-9 |editor-last=Lukes |editor-first=Daniel |location=Oakland |pages=400 |language=en |chapter=Holy Unblack Metal: The White Horse of the Apocalypse |editor-last2=Panayotov |editor-first2=Stanimir |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LpHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA399}}

;Last Known Lineup

• Ronny Hansen - vocals (Antestor, Grave Declaration) (1996-2007)
• Morten Sigmund Magerøy - keyboards, guitar, clean vocals (ex-Antestor, Frosthardr) (1996-2007)
• Alexander Nygård - guitar (1996-2007)
• Pål Dæhlen - drums (ex-Antestor, Frosthardr) (1996-2006)
• Trond Bjørnstad - bass (1996-2007)
• Solveig Maria Magerøy - soprano

;Live

• Lars "Vemod" Stokstad - guitar (Antestor) (2007)
• Fionnghuala - soprano (ex-Slechtvalk, ex-Antestor) (2007)

• Demo 98/99 - (1999)
• "Fall of Man" - appeared in the compilation In the Shadow of Death - A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation (2000){{Cite web|url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/vaakevandringdemo9899/|title=Vaakevandring - Demo 98/99|last=Morrow|first=Matt|date=n.d.|website=The Whipping Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/intheshadowofdeath/|title=In the Shadow of Death - A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation|last=Morrow|first=Matt|date=n.d.|website=The Whipping Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-13}}
• Vaakevandring - (2004)

• {{Citation |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |authorlink=Rockdetector |title=Rockdetector: A-Z of Black Metal |year=2001 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |place=London Great Britain |edition=First printing |publication-date=2001 |isbn=1901447308}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20010815051807/http://home.sysedata.no/~alexn/index2.htm Original website in Google cache]
• [http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{ABF6D689-C1B3-4965-A2CA-CA3BEE2 Profile]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at MusicMight

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