Shining purportedly play depressive black metal, but I think that that's as much to do with frontman, and indeed mainman, Kvarforth's antics than their actual musical approach. In addition to featuring on other classic albums like Bethlehem's S.U.I.Z.I.D., Kvarforth has built a strong legacy through this band (recently he suspended his activities with all other bands), the closest similar artists to which which springs to mind being Lifelover (sorry for the awkward grammar). He plays fairly clean-sounding black metal with a defined poppy approach, stopping a fair way short of the likes of Ved Buens Ende in progression and eclectia, but still being far from the BM hordes. This has naturally attained him lots of fans and lots of haters, but I find this album, although just outside my top 50 of 2011, to be a very satisfying listen.
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