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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Age of Silence
Group · Norway · Oslo · formed 2004
Norwegian progressive metal band
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Also known as エイジ・オヴ・サイレンス
Timeline
12 events+ Member joins 6− Member leaves 3◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
2000s
· Member joins
Andy Winter joins the band
keyboard,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Eikind joins the band
electric bass guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Extant joins the band
electric guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Hellhammer joins the band
drums (drum set),original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Kobbergaard joins the band
electric guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member joins
Lazare joins the band
lead vocals,original
source: musicbrainz
· Debut release
Debut release: Acceleration
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
· Member leaves
Extant leaves the band
electric guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Kobbergaard leaves the band
electric guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
· Member leaves
Eikind leaves the band
electric bass guitar,original
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography128 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1321656796
Biography
Age of Silence is a Norwegian avant-garde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter of Winds.
Exclaim! noted about the band's debut studio album, Acceleration
AccelerationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Auditorium of Modern Movements3:362Acceleration4:313The Concept of Haste4:104A Song for D. Incorporated4:595The Green Office and the Dark Desk Drawer4:186The Flow at 09:30 am6:257Of Concrete and Glass3:14890° Angles7:199I No Longer Know If I Am Mad2:2810Synthetic, Fabricated, Calculated4:11, "As might be anticipated from the members' backgrounds, Acceleration's lyrical matter pursues a somewhat surreal philosophical course in its study of modern life, words and music achieving an uncanny synthesis of atmosphere."
EPs
Complications - Trilogy of Intricacy (The End Records) (2005)
Current members
Lars Are Nedland (Solefald, Borknagar, Ásmegin, Carpathian Forest) - vocals
Jan Axel von Blomberg (Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir, The Kovenant, Mayhem, Shining, Winds) - drums
BP M. Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem) - guitars
Andy Winter (Winds, Sculptured, Subterranean Masquerade) - keyboards
Former members
Lars Eric Si (Winds, Before the Dawn, Khold, Tulus) - bass, backing/extreme vocals
Joacim Solheim - guitars
Helge Haugen - guitars
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2004 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:11
1Auditorium of Modern Movements3:362Acceleration4:313The Concept of Haste4:104A Song for D. Incorporated4:595The Green Office and the Dark Desk Drawer4:186The Flow at 09:30 am6:257Of Concrete and Glass3:14890° Angles7:199I No Longer Know If I Am Mad2:2810Synthetic, Fabricated, Calculated4:11
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Complications: Trilogy of IntricacySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 16:041The Idea of Independence and the Reason Why It's Austere6:24 2Mr. M, Man of Muzak4:10 3Vouchers, Coupons and the End of a Shopping Session5:30 | 10 October 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Age of Silence head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 12 | 88.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Winter | 2004 | present | keyboard,original |
| Eikind | 2004 | 2014 | electric bass guitar,original |
| Extant | 2004 | 2010 | electric guitar,original |
| Hellhammer | 2004 | present | drums (drum set),original |
| Kobbergaard | 2004 | 2010 | electric guitar,original |
| Lazare | 2004 | present | lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayhem_-_Jalometalli_2008_-_Hellhammer_01_crop.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bbcf85e1-853f-4283-921d-dee931542369discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bbcf85e1-853f-4283-921d-dee931542369core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581175genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581175seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Silencebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Silence
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Cecil · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q581175 · MusicBrainz: bbcf85e1-853f-4283-921d-dee931542369
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