Vibeke Stene
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Vibeke Stene (born 17 August 1978) is a Norwegian soprano and actress. She is best known as a former member of gothic metal band Tristania, which she joined in 1996 and appeared with on five albums.<ref name="mortemia.no">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band became "one of the world's premiere goth metal bands".<ref name="AMG Tristania">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2007, Stene left Tristania and temporarily retired from the music industry to start a family and teach singing. In 2013, Stene came out of retirement with a guest appearance for the band God of Atheists. She later worked in musical theater and formed doom metal band Veil of Secrets.
Early life
Stene was born in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway to Steinar Stene and Sissel Bø Stene. She has two sisters named Ingvild and Maiken.Template:Citation needed She first performed for people outside her family at the age of three.<ref name="Vibeke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She began taking singing lessons at age 13,<ref name="Online Jun 2005">"THE METAL OBSERVER - Interview - TRISTANIA - Online Jun. 2005", metal-observer.com, June, 2005. Accessed 20 July 2012</ref> and became interested in classical singing. In an interview, she stated that her influences were the people with whom she had performed personally.<ref name="Old interview with Vibeke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stene has also cited Tori Amos, Björk, David Bowie, Tom Waits, and Diamanda Galás as "only a few of many singers that I think are very good".<ref name="Old interview with Vibeke" />
During her school years, Stene performed in jazz, folk, and classical concerts as a solo artist and with various bands.<ref name="Another question to Vibeke :">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Around age 17, she became interested in heavy metal singing when she started "to know my inner melancholy".<ref name="Rockerio.CL" /> She was inspired to join a band after seeing Theatre of Tragedy live in Stavanger.<ref name="Rockerio.CL" /> She took vocal lessons until age 23, long after she had become a professional singer, because she wanted to learn how to teach others to sing.<ref name="Vibeke" /><ref name="Rockerio.CL" />
Tristania keyboardist Einar Moen stated in an interview that Stene "has a classical education actually – sort of an opera school or university degree. And she has also taken singing lessons since she was a little girl, so she's always sung."<ref name="TRISTANIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Career
1996–2007: Tristania
Stene met the members of Tristania through a friend and saw them again at a music contest.<ref name="Online Jun 2005"/> She joined the band at age 18 while still in school. At that time, Tristania was planning to record their first demo.<ref name="Another question to Vibeke :"/> At first the band intended her to be a temporary guest vocalist.<ref name="Another question to Vibeke :"/> According to Stene, she did not know she was an official member of the band until she read an article about them after Widow's Weeds was released.<ref name=Rockerio.CL/>
After five albums with Tristania, Stene left the band in February 2007 to finish her university degree which she started but did not finish in 2000, and also because she did not like the direction of the band's recent music.<ref name="Rockerio.CL">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Metaleros.cl">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Coincidentally, singer Tarja Turunen had left the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish around the same time, leading to widespread speculation that Stene would be her replacement, and Stene had to announce that this was merely a rumor.<ref>"Ex-TRISTANIA Vocalist VIBEKE STENE: I Am Not The New Singer In NIGHTWISH", Blabbermouth.net, March 21, 2007. Accessed March 21, 2007 Template:Webarchive</ref>
2007–2012: Retirement
In the years after she left Tristania, Stene retired from the music industry. She gave birth to two children and taught singing during her retirement.<ref name="Metaleros.cl" /><ref name="theilluminated.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In a 2010 interview, Stene was asked if she would sing professionally again. She declared that when given a good offer, she would take it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2011, the electronic band Plutho released a song called "Queen of Broken Hearts" featuring Stene, though it was recorded back in 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013–present: Return to music
In June 2013, Stene announced on Facebook that she was returning to the music scene. Her first new music activity was an appearance with the extreme metal project God of Atheists, formed by Asgeir Mickelson.<ref name="facebook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref name="blabbermouth.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015 she wrote and sang one song for the gothic metal band Viper Solfa on their debut album Carving an Icon.<ref name="Allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Stene also ventured into theater work. She appeared in a play titled Skammens Gissel (Hostage of Shame) in which she played the role of Silja. Her theater debut was in October 2015.<ref name="facebook" /><ref name="budstikkanett.no">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She described the play and her character: Template:Cquote In July 2020, Stene announced the formation of a new doom metal band called Veil of Secrets with Asgeir Mickelson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band's debut album Dead Poetry was released in November 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to Stene, "After some years with no music production or dissemination, I strongly felt an inner longing to create and feel alive through music. So I started to seek a resolution. [...] The composing process of' Dead Poetry was deeply founded on honesty and trust, and therefore I'm very proud to finally share Veil of Secrets."<ref name="Blabbermouth">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Discography
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Tristania
Demos
- Tristania (1997)
Albums
- Widow's Weeds (1998)
- Beyond the Veil (1999)
- World of Glass (2001)
- Ashes (2005)
- Illumination (2007)
Live albums
- Widow's Tour (1999)
- Widow's Tour/Angina (1999)
Compilation albums
- Midwintertears / Angina (2001)
- Midwinter Tears (2005)
Veil of Secrets
Albums
- Dead Poetry (2020)
Guest vocal appearances
- Green Carnation - Journey to the End of the Night (1999)
- Samael - Solar Soul (2007)
- Plutho - Bob, You Don't Wanna Go There! (2011)
References
External links
- Official website of Tristania
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