NORWEIGAN BAND SHINING RECORDED LIVE CONCERT ON DEADLY MOUNTAIN TOP!

This Sunday 21st June, on the solstice and longest day of the year, the Norwegian Blackjazz band Shining played a world’s first concert on top of a grandiose mountain structure hanging out 700 meters above the ground. The band flew up a PA system and power generator, and blasted their patented Blackjazz music to a group of 300 fans and mountain hikers who had taken on the daunting task of walking the five hour trip to the mountain top.

Shining’s front man Jørgen Munkeby commented to Norwegian TV and news after the show: “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever been part of! First of all I’m happy that we’re all still alive! But I’m also happy that we got all the technical aspects of this to work, as it’s no easy task to plan a full rock and metal concert on top of a freaking mountain!”

The concert was filmed with one helicopter, one drone, and several cameramen, and is planned to be released once the material is gathered and processed. Munkeby adds “We have this video series called Live On Location, where we set up our stuff in unusual places and test our musical strength against uncontrollable environments. And what’s more uncontrollable than a huge rock literally soaring above a 700 meters straight drop down to the ground in the middle of the Norwegian mountains? I can’t wait to start working on the footage and getting it out there!”

A picture the band posted on their Facebook page after the show has instantly caught the attention around the world, and on Tuesday it had been seen by close to 400’000 people on their page, managed to reach top trending post #1 on reddit.com’s front page, and a TV news report from the show has been shown on TV and websites all around the world.

“I am happy for all the attention this gives us. But I’m not surprised. This is indeed an amazing and extreme setting for a concert. The only thing that would bring more attention would be if Dave Grohl decided to play up there. But I hope he doesn’t!”, adds Munkeby, jokingly referring to the accident Foo Fighter’s front man had in Stockholm last week, where he stepped off the stage during a show and broke his leg.

The two days before the Trolltunga show, Shining played to elated and jam packed tents at both Hellfest and Graspop. The band recently signed a worldwide record deal with Spinefarm Records, and will be releasing their brand new album later this fall.

A fan filmed clip of the concert can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRmjBDjBIro