Norway’s SHINING Unleash New Single “North” + Authentically Nordic Music Video
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Today, Shining have unleashed their new single “North,” a ferocious collision of industrial metal, distorted screams, punishing riffs and the band’s unmistakable shrieking saxophone. The song is emboldened by a distinctive Nordic saxophone riff that will freeze your blood to ice.
“’North’ is a salute to the ice-cold North – its darkness, its harsh winters and the defiance of the people shaped by them,” says Shining founder Jørgen Munkeby. “At its core, it’s a song about Northern perseverance and ‘The Northern Way’: that stubborn, self-reliant spirit that has driven Shining from the beginning.”
True to spirit, Shining took complete control of the song’s creation; the band wrote, recorded and mixed it themselves in their own studio before travelling to drummer Simen Sandnes’ cabin in the Norwegian mountains to shoot the official video.
“North” arrives one day before Shining brings their legendary Blackjazz show to Bloodstock festival (UK) on August 7.
Shining are currently working on a new album, expect more new music soon.
Led by saxophonist, singer, composer and producer Jørgen Munkeby, Shining began as an acoustic jazz quartet before repeatedly and deliberately mutating into new musical forms. That evolution reached a violent breakthrough with Blackjazz, an explosive fusion of free jazz, blackened industrial metal and progressive extremity that established the Norwegian band as a singular force in heavy music.
Shining continued their transformation through 2013’s streamlined and confrontational One One One, 2015’s International Blackjazz Society and 2018’s hook-driven rock reinvention Animal. The latter’s title track has surpassed 13 million streams on Spotify, while the album increased the band’s monthly listenership tenfold.
In recent years, Shining have revisited Blackjazz through a series of selected anniversary performances, including an explosive show before 15,000 fans at Hellfest (France) in 2024. Their August 7, 2026 appearance at Bloodstock Festival (UK) continues that celebration—but “North” makes it clear that the band’s next chapter has already begun…
(Source: www.bravewords.com)
