The SOLEFALD history dates back to the autumn of 1995 when melodic Black Metal was still a rather new and popular genre. The band was founded by Lazare and Cornelius, both with long musical experience from Techno-Thrash bands. Vocalist Cornelius has credits with MONUMENTUM and a solo project entitled PERSONA. Drummer Lazare (Lars Are Nedland) has credits with BORKNAGER and CARPATHIAN FOREST. The demo "Jernlov" and its twisted view on black metal made the band stand out from their Norwegian contemporaries. Avantgarde Music soon inked the band for a two album deal and their debut album "The Linear Scaffold" was released in July 1997. It could be described as a black metal album with radical lyrics and is their heaviest album to date. Live work employed the use of guitarist John E, drummer Tarald and DIMMU BORGIR man, Jens Peter, on bass. Their inaugural tour in 1998 saw them partnered with HAGGARD and TRISTANIA on a complete European tour.


1999's "Neonism" began to steer towards brainy compositions and philosophical lyrics. It was a record that literally had the mixing desk catch on fire in the studio! This direction evolved into the increasing complexity and technical exhibitionism of "Pills Against The Ageless Ills" which was released in 2001 on their new label, Century Media. "In Harmonia Universali" released in 2003, immediately brings to mind the progressive airs of Yes' vintage '70s art rock, but SOLEFALD soon lead their listeners astray into customarily unfamiliar territory. Sung in four languages (Norwegian, German, French, and English) and graced with a male choir, a saxophone, Spanish guitar, and the keyboard exotica of a Steinway grand piano & a Hammond B-3 organ. Alternative Press stated, "the kind of complete sensory experience only the best metal can provide", as the band proves they are never predictable and evoke works by King Crimson's and top shelf progressive-rock.


In 2003 Lazare also spent time in AGE OF SILENCE alongside KHOLD and TULUS man Eikund and the notorious MAYHEM, WINDS and ARCTURUS drummer Hellhammer.


SOLEFALD returned to the recording studio in the spring of 2004. At the same juncture Cornelius would be finishing off his STURMGEIST solo album "Meister Mephisto" and publishing a book of prose entitled "Yggdraliv. Quadra Natura 0011". The 2005 recording session for "Red for Fire : An Icelandic Odyssey part 1", their debut for Season of Mist, found Garm of ULVER, BORKNAGAR and ARCTURUS repute (a.k.a. Kristoffer Rygg or 'Trickster G.') playing on the album. Songs from the new opus debut live at Season of Mist's first festival "Sonic Solstice" in Oslo, Norway in September 2005.

Source: Label Officiel: http://www.season-of-mist.com