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Tuesday, December 29, 2009 
Hey metallers - hope you all are doing fine!

As I guess you all know Stonegard has been down for quite some time now - leaving room for otther bands as Kite (Ronny), Dunderbeist (Grrim/Ronny), Rockbandet Ændal(Håvard) and now also Djerv (Erlend). I hope you would take the time to check out my new band at this site; www.myspace.com/djervmusic.

Hoe to see you there.

Cheers

Erlend

Press release in Norwegian and English:

MEMBERS OF ANIMAL ALPHA, STONEGARD, WARDRUNA AND TRELLDOM TEAM UP FOR NEW BAND – DJERV.
 
Singer and flamboyant front person Agnete Kjølsrud of Animal Alpha, drummer Erlend Gjerde of Stonegard and Wardruna and guitarist Stian Kårstad of Trelldom have teamed up and set out exploring the borderlines between rock, metal and black metal. Djerv arise as a consequence of both Animal Alpha and Stonegard splitting up during the last year. Stonegard was laid to rest due to internal conflicts just as their new album was out and weeks prior to a 2 months European tour with Enslaved. Animal Alpha called it quits after extensive touring took them all across the world – finally getting the better of them. But now – almost a year in the making Agnete and Erlend is yet again ready to enter the scene – this time around with guitarist Stian Kårstad or “SIR” as he calls himself while releasing albums with Trelldom or Touring with Gorgoroth.

According to themselves Djerv are consciously pulling threads of their former bands into Djerv. "I guess we all felt our original bands had qualities we should bring along into this constellation. By all means, Djerv is a new band with a new sound, but you can easily tell who's singing to put it that way. Agnete's incredible voice and personality was the main characteristic of Animal Alpha, but we have consciously worked towards a more sinister expression. The overall sound is stripped down, groove oriented and melodic, yet Stians' cold black metal influenced riffing underpins the dark moods of the music " Erlend states.

The band is currently in the song writing process and aim to record their debut during spring and summer of 2010.

"We hope to release a single and a video before the festival season kicks, off and hopefully we get to play some festivals this summer as I really cannot wait to get on stage again. I miss that thing happening when I meet the audience. It's magic, I love them! "Agnete says.

Two tracks are now available for streaming on their Myspace page:
 
Djerv Online:
www.myspace.com/djervmusic

www.facebook.com/djervmusic

www.twitter.com/DjervMusic

www.youtube.com/djervmusic

www.last.fm/user/djervmusic

www.reverbnation.com/djervmusic



Norwegian:

DJERV – ANIMAL ALPHA, STONEGARD OG TRELLDOM MØTES I NYTT BAND

Djerv er navnet på det nye bandet til vokalist Agnete Kjølsrud fra Animal Alpha, trommerslager Erlend Gjerde fra Stonegard og gitarist Stian Kårstad fra Trelldom. Djerv er et band i krysningen rock, metal og blackmetal som oppstår etter at både Stonegard og Animal Alpha i løpet av det siste året takket for seg. Stonegard ble oppløst pga indre stridigheter akkurat i det de skulle legge ut på en lang Europaturne med Enslaved, mens Animal Alpha bestemte seg for å ta pause på ubestemt tid etter flere års intensiv turnering. Men nå er altså Agnete og Erlend igjen klare for scenen,  denne gangen sammen med gitarist Stian Kårstad eller ”SIR” som han kaller seg når han enten gir ut plater med Trelldom, eller turnerer med Gorgoroth.

 I følge dem selv drar de bevisst tråder videre bra sine tidligere band inn i Djerv.

”Vi følte vel alle sammen at bandene vi kom fra hadde kvaliteter som vi burde ta med oss videre. For all del, Djerv er et nytt band med et nytt sound, men man kan jo høre hvem som synger for å si det sånn. Agnetes stemme var i stor grad særpreget til Animal Alpha, men vi har bevisst jobbet mot et hardere uttrykk enn det hun hadde der. Soundet er nedstrippet, grooveorientert og melodiøst, men Stians kalde black metal influerte riffing underbygger de mørke stemningene I musikken” sier Erlend Gjerde

Bandet skriver låter i disse dager og sikter mot å gå i studio for å spille inn sitt debutalbumet til våren.

 ”Vi planlegger å slippe en singel og video før sommeren slik at vi forhåpentligvis kan spille noen festivaler. Jeg savner det som oppstår mello publikum og meg. Det er magi, jeg elsker dem! Jeg kan nesten ikke vente med å stå på scenen igjen” sier Agnete Kjølsrud.

Selv om bandet er ferskt, så ferskt at musikk ikke er blitt offentliggjort før i disse dager, har de likevel fått mye oppmerksomhet av bransjen.

”Noen demoer har sirkulert rundt, og vi har fått overraskende mye god feedback fra så vel plateselskaper som journalister. I neste nummer av Metalhammer UK blir vi faktisk dratt frem som et band å holde øynene opp for I 2010. Litt artig når ikke engang preproduksonen er ferdig mikset ” sier Stian Kårstad.

Djerv har lagt ut 2 låter for streaming på sin myspace side.

Djerv Online:

www.myspace.com/djervmusic

www.facebook.com/djervmusic

www.twitter.com/DjervMusic

www.youtube.com/djervmusic

www.last.fm/user/djervmusic

www.reverbnation.com/djervmusic


Tuesday, January 13, 2009 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Music
Du kan vinne stonegards siste album "From Dusk Till Doom" + en billett til deg og en venn til en av konsertene under. Alt du trenger å gjøre er å sende svar på dette spørsmålet til contact@stonegard.org. Hvilkene 6 sanger ligger ute på Stonegards myspace side? 5 vinnere trekkes på fredag kl 12. Husk å sende med fullt navn og telefonnummer. Stonegard takker for seg med to konserter i Oslo denne helga. Stonegard har vært et av de mest markante rockebandene på den norske scenen de siste årene, men etter ca 10 år takker de altså for seg på Rockefeller den 16.1 og Sub Scene den 17.1.På Rockefeller har de invitert Sahg og Spellemannsnominerte i klassen Metall, Benea Reach med til å lage en festaften, og på Sub Scene er det Shraphead som står for oppvarminga.Stonegard ble startet allerede i 2000 og de ble raskt undergrunnshelter i Oslo, spesielt i miljøet rundt SoWhat der de opptrådte utallige ganger.På By:Larm i 2003 markerte de seg kraftig med to konserter som ble anmeldt til terningkast 5 av Håkon Moslet som den gang jobbet i Dagbladet.Bandet signerte platekontrakt med Bonnier Amigo i 2004 og i 2005 kom deres Debut, ”Arrows” som av mange ble karakterisert som tidenes norske rockedebut.Påfølgende konserter på Quart, Øya, Norwegian Wood, samt oppvarmingsjobber for Slipknot, Korn, Black Sabbath og System Of a Down satte for alvor bandet på kartet,og gav dem et stort og trofast publikum. I 2006 kom Oppfølgeren ”From Dusk Till Doom”. Også denne fikk en strålende mottakelse, bl.a. av Stein Østbø i VG som kastet en femmer og mente bandet fortjente et stort og bredt publikum.Stonegard fortsatte sitt virke med omfattende turnering i Skandinavia og Europa. I 2008 signerte Stonegard med Indie Recordings ”From Dusk Till Doom” ble sluppet i enremikset utgave i Norge og Europa i påvente av et nytt studioalbum. From Dusk Till Doom (European Edition) fikk en meget god mottakelse i Europa,og Stonegard ble bekreftet til Enslaved..s ”Vertebrae Tour” som skulle gå av stabelen i november og desember 2008.Rett i forkant av denne var det imidlertid stopp. Uenigheter om veien videre gjorde det umulig for bandet å fortsette, og brått var Stonegard historie.Denne helgen tar de altså sitt endelige farvel med to konserter i Oslo.Rockefeller konserten blir filmet og tapet til en DVD som skal slippes før sommeren.
Thursday, January 08, 2009 
Stonegard announce Support bands for Rockefeller and Sub Scene + DVD plans



Stonegard are doing their last shows ever on January 16th and 17th at Rockefeller and Sub Scene - both in Oslo. On the Rockefeller shows they have decided to film the show for a DVD to be released before the summer. Make sure to show up and bang your head and get your face on the Stonegard DVD. Stonegard also announced that Sahg and Benea Reach will join in as special guests at the rockefeller show. In other words it will be a great Rock evening on Rockefeller on January 16th - get your tickets here

For the Show at Sub Scene we will be joined by the talented guys in Shraphead. Check out their stuff here: www.myspace.com/shraphead

To check out the latest stonegard album follow this link.

and follow these links to check out Stonegard, Sahg and Benea Reach here on Myspace
www.myspace.com/stonegard
www.myspace.com/beneareach
www.myspace.com/sahg

Hope to see you on the show!

STNGRD
Monday, December 22, 2008 
Our labe made a Christmas sampler, for FREE dowloading feat the track "RESCUE". Below is the pressrelease fro Indie Recordings.


Christmas Carnage Vol.1 - A heavy gift from Indie Recordings

HARDE PAKKER FRA INDIE RECORDINGS

For å bøte på den uunngåelige overdosen med Bjørn Eidsvåg og
Peter Jöback i jula, har vi på Indie Recordings bestemt oss for å gi en solid
dose metal i julegave til det norske folk - eksklusivt gjennom MYSPACE. På vår Myspace profil www.myspace.com/indierecordings kan du fra Julaften til nyttårsaften gratis laste ned et helt album med masse deilig metal. Christmas Carnage Vol 1. inneholder låter med Satyricon, Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Audrey Horne, Stonegard m.fl. Alle låtene vil ligge som streaming i musikkspilleren, og over den vil du kunne velge mellom å laste ned to pakker. En med mp3 filer eller en med all musikken i lossless format. Vi har til og med laget fullt cover for at dette skal bli en ekstra fet julegave. Print, klipp, brenn – og vips har du en ny CD proppfull av den beste metal - Akkurat det du trenger for å få den rette julestemningen! Fra 24.12 til 1.1 er altså perioden – husk å komme innom for å få din CD!
God Jul og Godt nyttår fra oss på Indie Recordings

HEAVYCHRISTMAS FROM INDIE RECORDINGS
To make up for all the boring Christmas carols we are being overloaded with these days we at Indie Recordings have decided to give you all solid dose of metal for Christmas – exclusively through MYSPACE.
On our profile www.myspace.com/indierecordings you will be
able to download, for FREE, a complete album with some of the very best metal available. Christmas Carnage Vol.1 contains tracks of Satyricon, Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Audrey Horne, Stonegard ++ and will be available from DEC 24th to JAN 1st. The entire album will be streamed in the player, and next to it you can choose to download either a Package with mp3..s or one with all the songs in lossless format. We even made a complete artwork for the CD to make it extra cool. Now you can download, print, burn, cut and in no time you will have a genuine copy of Christmas Carnage Vol.1 in your hands. A CD loaded with 14 tracks of quality metal– just what you need to get that good old Christmas feeling. So, DEC 24th to JAN 1st – make sure to stop by and get your copy.
Happy Holidays from Indie Recordings
Friday, November 21, 2008 

Our all ages Farewell Show has just been confirmed:

sat Jan 17th at SUB SCENE in Oslo

Tickets for sale from the coming Tuesday, in the bar @ Sub
price: 150,-

Show up for our absolutely final performance.. EVER! :o

 

stngrd

Thursday, November 20, 2008 

Category: Music

We wish to put an end to our almost 10 years as a band, by giving our fans a final special treat! Therefore we have booked these two last gigs in January:

 

 

Fri Jan 16th – Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo

Sat Jan 17th – TBA! (all ages show)

 

 

We want to thank everyone that has followed us, supported us, and listened to our music over the years, and want to complete it all with these shows, where we promise to give it everything, for the very last time!

 

 

Hope as many of you as possible will be able to show up, and we..ll together make these nights special!

 

 

More info about tickets, times, support bands etc will be posted here shortly.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 

The Darkest Hour has arrived..


Due to internal conflicts and disagreements Stonegard has
decided to cease as a band. In the best Rock N..Roll tradition we could not
find a way to continue our work together, and therefore chose to put an end
to things right away. Stonegard will not join Enslaved for the announced
European tour in November/December, and we are truly sorry to disappoint
everyone that was looking forward to seeing the band live this fall. Mostly
it has been an incredible joyride, and we hope you all appreciated what we
added to the scene. We will most definitely be back in different shapes and
constellations so keep your eyes and more importantly ears open. A special
thanks to all our fans that has been with us throughout the years - you made
this special for us - Thank you!


R.I.P. - STONEGARD

Erlend, Torgrim, Håvard & Ronny

Sunday, October 05, 2008 
Hi All.

I just uploaded a live cut from Spektrum, opening for Motorhead in Des. 07. Handheld cam onstage with not the best sound ever, but still quite cool. I am gonna be uploading some videos these next days so keep checking back. "Hunter", from our debut "Arrows" is the first. It is in the video section - Enjoy!

Erlend
Stonegard
Friday, August 22, 2008 

Current mood:  electric

Greetings ya all! 

We sure hope everyone had a fantastic summer! 

The release of the European edition of our second album "from dusk till doom" is finally here, and will be available in stores and online all over Europe within the next weeks, starting in Norway august 25th and then all over the continent during the first week of September! 

Preview, pre-listening of samples and pre-ordering of the album
and other fun stuff and info can be found in our
ECARD
:
Check it out!

In November and December we will be touring all over Europe, supporting Enslaved for their tour, and we are so looking forward to that!
Check out the full tour schedule at our
TOUR
section. 

COMPETITION:

Answer the three questions below correctly, and email your answers to contact@stonegard.org, and you can win great Stonegard prizes, such as the new CD, (signed by the bandmembers of course!), t-shirts, posters and other band merchandise (also signed if you feel like it)

The winners will be announced late September 

1- what..s the name and location of the studio where our new release was recorded? 

2- which music videos are featured on the bonus disc of our new release? 

3- what is CAK short for?? 

Tough luck, suckers! Muaha!

STNGRRD!

Thursday, August 21, 2008 
Having been a well-kept Scandinavian secret, Stonegard is finally ready for their proper European debut! They have teamed up with the upcoming label, Indie Recordings, for their new release "From Dusk Till Doom" (European Edition), and it will no doubt make a serious impact on the European Rock-and Metal scene. Stonegard have spent their first years in Scandinavia touring heavily and opening for mastodons like Black Sabbath, Korn, Slipknot, Motorhead and SOAD. "It's an undisputed honour!" is the answer when confronting guitarist Ronny Flissundet with this nice line-up of support slots. "I guess we stir up a crowd for them" he says,
well aware of that it is now the hard work really begins, breaking into new territories.

When their debut "Arrows" came out in 2005 it was by many described as "The best Norwegian metal debut of all times". "Arrows" became a success selling more than 7000 copies in Scandinavia alone. "From Dusk Till Doom" has so far reached 5000 in Scandinavia and for the European release they have upgraded the album with a new mix, re-recorded guitars and bass and brought in no other than Ted Jensen (Slipknot/Machine Head) for the mastering.  Produced and recorded by Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames/Meshuggah), Mixed by Stamos Koliousis/Vangelis Labrakis (Mencea/Superpsychics) their new record sounds nothing but outstanding.

Nine killer, unique and diverse songs - no fillers, no bullshit. The music goes darker, faster and harder yet still keeps the melodic trademark vocals and the constant focus on a good melody. Stonegard shows ice cold precision with their song writing. Combining the progressiveness of TOOL with the brutal up-tempo thrash of bands like The Haunted and Slayer, all wrapped in a fat, warm sound. The band has also taken use of their strong vocal resources, and all band members contribute with their singing (and screaming) on this album.