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Shining is a Swedish black metal band formed in 1996, that incorporate many doom metal elements in their music. Due to the depressive undertones of their music and the mostly suicide-themed lyrics, Shining are often referred to as "suicidal black metal". The band split-up in August 2004 and the fourth album, IV / Eerie Cold, was supposed to be the last, but the band reformed later the same year with a new line-up capable of live shows. The fifth album, which was at first going to be called V / Besvikelsens Dystra Monotoni but was later changed to V / Halmstad, is scheduled to be released in December 2006. Shining openly promotes suicide and self-harm in all its forms (e.g. drugs) in their lyrics. The founder and the sole constant member of the band, Niklas Kvarforth, has claimed with content that there have been some cases of people committing suicide at least partially under influence of Shining's music. The band's name does not refer to the book The Shining or the film based on it, but according to Kvarforth it means "the path to enlightenment". Due to the disappearing of Niklas Kvarforth in July 2006, a rumor was spread that he was presumed to have commited suicide. On 23rd of August, 2006 the band posted a statement of their website declearing that Kvarforth has disappeared but is probably not dead. The band will continue with a new singer as one of the wishes from Kvarforth.
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