We grew up with Nirvana, you with Silence the Foe, happy for you we're not dead yet!
Information about Silence the Foe
Silence the foe hail from the year 2000. In its beginning years, the band played more shows across the Norwegian national borders than within. In contradiction to many other bands, Silence the Foe began their path totally oblivious to the art of handling a musical instrument. They just had an extreme urge to play in a band as the cool boys did with their tattoos, shades and tight pants. But, with their no clue what so ever about making their instruments sounding good, they had to place all their effort and energy into madness and making themselves an interesting display on stage. Frenetic live shows became the bands strongest hand. Whether or not people liked the music was non important. The kids came to see their shows anyway. It was quite simply deadly to watch! Its no wonder female audience often says that they get horny enjoying the spectacle of Silence the Foe on stage. Maybe the boys in Silence the Foe have waggling bellies. But how to seduce girls with their rural dance moves and sweat sputtering headbanging, they know!
As time went by and after numerous concerts, the bandmembers began to master their instruments. Other people who actually could play where also included. This is how the fantastic Lionheart Brothers became a mutual part of Silence the Foe. For The Lionheart Brothers, a lot of it was about letting the Idiot out of one self. When other bands is all concerned about musical integrity, Silence the Foe price their focus on the bright side of life and the joy of childish playfulness from the slow early mornings to the eccentric hours after dark. It is the essence of this contradiction which makes it so interesting. That Silence the Foe takes pride in their musical intelligence is blatantly obvious. But, on the same time they see life not too seriously and themselves informal. They therefore soon forget to fall into the conventional aggressive performances of hard music. As an all-over tattooed, German stereotype hardcore dude in the middle of German hardcore land said after seeing Silence the Foe: you guys are so happy. You are not hardcore, you guys are femi hardcore. Silence the Foe is therefore the proud founder of the terms happy hardcore or femi-hardcore.
Maybe this is why the conventional hardcore enthusiasts back in Norway have chosen to reject Silence the Foe as a full-worthy hardcore band. Not that Silence the Foe gives a damn. You see, the band decided many years ago that the traditional rules within the terms of hardcore must be challenged. The band walks its own musical path. Call it rock, punk or hardcore. Silence the Foe will not label them selves one-dimensional. They leave that to the critics. But the fact that Silence the Foe consist of three guitars and percussion as an addition to the drums, it is stupid not to realize that Silence the Foe must be experienced! Both live and on the record!
In spite of Silence the Foes long life time and far over 100 concerts played, the record Shaking Hallelujah is the bands debut full-length album. Shaking Hallelujah mirrors the personality of the band. It is about joy over life, self irony (idiocy) and smiling to old women with blue hair and bingo equipment under their arms. In other words: Shaking Hallelujah is simply a party record. And the party will has roared at its worst as the album was released in Scandinavia the 24th of April 2006 on Playground Music. Hopefully other fine labels will find their interest in releasing this firecracking record. Put your party clothes on, bring friends and run to your local record shop and the STF release concerts. Silence the Foe guaranty pure euphoria!
Shaking Hallelujah reviews:
Prick Magazine . "Pop music for people who kiss their chainsaws goodnight." Patricia
Dagbladet "Liker du Melvins, Shellac eller Blood Brothers? Kjør på." Torgrim Øyre
Dagsavisen "Med denne platen - en 36 minutter komprimert og kompromissløs energiutblåsning - tar de rett og slett skrittet inn i den nordiske førstedivisjonen for alternativ rock" Mode Steinkjer
Aftenposten "selv om bandet har hentet frem urkraften i hardcor'en, går de ikke av veien for å groove litt også." Cecilie Asker
Adresseavisen "I det ene øyeblikket rives du med av låtenes enkelhet, i det neste blir du sittende og måpe over detaljrikdommen i lydbildet" Kai Kristiansen.
Trønder Avisa "Det er svett, det er intenst, det er energisk. Enkelt og greit: Det er Silence the Foe." Espen Storhaug
Drammens Tidene "Rock på sitt beste" Øyvind R. Gundersen
Backstage "STF innfrir forventningene." Hugo Eriksen
Rogalands Avis "Anbefales!" Leif Tore Lindø
SKUM "Et av vårens absolutte høydepunkt på platefronten." Rune Aas
Moss Avis "Det er lett å ty til et forslitt uttrykk som kraftutblåsning, men her er det for en gangs skyld lite annet som passer." Pål Andreassen
4,5/6 Musiq.no "Silence the Foe tar norsk hardcore til nye høyder" Jørgen Garmann
Vårt Land "Shaking Hallelujah er proppet av gode låter" Salomon Lidal
Utropia "Shaking Hallelujah er i alle fall et bunnsolid statement på at STF er et band å regne med." Andreas Myrvold
Sweet Sweet Suicide reviews:
Hussieskunk . Also check the media section for a (almost) complete list of reviews. "Hopefully, "Sweet Sweet Suicide" is only the tip of the iceburg for what is to come from this incredible band that has played all over Northern Europe, and has arrived in the States with this fire breathing record" MG
A+ Evil Needles "My favorite CD of 2006" Patricia
3/4 Decapolis "I heard good things...were they true?Indeed they were!" Even Stanak
4,5/5 Crapfilter "Crank your stereo, sing-along, and start moshing it up. A superb hardcore release." Justin Charles Charlan
Punknews "Sweet Sweet Suicide is a rather revolutionary-sounding release, and while mentions of a Fugazi/Refused hybrid should get plenty weak in the knees, this is the just the tip of the iceberg, seemingly." Brian
8/10 Gothtronic "A release worth looking out for!" Nanhold
Adresseavisen "FÃ¥ denne ep-en i hus, for dette er lyden av et band i rivende utvikling og kreativ toppform." Vegard Enlid
Spot "Med sin nye EP Sweet Sweet Suicide raser Silence the Foe opp i den norske hardcorehimmelen og inntar tronen ved JR Ewings høyre hånd" Henrik Salthe
Backstage "Bakoversveis!" Hugo Eriksen
5,5/6 Musiq "Fytti hællvette mann! Jeg har akkurat opplevd en 13 minutters rockeorgasme!" Rune Mentzoni
..quot;http://www.racingjunior.com/terning5.gif" Aftenposten "Tenk JR Ewing møter and you will know us by the trail of dead - ja, så bra er det." Harald Fossberg
Dagbladet "Sweet Sweet Suicideâ€, er noe av det beste jeg har hørt pÃ¥ lenge." Lars Eirik Eide
Bergens Tidene "...gir kvalitetsassosiasjoner til Refused og Raised Fist" Lars Holger Ursin
Panorama "Stikkordene er dramatikk, villskap og disiplinert kaos." Frode Jørum
Natt&Dag "Lengre unna urban chillout kafèmusikk kommer du ikke, men nærmere Gud kommer du neppe." Per-Ola Rike
Rockeweb "...noe av råeste og mest aggressive som noen gang er presentert på en norsk skive." Rock Engh Roll
Trønder Avisa "en overdose av fengende hardcore!" Robert Hoven
Puls "Knivskarp hardcore som fillerister deg fra start til mål. Dette er utvilsomt et av de mest spennende bandene i Norge for øyeblikket" Trond Anders Fossum
