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Herostratos

About Me

"In the Greek mythology, Herostratos was a young man who set fire to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in his quest for fame. For Herostratos, his quest for fame ended in a death penalty and his name was forbidden to mention. Let us hope that the Norwegian band Herostratos will get their name out to people in a more civilized way, and have more luck with their quest than Herostratos, the arsonist, did.

The Oslo-based five-piece will definitely set fire to many hearts with their noise-drenched popsong harmonies. Crystal clear vocals, infectiously catchy melodies, walls of guitars and pounding drums. All of this is Herostratos.

It all started in the summer of 2007, and my guess is that the world will see a lot more of these guys in the years to come."

-Eardrums.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/05/2007
Band Members: Tor
Marius
Ragnar
Kristoffer
Hallgeir
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Viva Visefestivalen/Four is the new five

We're back from a wonderful weekend at Egersund Visefestival; thanks to all our old and new friends for an unforgettable festival: Sun all the time, boat trip, fleskepannekake, great concerts, beer, l...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:39:00 GMT

Debut album soon to be mixed

In march we spent a couple of days in Harrys Gym Recording Studio where we put down some new tracks. Soon we'll start mixing the album which will consist of 10-12 songs.Check out the demoversion of "D...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:25:00 GMT

New shows added

We've added a couple of new shows: All the Islands asked us to join them at John Dee 11th of March. The Midnight Boogaloo plays as well.We'll play at Egersund Visefestival this summer, so head down so...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:19:00 GMT

"Slumber" featuring in snowboard movie

Although not very avid winter sports people, Herostratos found their way to the slopes this season through the song "Slumber", which is featured on the snowboard DVD "Scrapbook Project". The movie fea...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:06:00 GMT

Herostratos on Oslo Grammofon Samler Vol. 1

Indie label Oslo Grammofon has released a compilation with some of Oslo's finest upcoming artists, amongst them I Was a King, Happy Dagger, Pomegranates and of course Herostratos. Our contribution i...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:45:00 GMT

New shows added

Hi, and thanks a lot to everyone who showed up at our splitgig with All the Islands last month.We've booked a couple of shows in the near future: First we'll support Happy Dagger on one of their few O...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:25:00 GMT

"Slumber" on Eardrums compilation

Herostratos song "Slumber" is featuring on Eardrums' "A Good Crop - Eardrums Autumn Compilation 20083, a downloadable, free compilation album in four volumes, mainly with indie rock and pop tunes by v...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Ukas Urørt!

After regular play on the Urørt-show on NRK P3 (national radio) this summer, Herostratos is this week's Urørt artist with our song "Slumber"; this means even more play and an interview on both the sho...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Herostratos on national radio

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (or NRK as we Norwegians call it) has playlisted our song "Slumber" on the Urørt-hotlist. This means that it will be played frequently on the Urørt show on NRK P...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:33:00 GMT

Herostratos on Radio Tango - We need your vote!

Herostratos will feature in the June edition of Radio Tango's "Ny norsk musikk" ("New Norwegian music"), which is some sort of competition where listeners can vote for new acts to be played on Radio T...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:41:00 GMT