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Afterbirth

Make It Matter

About Me


In the fall of 2001, Afterbirth was formed among the skaters and punk-rockers of Volda. The band became an outlet for their enormous energy, and over the years the music has established itself in a modern hardcore/alternative rock-landscape, inspired by norwegian acts JR Ewing, Amulet and Span, and american bands like Foo Fighters, Blood Brothers and Mars Volta. Afterbirth's music always exists in the twilight zone between melodic songwriting and pure energy, and on their first tours around Norway in the winter of '07, the band caught the crowd's attention everywhere with their intense and honest performances. The band shot a music video for the song "Lives of Quiet Desperation," which was played every sunday through the fall of '06 on NRK2's UrørtJukeboks, and studio recordings of the songs "...Is Watching Me" and "Take Charge" were both recommended by radio station NRK P3's Urørt-website. Despite the fact that the three members of Afterbirth live in three different cities, they continue their incredibly productive collaboration, and their music keeps gaining popularity and recognition.

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Member Since: 3/4/2006
Band Website: afterbirthband.com
Band Members: Jens Olav Dankertsen: Vocals/Guitar Daniel Klepp: Bass/Vocals Jon-Eirik Boska: Drums/Vocals
Influences: JR Ewing, Mars Volta, Foo Fighters, Blood Brothers, Refused, Amulet
Sounds Like: Hard, fast rythm, beautiful harmonies and interplay between guitars and vocals, powerful, energetic, skillful songwriting. John Coltrane meets Keira Knightley for tea at Dave Grohls' place.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Vote for us to play at the Raumarock festival 2008

We've been nominated to play at the Raumarock festival. So if you want, it would've been great if you visit the following link and vote for Afterbirth. Vote for us here! Great! ...
Posted by Afterbirth on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:29:00 PST

Three new tracks online!

After going to Tromsø in August to record a ten-title album named Make It Matter, we finally have new music for your intense listening pleasure. The tracks have been mixed and mastered by yours truly,...
Posted by Afterbirth on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST

News.

Hi! This is our second year apart. Last year Boska lived in Trondheim while me and Daniel still lived in Volda. This year Boska lives in Tromsø, while I'm in Trondheim and Daniel is in Volda. Nex...
Posted by Afterbirth on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:04:00 PST

Worlds greatest band

Kalashnikov...! www.myspace.com/kalashband
Posted by Afterbirth on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:46:00 PST

Tour Update

So, now we're travelling each day, selling our split CD's with Kalashnikov, and partying each night. So far we've played Askim, Oslo, and last night we played Rokken in Volda. We fucking won the bands...
Posted by Afterbirth on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:41:00 PST

Tour dates are up!

The first tour dates from our upcoming winter tour with Kalashnikov are up! This tour has been in the planning since October, when me and Jens met Simen from Kalash at JR Ewing's final gig in Oslo. An...
Posted by Afterbirth on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:40:00 PST

New tracks!

HEY MOTHERFUCKERS! If you're reading this, you've already heard our new tracks, or at least part of them. They were recorded January 2nd at Rekkedal Skule with Henning Vatne Svoren, and he has been mi...
Posted by Afterbirth on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST

NEW SITE: go to afterbirthband.com !!

Hello world! Allright, so with our financial status as students proving worse than ever, we have decided to hire a photographer and webdesigner to update our public image, and go into a studio to reco...
Posted by Afterbirth on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:11:00 PST

Recording

Due to different postal codes we haven't rehearsed since August. But we've still made alot of new material and we've been working alot with Kalashnikov planning a tour in February and March/April...
Posted by Afterbirth on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:34:00 PST