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Taake is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, formed in 1993 and originally named Thule. The band's one continuous member is Hoest, who writes and records most of the music. He has released six full-length albums and several EPs. The band describes itself as True Norwegian black metal, and Hoest said that he wants to awaken national pride and cultural nostalgia in my Norwegian listeners as well as to remind people that Hell is right here on Earth and that humans can be demons. All lyrics are in Hoest's native dialect and are printed in Norse runes. Taake is the old spelling of the Norwegian word tåke, meaning fog. In 1993, Ørjan Stedjeberg (then known as 'Ulvhedin'), formed the first version of the band Taake under the name Thule, together with drummer 'Svartulv'. Thule released two demos, Der vinterstormene raste in 1993 and Omfavnet av svarte vinger in 1994. Shortly after, the band changed its name to Taake and 'Ulvhedin' adopted the new pseudonym 'Hoest' (meaning autumn or harvest). In 1995, the released the demo Manndaudsvinter in 1995. This was followed in 1996 by a 7 EP called Koldbrann i jesu marg. Between 1999 and 2005, Taake released three full-length albums. They are a trilogy of concept albums linked by the topics of death, Norway, and the devil in man.[4] The first full-length album, Nattestid ser porten vid, was released by Wounded Love Records in 1999. The album was written entirely by Hoest, but he brought in a session musician, 'Tundra', to perform b...

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