Country of origin:
Sweden
Location:
Stockholm (early); Halmstad (now)
Status:
Active
Formed in:
1996
Genre:
Black Metal
Lyrical themes:
Suicide, Depression, Misanthropy, Negativity, Life
Current label:
Season of Mist
Years active:
1996-2004, 2004-present
The band's name does not refer to the 1977 Stephen King's horror novel The Shining or the 1980 Stanley Kubrick's notorious movie based on it; rather, according to Niklas Kvarforth, it means "the path to enlightenment".
All Shining full-length albums have six songs, and usually have roman numbers preceding the titles in chronological order. Kvarforth chose to stop the numeration in 2012, saying ...