KVAEN - SWEDEN

The Funeral Pyre - Black Lion
The Great Below - 2022 - Black Lion
The Formless Fires - 2024 - Metal Blade

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Members
Vocals
Autumn Death, The Duskfall, Devil's Force, Ghost Ship Octavius>>JACOB BJÖRNFOT>>Autumn Death

Guitar
Autumn Death, The Duskfall, Devil's Force, Ghost Ship Octavius, Ereb Altor>>JACOB BJÖRNFOT>>Autumn Death, Ereb Altor

Bass
Autumn Death, The Duskfall, Devil's Force, Ghost Ship Octavius>>JACOB BJÖRNFOT>>Autumn Death

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History & Biography
Former The Duskfall guitarist Jacob Björnfot began working for the Viking band solo in 2019. Multiple concert members (Fredrik Andersson of A Canorous Quintet or Per Lindström of Goatsodomizer) have passed through since. Kvaen and Mother Of All issued a split in 2021. The band toured with Månegarm. The band was part of Insomnium: European Tour 2023 with In Mourning.

Sweden-based Kvaen was to issue a new album, entitled The Formless Fires, through Metal Blade Records on June 21st. The act was a part of the Veins Of Fire tour 2025 with Deserted Fear, Fall Of Serenity and Messticator in Europe in the spring. The sole member became a part of Ereb Altor's live line-up in 2025.

Being ethnically focused, the band’s monicker refers to an ethnic minority in northern Norway or Sweden.


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