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Shining is a notorious Swedish black metal band formed in 1996 in Halmstad by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Niklas Kvarforth. The outfit stands as one of the primary pioneers and key architects of the depressive suicidal black metal (DSBM) subgenre. The band's musical style evolved from raw, grim black metal into a more complex, progressive direction, heavily incorporating acoustic guitar arrangements, soulful solos, and melancholic melodies. The band's ideology and lyricism are strictly centered on themes of self-destruction, suicide, mental illness, drug addiction, and profound misanthropy, which is further emphasized by the frontman's provocative and aggressive stage presence.