JOYLESS
Joyless, a Norwegian black metal band, was formed in 1996 by Rune Vedaa and Olav
Berland as a side project to their main band, Forgotten Woods. Initially,
Joyless aimed to experiment with styles beyond traditional black metal,
incorporating influences from depressive black metal, folk, shoegazing, and
proto- and post-punk artists such as The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Joy
Division, early The Cure, and the Cocteau Twins. Their debut album, Unlimited
Hate, released in 1996, showcased a raw, punk-infused black metal sound. In
2000, they released their second album, Wisdom & Ar...
