Artifact is a Norwegian industrial metal band. Artifact formed in the city of Stavanger on the west coast of Norway in late 2002. After a rough start and a long series of line-up changes, including five different vocalists and one drummer, the band settled on their then-current line-up in late 2004, when vocalist Tor Arne Fassotte of (Un)pure and This Negative Karma joined the band. In addition to Tor Arne, the group then consisted of guitarist Bjørnar Landa (who also plays with Sirenia and Deathfare), The Dictator, who takes care of the drums, samples and synths and guitarist Pål Evensen who programs The Dictator and writes most of the music. They released an ep, the Abandoned E.P., in 2005. They started a small touring to support the EP. They played 5 gigs only in Norway. During the summer of 2006, the band was joined by bassist Jan Henrik Vuyk. They were planning to record an album since they had enough songs written. They started recording their debut album in 2007. Jan left the band in 2008 right after recording the new album. The new album contains only three new songs. The other songs has been released on Abandoned or through their website as a free download. However, the songs have been remixed and new parts has been added, as a new bridge, new intro etc. The Only Salvation, was going to be released in the winter of 2007/2008, but they were not able to release it due to managements problems with Rock Management. Artifact signed a contract with Spiralchords and COP. The album was finally released in April 10, 2008 on iTunes. It was released May 9, 2008 in Germany, June 1 in Norway and June 10, 2008 in the USA. The Only Salvation was awarded “Album of the Month” by Zillo Music Magazine (Germany). Svein Harald Kleppe joined the band as a drummer in April, 2008.
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