Update!

For the first half of this year In Vain will focus on writing new material. Depending on how the song writing is progressing, we hope to enter the studio this summer to record a new album. Quite a few songs are already finished.

Some new shows are confirmed:
Feb 22 at Rockefeller B (by: Larm) together with Soul Venom, Sonic Syndicate and Sahg.
Feb 22 at Club Maiden (by: Larm) together with among Sahg, Megaton and Showdown.
March 19 at John Dee (Inferno Club night) together with Vreid.

New interviews are out in/at Thrash Em All Magazine, Ancient Spirit.de, Metal Chroniques.fr, Antenna.nu, and Metal Library,ru.

New reviews:
Metal – Library.ru – 9/10
Sound Base-Online.com – 10,5/12
Metal Hammer – 8/10
Rock Planet.sk – 8/10
Muzika.hr -/-
Auxportesdumetal -/-
Vacarm.net -/

November news…

In Vain will play at Nordicfest (www.nordicfest.no) in Oslo 10 November. The Latter Rain is now also available in Australia. A release in the US will follow later this year. The band is now focusing on writing new material.

New reviews!

Metalchroniques - 10/10
Imhotep - 6/6
Nordische Musik - 6/6
FFM Rock - 5/5 
Metal Roxx - 4,5/5
Noise - 4/5
Ancient Spirit - 11,5/12
Blood Chamber - 9,5/10
Heavy Magazine - 11/12
The Streets - 9/10
Deadfall - 9/10
Metalfan.ro – 9/10
Kogaionon - 0,9/1
Rock Tribune Magazine - 85/100
Schweres Metal – 8,5/10
Lesacteursdelombre - 8,5/10 
Destination Rock - 8,5/10
My Revelations – 13/15
Metallian Magazine - 4,5/6
Rock Hard Magazine - 8/10
Obskure - 8/10
Haven Metal - 8/10
Heavy Hardes -/- 
Metal Inside -/-
Power Metal -/-
Vampster -/-
Metal Heart -/-
CD Aktuell -/-
Musik Terrorverlag -/-
Amboss -/-
Metal Italia -/-
Underground Press -/-

New interviews

Eternal Terror, Heavymetal.no, Darkness.de, Mauce.nl, Musik Terrorverlag, Schweres metall, Music Scan, Die Rheinpfalz, Metallian Magazine, Pro Rock Magazine, Rock Tribune Magazine, Fatal Underground Magazine,

The Latter Rain on radio all over Europe!

Tinitus P3, Pyro P3, Bürgerfunk Herne/Powerplant, Bürgerfunk Solingen/Metal Inquisition, El Doradio/Der Schwarze Samstag, Freies Radio Kassel/Welcome To Hell, Freies Radio Kassel/Devil’s Kitchen, Freies Radio Stuttgart/Daybreak, Freies Radio Tübingen/Hart & Unabhängig, Kultra FM/Storm Visions, NB Radiotreff/Interregnum, OK Jena/Metal Cry, OK Jena/Hellborn, OK Osnabrück/What’s Metal, Radio CT/Metal Mania, Radio Dreyeckland/Metal Demenz Aeon, Radio Dreyeckland/Lost Society, Radio Euro/Nightflight, Radio Flora/Dark Vison, Radio Free FM/Hartwurst Massacre, Radio Funkwerk/The New Noize, Radio Funkwerk/Rockzeit, Radio Kanalratte/Revelation, Radio Okerwelle/Hart aber Heftig, Radio Ostfriesland/Gehacktes, Radio Rüsselsheim/IG Metal, Radio T/Mosh Club, Radio Unerhört/Höllenlärm, Radio Zusa/Bang Dungeon, Rock Antenne/Tuff Stuff, In Extremis, Les Decibels,  Into Arena, Metal Magnetism, Metal Choc, Heavy Generation, Activ Radio, Darkwave, Katharsis, Radio Campus Clermont Ferrand.

More reviews!

The releasegig went great! Check out a video of the whole concert at Crap TV ( www.craptv.net and click ”konserter”). Thanks to everybody who showed up!

More reviews:

Visions underground 10/10
Dagbladet 5/6 - ”Norwegian’s new metal hope is from Kristiansand! A devilish good debut!"
Scream Magazine 5/6 – “An excellent debut!”
Monster Magazine 4,5/5 – “An album brimful of highlights!”
Exact 5/6 ”The most fantastic about the record is that during it 65 min playing time you’re not bored a second!”
Evilized.de 96/100 – "A piece of schizophrenia bordering on genius."
Music Scan 95/100 – “Grandioses Debüt!”
Digital Steel 95/100 - “In Vain created one of the best debut metal albums and one of the best albums of 2007 so far.”
Zware Metalen 95/100 – “ If this album will be picked up by a larger audience than The Latter rain will for sure have an impact on the entire Norwegian scene.”
Vampire Magazine 95/100 – “This album definitely is one of the highlights in 2007”
Evil Rocks Hard - ”Diese Platte ist absolutes Pflichtprogramm!”
Northern Metal 9,5/10 – “The Latter Rain is remarkably professional composed and produced.”
Metalicos 95/100
Metal1 9/10
Nocturnal Cult 8,5/10
Metal.de 8/10
Extreme Agression
Metal Norge 8,5/10 – ”In Vain has released some of the very best norwegian music in a long time”
Laermbelaestigung Zine

And you’ll find new interviews here: Evilized, Exact, Legacy Magazine, Rock Hard Magazine, Tinitus at P3,

Album released!
Finally the album is out all of Europe. USA and Russia will have to wait and release dates for those countries will follow soon. If you want to buy the CD check out ,CDON, Play.com, Indierecordings.no or simply buy it at your local record store.

Heavymetal.no 9/10 - “In Vain will be one of your best buys this year”
Lords Of Metal 90/100 - "It is not every day that something as good as 'The Latter Rain' is released"
Eternal Terror 5/6 – ”In Vain will receive a lot of praise for this record and deservedly so!!!”
Gothtronic.com 8,8/10 – “In Vain really shows their qualities on The Latter Rain!”
Icon Music Mag - 8,5/10 - “I congratulate In Vain with a magnificent debut album!”
Enslaved By Metal 80/100 - “..tracks like October's Monody and As I Wither can almost be labelled as strokes of genius”

Also note that we’ll play 2 June at Musikkfest in Oslo in Brugata outside Teddys Cafè around 22:30. We’ll be the last band on stage. For more information check Musikkfest and not to mention our releaseparty in Kristiansand 8 June at Kick.

You will find fresh interviews here: Imhotep. You’ll also find interviews with In Vain in the upcoming issues of Zillo Magazine, Scream Magazine and Monster Magazine.

We have posted a short video from the Nothern Brigade Tour at our Myspace. It’s also posted a video interview with In Vain (in Norwegian) at Fvn.no – Nett Tv - Magasiner – Gnu 16.05.

New Site!!
New website up and running ;)

Releaseparty + gig in Oslo...
- We'll play at Musikkfest 2 June in Oslo. We'll play at the "Kristiansand scene"
- We'll also have a realeaseparty for our upcoming cd "The Latter Rain" 8 June at
Kick @ Kristiansand. Support is The Middle End.

Later

The last days of WOUNDS...
Magazine Darkness
So I guess that's one of the last Wounds reviews that will find its way to the Net.

Btw, we've also added some rather unserious tour pictures to the gallery...