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Some of the listeners were expecting some kind of extension of 1349, and i can understand it since there are two members that have been and still are in 1349(...)I felt that i had reached my peak with the type of black metal that 1349 plays on Hellfire. I am extremely proud of what I have been a part of, but as i said i had reached as far as i can go within that particular type of metal
- ↑ "Pantheon I - The Wanderer And His Shadow". livingformetal.com. 2007-07-15. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ↑ "The Wanderer and His Shadow (2007)". alibris.com. 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
When Norwegian guitarist Andrè Kvebek, a.k.a. Tjalve, left 1349 in 2006, it wasn't the end of his involvement with extreme metal. Kvebek had co-founded Pantheon I as a side project in 2002, and leaving 1349 gave him more time to concentrate on Pantheon I
- ↑ "1349, REBELLION Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival". Blabbermouth.net. 2009-12-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
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