Shining Plays On Top Of A Mountain, Video Available

Call it "Survival of the Metal-est." This past Sunday, June 21st, on the solstice and longest day of the year, the Norwegian blackjazz band Shining (not to be confused with the Swedish band of the same name) played a concert on top of a grandiose mountain structure hanging out 700 meters -that's nearly 2300 feet above the ground.

How they flying mother-of-fuck did that they do that? Here's how: the band flew a PA system and power generator up to the mountaintop and blasted some patented blackjazz music to a group of 300 fans and mountain hikers who had embarked on the daunting task of walking the five-hour trip to the top o' the mountain.

A fan-filmed clip of the concert can be seen below. If you are afraid of heights, screw it and watch ANYWAY! Shining frontman Jørgen Munkeby said: "This is the craziest thing I've ever been part of! First of all, I'm happy that we're all still alive! But I'm also happy that we got all the technical aspects of this to work, as it's no easy task to plan a full rock and metal concert on top of a freaking mountain!"

The concert was filmed with one helicopter, one drone, and several cameramen. It will be released once the material is gathered and processed.

Munkeby added, "We have this video series called 'Live on Location,' where we set up our stuff in unusual places and test our musical strength against uncontrollable environments. And what's more uncontrollable than a huge rock literally soaring above a 700 meters straight drop down to the ground in the middle of the Norwegian mountains? I can't wait to start working on the footage and getting it out there!"