Vibeke Stene Biography

Biography for Vibeke Stene

Vibeke Stene (pronounced vih-beh-keh) (born August 17, 1978) is a Norwegian female singer. She is most often recognized as the former vocalist of the gothic metal band Tristania. Stene met the members of Tristania during her first years in high school. She joined the band shortly before they started recording their self-titled demo. At first she was meant to be only an additional singer, but later on she joined the band permanently.

Stene's singing has become well known to fans of gothic metal, mostly throughout Europe, mainly because her vocals maintain a distinctive quality.

On February 27, 2007, Stene left Tristania due to personal reasons. She stated that the reason was she wanted to pursue a long-held dream of hers, which was to teach singing.

In spring 2007, around the same time Stene left Tristania, the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish was going to announce the name of their respective new female vocalist. Due to Stene's recent parting ways with Tristania, it was widely discussed in the musical circles, whether Vibeke would be inducted into Nightwish to replace Tarja Turunen. The rumour was quickly denied, however, when Stene said in an interview, "I am not the new singer in Nightwish."