Background
After the release of their 2007 album Eliksir, which scored pretty good reviews and reached No. 8 on the Norwegian album charts, Skambankt toured for most of the year. At the end of the year, the band's frontman Ted Winters joined up with the other band he is a member of, Kaizers Orchestra, to record their new album Maskineri. Skambankt announced that the band would take a break and the members would pursue separate projects until the fall of 2008.
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