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There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Offering is a jazz-influenced musical project of Christian Vander, post-Magma, meant as a tribute to the late John Coltrane. Offering came to the world as one of Christian Vander’s post Magma projects. Functioning throughout the later half of the 80s up till the early 90s Offering ventures into territory where only Magma’s ‘Merci’ dared to tread. While the 70s Magma revolved around a more classical interpretation, Offering shows Vander’s fascination with Coltrane’s acoustic inspired Jazz blossom into full realization. Offering is cited by many as Christian Vander's most praised post-Magma...

Cain's Offering was formed 2009 in Finland by former Sonata Arctica members Jani Liimatainen and Mikko Härkin, Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto, Norther and Wintersun bass player Jukka Koskinen and drummer Jani Hurula. Their debut album Gather the Faithful was released in July 2009 through the Japanese label Avalon. All music and lyrics were written by Liimatainen. On June 25 the band announced that they've signed a deal with Frontiers Records and that their debut album will be released on August 28 in Europe and on September 11 in the USA. Line-up: Timo Kotipelto (vocals) Jani Liimatainen (guitar) Mikko Härkin (keyboard)...

The Offering hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia playing their own brand of noisy, spaced out, psychedelic rock. Started as a two-piece in 2004, the band has since lost members and added members leading up to it's latest conception of 5, two guitars, a bass, keyboards, and drums. The band references influences such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Can, 13th Floor Elevators, Spacemen 3, Black Sabbath, amongst others, but is a far cry from the traditional "shoegaze" sound that has resurfaced with growing popularity as of late. Their official sites are listed as myspace.com/theoffering or safraninsound.com. .