Howl is a rock band from Oslo, Norway. The band’s name is taken from the Allen Ginsberg poem with the same name.
The band consist of Simen Lund (vocals), Lars Bendixby (guitar), Knut Frøysnes (guitar), Kristian Syversen (drums), Alex Engebretsen (bass) and Espen Blystad (keyboards).

The band was formed in 2002 when childhood friends Lars Bendixby, Espen Blystad, Alex Engebretsen and Simen Lund started to play together while attending to the same school outside of Oslo. Through friends and acquaintances, the band came in touch with Knut Frøysnes and Kristian Syvertsen in 2004. Later the same year, the band debuted as a live act on the well known music scene Mono in Oslo.