Beyond the Apocalypse
Encyclopedia
Beyond the Apocalypse is an album by Norwegian
black metal
band 1349
. It was released in 2004 on Candlelight Records.
Production
death metal
/black metal
that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety".
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band 1349
1349 (band)
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1997. Their name comes from the year the Black Death reached Norway.- History :1349 formed in 1997 and comprises several former members of the band Alvheim...
. It was released in 2004 on Candlelight Records.
Track listing
- All songs published by Tanglade Music/Abstract Sounds.
- "Chasing Dragons" – 6:31 (Ravn, Archaon)
- "Beyond the Apocalypse" – 4:01 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve)
- "Aiwass-Aeon" – 3:32 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
- "Nekronatalenheten" – 4:30 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
- "Perished in Pain" – 3:57 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
- "Singer of Strange Songs" – 7:30 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
- "Blood Is the Mortar" – 3:52 (Archaon, Destroyer, Tjalve, Frost)
- "Internal Winter" – 7:41 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
- "The Blade" – 5:58 (Ravn, Tjalve, Seidemann)
Personnel
1349- Ravn – vocals, drums ("The Blade")
- Archaon – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Tjalve – guitar
- Seidemann – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, harmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion... - FrostFrostFrost is the solid deposition of water vapor from saturated air. It is formed when solid surfaces are cooled to below the dew point of the adjacent air as well as below the freezing point of water. Frost crystals' size differ depending on time and water vapour available. Frost is also usually...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Production
- Ronnie Le Tekro – executive productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- 1349 – arrangement, production
- Ravn – production
- Kjartan Hesthagen – recording, engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
- Dr. Davidsen – recording, engineering
- Tom Kvallsvoll – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
Reception
Allmusic's Alex Henderson called the album "a nasty, harsh, brutally skullcrushing blast of ScandinavianScandinavians
Scandinavians are a group of Germanic peoples, inhabiting Scandinavia and to a lesser extent countries associated with Scandinavia, and speaking Scandinavian languages. The group includes Danes, Norwegians and Swedes, and additionally the descendants of Scandinavian settlers such as the Icelandic...
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
/black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety".