Overall, it was nice getting two cult of luna releases in one year and im glad they didnt go the rerelease route to release a special edition of vertikal with these previously unreleased tracks. Cult of luna s sound has progressed from early material being heavily doom metal influenced to one much less aggressive and more concerned with orchestration. With vertikal, cult of luna rightfully pays homage to fritz langs. Cult of lunavertikal20free music download mp3 songs.
With such great albums as salvation 2004, somewhere along the highway 2006 and eternal kingdom 2008 they have truly put their name as one of the leading forces in postmetalsludge. The album was released in europe on january 25, 20 through indie recordings, and in the us on january 29, 20 on cd through density records and on vinyl through back on black. Before we started writing we were keen to find a theme that in a very direct way could be shown through the music, and we hope to have achieved this. Mirroring the fritz lang films portrayal of man operating and essentially becoming a part of a machine, the swedish band plays their instruments meticulously and repetitively.
The song was available for download for a few days and was later removed. Swedish postmetal heroes cult of luna have taken a step back since their epic album vertikal and with new opus mariner being announced for april this year, a split with the old wind is here to keep us going until that time comes. Somewhere along the highway 10th anniversary euro tour. So here we are people, what youve all been waiting for. Theyve returned from the mothership or wherever they were hibernating, and have decided to bestow vertikal upon us an album which is influenced by the film metropolis, a theme they chose because it represents a hypnotic backdrop of machinery and repetition. Punctuated by electronic interludes, the album shows off cult of luna s patience for a good, slow build as they carefully assemble layers and connect passages, stopping only when the monstrous songs theyve built. Also, there is a sequel out to the last cult of luna record, called vertikal ii son of vertikal. Taking five years off to prepare for cult of lunas vertikal. Vertikal, despite being on a new label not earache is just as strong and methodical as past efforts. Scopri pubblicazioni, recensioni, crediti, brani, e molto altro su cult of luna vertikal in discogs. On vertikal, the sixth album from cult of luna, the swedish band returns after a fiveyear gap with an album of rigidly structured and massively heavy postmetal. Cult of luna s sound has progressed from material that was strongly influenced by doom metal, to a much less aggressive and more interesting orchestrated variant. Includes unlimited streaming of vertikal via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. From a personal perspective, vertikal has quietly become part of my own cult of luna trilogy the three albums from the band that i play the most by being requisitely powerful while simultaneously containing some excellent soaring melodies.
Previously, cult of luna s sideshow forays detracted from their bulkhead of heaviness. What sets cult of luna apart from most sludge bands is the use of a central theme and. Vertikal is an interesting and accomplished hybrid, but it isnt perfect. The band was signed to earache records in the early 2000s and released five. Cult of luna somewhere along the highway 10th anniversary flowers crewneck sweatshirts. Its more raw, more viscereral, and more destructive than past efforts. And it cant come soon enough, for me cult of luna have always been firmly at the top of the postmetal genre, even ahead of pioneers neurosis and isis. Com is a free mp3 download service millions of free mp3 and lyrics downloads are available. Commenting on this, cult of luna said, before we started writing, we were keen to find a theme that in a very direct way could be shown through the music, and we hope to have achieved this. Vertikal ii is the continuation of our journey into the harshness of the monotone city landscape, commented cult of luna s johannes persson. During the recording sessions and supporting tours for vertikal, cult of luna made two major. One of the best heavy sludge metal bands of recent years.
Cult of luna is the debut ep by swedish postmetal band cult of luna, released through hydra head records in 2002 as a 7 vinyl track listing. Because this is still cult of luna were talking about, and a dawn to fear remains a thrillingly heavy. Live at close up festival sweden 15042006 cult of luna. Swedish art rockers cult of luna will release their first studio album in five years, vertikal, in early 20. Cult of luna are no strangers to creating painstakingly crafted albums about clashes with authority, so its no surprise that vertikal succeeds. Cult of luna vertikal album art, cult of luna vertikal. Few bands can proudly call themselves artmetallers and not be mistaken. The band was formed in 1998 by klas rydberg and johannes persson after the swedish hardcore band eclipse 22 broke up. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse. In 2000 cult of luna released a 7 split wswitchblade featuring a track that ended up on the first lp, while in 2001 they released a self titled 7 cult of luna with two exclusive tracks that are as sludgy and dark as anything theyve ever done, and for me the ocean is the first comparison that comes to mind with the early work. The songs were written during the vertikal session and we always intended them to be released close to the album. Unfortunately i dont feel like vertikal ii had the same power and organization that vertikal had. Cult of luna a dawn to fear, released 20 september 2019 1. Cult of luna have been out of the spotlight for what seems like forever and a day.
A dawn to fear is cult of lunas 8th album when including their. The tracklist on the back cover is slightly wrong, mute departure is placed at the 7 position and disharmonia is placed at the 6 position, but on the cd mute departure is track 6 and disharmonia is track 7. Touring scandinavia and europe from october to december 2019 with brutus and a. Vertikal licensed to youtube by wmg, the orchard music on behalf of indie recordings. Vertikal is the sixth studio album by the swedish metal band cult of luna and is also the bands first studio album since eternal kingdom 2008. This artwork i did under the strong impression from gorgeous album mariner by cult of luna and julie christmas. If you are familiar with cult of luna at all, then you know the score. They formed from the remnants of the hardcore punk band called eclipse in 1998. News added aug 01, 2019 swedish postmetal greats cult of luna recently. Written and produced by cult of luna, spring 2011 autumn 2012. Blog about recent and upcoming progrelated rock and metal albums with a schedule of their release. Vertikal is the sixth studio album by the swedish metal band cult of luna and is also the bands first studio album since eternal kingdom. The album vertikal by cult of luna, is influenced by fritz langs 1927 film metropolis, which became a major source of inspiration for vertikal s conceptual theme, sound and imagery.
Licensed to youtube by the orchard music, wmg on behalf of indie recordings. Albums include somewhere along the highway, salvation, and vertikal. Turns out the true story behind the swedish groups most recent lp, 2008s eternal kingdom something to do with a. Le informazioni per il download gratuito atmospheric sludge metal postmetal album cult of luna vertikal ii 20 sono compresse in file formato. Il link di mediafire viene aggiunto e condiviso dal. Cult of luna is a swedish postmetal band from umea founded in 1998. If the state parameter in the template on this page is not set, the templates initial visibility is taken from the default parameter in the collapsible option template.
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