_ _______ _ ...:... _ _______ _
___ / .:::::::::::. \ ___
| / .. (:::::::::::::) .. \ |
| . .:::::.`:::::::::::'.:::::. . |
| .::.. `:::.::':::`::.:::' ..::. |
_ _______ | .::' ::::':::::`:::: `::. | _______ _
\\ | | :: `' ::':`:: `' :: | | //
\ | | `:. .::' . `::. .:' | | /
. | | .::::::..::::' ... `::::..::::::. | | .
| | `:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' | |
.... | | `:' `::::: :: :: :::::' `:' | | ....
| ' | : `. ': :: :: :: :: :` .' : | ` |
|.....: . .......: :: :: :: :: : ...... . : ....|
. ...................: : :: :: :: :: : : ................. .
_____________:_____________ _____________:_____________
_ ___\` __ /_\` _______/_\` __ _/_\` /___ _
// __ / (/ ___/ (/ _ (/ /_______/\
_ _ /_________ ___________ ______/\ _ ______________/\__/_ _
\\\\\_________\__/\_________\__/\_____/\_____/\____________/f3!///
- -\-\-----------\__/----------\__/-------\_____/---------------/-/- -
- -------------------: : :. ..:: :: . :------------------ -
: : :......: :: :` ': :: : .....: : :
___ _ | | : ` ' : | | _ ___
_\---------- : | -------- : B E R C : -------- | : ----------/_
/_\ . : . ..:.. ..:.. . : . /_\
/// . . : : . . \\\
/: :\
/:: Artist :: Solefald ::\
:: Album :: Norr°nasongen - Kosmopolis Nord ::
:: Year :: 2014 ::
:: __ _ _ __ ::
-:--\\-----------------------------------------------------------------//--:-
:: \ / ::
:: . Genre :: Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Indie Recordings R.date :: 2014.11.13 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: INDIE148CD Size :: 69,82 MB __::_
::// \\::
::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\::
:: ::
/: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\
..: Bitrate :: avg. 254kbps : .
. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo .
. .
Website :: https://www.facebook.com/Solefald
__ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __
.\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////.
+/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+
/: . : : . :\
/:: ::\
:: 01. Norr°naprogen 11:25 ::
:: 02. Det Siste Landskap (An Icelandic Odyssey Part IV) 05:50 ::
:: 03. Norskdom 01:32 ::
:: 04. Norr°na: Ljodet Som Ljoma 11:00 ::
:: 05. Songen: Vargen 07:55 ::
:: ------- ::
.. >> 37:42 ..
__ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __
.\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////.
+/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+
/: . : : . :\
/:: ::\
:: ::
:: After four years of silence, Solefald return with ::
:: Norr°nasongen, an experimental soundtrack to the fjords and ::
:: mountains of Norway, and a hymn to the nature of the North. ::
:: Norr°nasongen. Kosmopolis Nord is a prequel to Solefald's ::
:: forthcoming album Kosmopolis Sud (set for early 2015), ::
:: conceived as a hybrid release for the LP format. With a crew ::
:: totaling ten musicians, Solefald venture into new ::
:: collaborations and soundscapes. ::
:: ::
:: Cornelius von Jackhelln comments: "Norr°nasongen picks up ::
:: the torch from Norr°n livskunst, illuminating the same ::
:: barrenness through the prism of Prog Rock, Electro, Folk and ::
:: Noise. Norr°nasongen is our first release with all the ::
:: lyrics written and sung in our mother tongue. Norse ::
:: Jugendstil for eyes, minds and ears: Solefald are delighted ::
:: to be back with the boots on!" ::
:: ::
:: Lars Are Nedland comments: "As long-time fans of the ::
:: progressive movement of the late sixties / early seventies, ::
:: it was in the cards that Solefald would dive into the world ::
:: of melotrons at some point. Norr°nasongen is a progressive ::
:: folk-pop-noise release, and sets the scene for the ::
:: forthcoming album Kosmopolis Sud by being nothing like it. ::
:: We're Solefald after all!" ::
:: ::
:: The songs: The opener Norr°naprogen is a Progressive Rock ::
:: composition clocking in at 11.30 minutes, owing its sound to ::
:: the 1970s acts that inspired Solefald's debut The Linear ::
:: Scaffold. Det siste landskap is a small suite of new poems ::
:: by von Jackhelln, written during a bumpy jeep excursion with ::
:: S≤lstafir in the Icelandic desert. The apocalyptic song ::
:: describes the desolation of Iceland with an ambient pop ::
:: sensibility. The hymn Norskdom invokes windy treks through ::
:: the Jotunheimen mountains. ::
:: ::
:: Sturmgeist & The Fall of Rome, a noise outfit from Oslo's ::
:: underground resistance, have remixed the centre track ::
:: Norr°naprogen and delivered a B side of epic noise -Norr°na: ::
:: Ljodet som ljoma & Songen: Vargen -, in turn added to by ::
:: Solefald. ::
:: ::
:: Einar Kvitrafn Selvik of Wardruna contributes with skaldic ::
:: vocals. Mari Skeie Ljones plays the Hardanger fiddle, ::
:: traditionally held as the Devil's instrument in Norwegian ::
:: folklore. ::
:: ::
:: Previously self-described as "two stubborn goats pretending ::
:: to be a band", Solefald have outsourced the rhythm section ::
:: to the young talents Baard Kolstad (God Seed, Borknagar) on ::
:: drums, Alexander B°e (In Vain) on bass and Petter Hallarσker ::
:: (ICS Vortex, Rendezvous Point) on guitar. All three ::
:: performed bravely with Solefald during the 2013 European ::
:: tour and summer festivals with In Vain. ::
:: ::
:: Norr°nasongen takes its name from Olav Aukrust's (1883-1929) ::
:: poem by the same name. Written in 1915, the vitalistic poem ::
:: describes the horrors of WWI as seen from the Norwegian ::
:: mountains, with metaphors from Norse mythology. With the ::
:: timing of its release, Norr°nasongen marks both the century ::
:: passed since the First World War, and the 200th anniversary ::
:: of the Norwegian Constitution. As storms sweep the globe yet ::
:: again, the poet's apocalyptic words can be read as a ::
:: sorrowful warning. ::
:: ::
:: . _ _ . ::
\: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/
__\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2014 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__
\\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO///
\ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: /
:: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | ::
: :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: :
:: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | ::
:: | | \ :|: / | | ::
: : | . ` ::: ' . | : :
. . | : ::: : | . .
| :::....:::....::: |
: ::::::::::::::::: :
. :::''``:::''``::: .
: ::: :
. ::: .
.:.
: