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Umeå, Sweden (1998 – present)
Cult of Luna are a Swedish Sludge/Post-rock band formed in 1998 in Umeå, Sweden by guitarist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas Rydberg. They had new ideas on how to explore and develop their music. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
When practice started to pay off, CoL recorded a two-track demo in January 1999. After some more rehearsals, the band felt that to fully live out their dream of sound experimenting, an additional member was needed to handle the electronics. Since Magnus had both knowledge and equipment, he was an obvious choice. Given that Magnus had handled the drums earlier they needed a new drummer, who they found in the mutual friend Marco Hilden. A new bass player was also found, named Axel Stattin. Another mutual friend helped CoL release their first record. Tim Bertilsson, head of Trust No One Recordings released a 7” split vinyl with his own band Switchblade.
Watching a concert at the Trastock Festival, year 2000, UK label Rage of Achilles got in contact with CoL. Pretty soon after that it was agreed that RoA was to release CoL’s debut full-length album. Release date was September 14th 2001.
When practice started to pay off, CoL recorded a two-track demo in January 1999. After some more rehearsals, the band felt that to fully live out their dream of sound experimenting, an additional member was needed to handle the electronics. Since Magnus had both knowledge and equipment, he was an obvious choice. Given that Magnus had handled the drums earlier they needed a new drummer, who they found in the mutual friend Marco Hilden. A new bass player was also found, named Axel Stattin. Another mutual friend helped CoL release their first record. Tim Bertilsson, head of Trust No One Recordings released a 7” split vinyl with his own band Switchblade.
Watching a concert at the Trastock Festival, year 2000, UK label Rage of Achilles got in contact with CoL. Pretty soon after that it was agreed that RoA was to release CoL’s debut full-length album. Release date was September 14th 2001.
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Somewhere Along the Highway
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Poexel wrote:
just a amazing band !
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killzapandead wrote:
vv it means you must listen to more of it
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Mercenarion wrote:
v Really? They're pretty memorable for me.
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HDnightlife wrote:
As much as I love this band, I seem to forget what each album sounds like even shortly after listening to it. I've no idea what this means.
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Perfecteye18 wrote:
Adrift, Leave Me Here, and waiting for you are all masterpieces in their own right. for real, beautiful.
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macbeth_goth wrote:
i'm stuck between to audycja o życiu pomiędzy znaczeniami.o wędrówce w stronę zachodzącego słońca poprzez dźwięki progresywne, chropowato-gładkie, agresywno-łagodne (czasami nawet łagodno-agresywne!), kanciasto-zaokrąglone, szybko-powolne... Serdecznie zapraszam :)
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Nimm2 wrote:
Cult of Luna, kom tillbaka till Warszawa igen! Snälla!
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hardcore-j wrote:
Atmospheric gig in Moscow. Check out ETM (Post-metal), JAUNT (math-rock) http://www.lastfm.ru/event/3187576
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haggard123 wrote:
they need to tour! have to see them live again
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duncang wrote:
Salvation is probably the toughest to crack, although it took me a lot longer to really get into what was underneath all the heaviness of The Beyond. Their new album is probably the one I'm most anticipating right now
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ryleboy wrote:
heard these guys and dug their stuff. now i'm actually listening to their music, and it's totally mindblowing. so good!
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DrKKE wrote:
How do I want a new album! [2]
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Cradd wrote:
My favourite shoe metal band.
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sir-ryry wrote:
Salvation sounds weak to me because it doesn't seem to know where it's going. It's just lost in itself in a sort of transition from their early sound to their current sound. I think they found their groove with Somewhere Along the Highway, which is fantastic.
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killzapandead wrote:
dark city, dead man, i need to listen that song once a week, it's so good.
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Snowtrace wrote:
Salvation is the Post-Rockiest of them all. That's why it may sound weak for tr00 medullheads.
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Brutalex777 wrote:
On the other part, Eternal Kingdom is the most favourable album to get into. Though I've started with Somewhere Along The Highway, so it's the favourite of mine now.
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Sculpy wrote:
Salvation is probably my favourite... it's the most unearthly to me. All their albums are pretty much on a level though. Eternal Kingdom is the weakest purely because its songs could easily have been more fleshed-out and expansive.
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sir-ryry wrote:
I certainly agree with Salvation being the weakest.
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mewithothers wrote:
It's really hard to say which album is best, but I still say 'Salvation' is the weakest. Having discovered them with 'The Beyond', 'Salvation' just was nowhere near heavy enough for me at the time. They've been getting better since then though, 'Somewhere Along the Highway' and 'Eternal Kingdom' are both fantastic and certainly up there with 'The Beyond', and maybe even better than the first album.
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Bodies Smashing Pumpkins Cover
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And With Her Came the Birds
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Getaway Rock Festival 2012
Gasklockorna, Gävle, Sweden
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News
the writing process
7 Nov 2011 | from cultofluna.com
We have been working intensively on 6 songs during the past
weeks. The compositions are done and the details are falling into
place.
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Writing session 1
24 Dec 2010 | from cultofluna.com
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