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Umeå, Sweden (1998 – present)
Cult of Luna are a Swedish atmospheric sludge/doom metal 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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Salvation
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The Beyond
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Leave Me Here
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Back to Chapel Town
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And With Her Came the Birds
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Dim
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Echoes
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Thirtyfour
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Waiting for You
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Shoutbox
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Soride wrote:
I absolutely agree with Tooth here.
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exhaustive wrote:
vv I want to marry you.
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ToothandNail04 wrote:
\/ you are the coolest 15 year old girl for liking cult of luna. that said, you live in sweden, so you already have an advantage over 15 year old girls in my country. :/
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BatBrat wrote:
<3
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ToothandNail04 wrote:
Yeah, the Echoes intro is essential...no idea why they find it unnecessary. The DVD is also mixed pretty badly at times, but the ending of Dark City, Dead Man completely makes up for it. Good stuff.
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stefan86 wrote:
Do they chop off the Echoes intro? Are they insane?! There goes my urge to see that one ;P Best buildup ever ffs.
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Gato_Lopez wrote:
Salvation is incredible!
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kriokamera wrote:
Please tell me, how two drummers are cooperating. I think, one of them is drumming rhythm, other one - solos. If it's true, i wanna know, who's drumming solos.
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vr4g wrote:
any tours TBA?
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schizoid_man77 wrote:
Echoes is a little disappointing on the DVD, considering they chop off the entire intro which IMO makes the song. Other than that, awesome DVD! Still my favorite group.
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Cl_Cl_ wrote:
I saw CoL in live twice, but never with Thomas Hedlund. He features in Fire Was Born, two drummers on screen... awesome ! and they're really complementary, unlike those of Kylesa
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LambOfDrew wrote:
potentially my favourite band ever, and after only hearing 2 albums =] getting "Somewhere along the highway" next chance i get
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My_Own_Enemy wrote:
f*ck... the blue picture strikes back.
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My_Own_Enemy wrote:
Yeah, fantastic picture is back!
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Cl_Cl_ wrote:
indeed, CoL is an impressive band in live, the dvd is very good but it's not a fantastic tracklist imo
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schizoid_man77 wrote:
Hey i just got to Fire was born yesterday too! I watched it today, pretty awesome! A concert I wouldnt miss for the world... Though the choice would be hard.
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Psaurcacneosisa wrote:
I just got Fire Was Born today, I haven't gotten to watch it all the way through but the first bit I've seen is awesome
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cosmoretro wrote:
v idd.
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SdCloud69 wrote:
pitchfork is full of faggots
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Psaurcacneosisa wrote:
getting re-interested in them again...The Beyond has been one of my favorite records for the last few years but I haven't given their other material as much of a listen with the exception of a few songs, I should be getting the dvd soon
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Events
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Feb
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Close-Up-Båten, Stockholm, Germany
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Cult of Luna
Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland
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Feb
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Cult of Luna
Lutakko, Jyväskylä, Finland
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| 24 attendees
News
eviga riket
18 Oct 2009 | from cultofluna.com
The next release from Cult of Luna will be a book. A short story covering the lifes and times of Mr. Holger Nilsson, the full story behind the “Eternal Kingdom” theme. The book will be bilingual, written in Swedish and translated into English. …
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