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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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Hayzi22 wrote:
Cult of Luna is my favorite.
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deathwithabeard wrote:
Also, I wish more bands in general would have as good production values (particularly the sound quality) as on Fire Was Born. They nailed it.
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deathwithabeard wrote:
The vocalist (one of them anyway) said in an interview on the Fire Was Born DVD that he was very humbled by the fact that people will come out to shows and pay money to see them, back when they first started the band and now, in the present. He seems to be earnest about being grateful for their recognition and successes. That's admirable. Good for them.
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Coldblessed wrote:
they're nice
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LouisZypher wrote:
@Morning_Sadness: you are welcome :)
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kotonashi wrote:
sludge fans (c) lol
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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
I can't believe sludge fans are crying because a band they like is becoming popular. Then again black metal fans have been doing this shit for ages so I shouldn't be surprised.
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Morning_Sadness wrote:
LouisZypher, thnx)))
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LouisZypher wrote:
RAPIDSHARE
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LouisZypher wrote:
At [spam] my friend, via warez-bb.org and mediaportal.ru.
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Morning_Sadness wrote:
where is album "eternal kingdom"???
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Morning_Sadness wrote:
Отличная команда. Есть очень шикарные вещи. Вдохновляет меня их музыка....
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KungFuHamster__ wrote:
CoL also managed to get played on Zane Lowe's show on Radio 1 when they released Salvation (or SAtH, one of the two). It can only be a good thing because it exposes more people to their brilliance. This attitude of not listening to a band because they are very well known is utterly moronic.
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Shaunography wrote:
CoL were played on pretty much every alternative music channel in the UK, MV2 included, when 'The Beyond' was released, as thewolfisloose previously mentioned. For someone to stop listening to them because they're on MTV would, obviously, mean that they're new to the band.
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draterami wrote:
@BlueFacedBeast: Isis and Neurosis are in the same genre as CoL, but all three sound completely different. Post-metal is a relatively new genre. The bands to popularise are definitely going to be unique.
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thewolfisloose wrote:
I saw Cult of Luna on MTV all the way back when they released the beyond, it was the video for the watchtower that got me into the band.
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Nurglych wrote:
хуй в стакан <3
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kotonashi wrote:
ah, they all pale when it comes to Neurosis.
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BlueFacedBeast wrote:
There is NO ONE like Cult of Luna? Try ISIS and Neurosis...and if we all stopped listening to bands once they got recognition for their hard earned efforts, what the fuck would we all listen to? That's one of the most moronic things I've heard in quite some time.
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JoeHatesIndie wrote:
I just think its pretty lame to stop liking someone just because they have started to get a bit of recognition.
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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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