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Denmark (1999 – present)
:Of the Wand & the Moon: is the creative live and recorded music works of musician Kim Larsen from Denmark and various guest contributors.
After irreconcilable differences with his previous musical project, Saturnus, Larsen began writing music of a different vein, similar in style to his neofolk influences but very different than the doom metal he had previously created.
In 1999, the debut :Of the Wand & the Moon: album was released, entitled Nighttime Nightrhymes. Characterized by folk songs with themes ranging from expressions of love, loss, joy and ancestral Germanic paganism, the album was interspersed with experimental dark ambient pieces and tribal drumming. The album marked a new entry for Denmark in a new wave of Germanic post-industrial folk projects alongside contemporaries such as Forseti and Sonne Hagal.
2001 saw the release of a second :Of the Wand & the Moon: release entitled :Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness:, with refined production and a continued but expanded sound from previous work, the album further cemented the reputation of the project. A live version of :Of the Wand & the Moon: also debuted in 2001, beginning a long series of shows over the next few years.
After the release of a split album with Sol Invictus and a few vinyl singles, a collection of b-sides was released entitled Lucifer in 2003.
After irreconcilable differences with his previous musical project, Saturnus, Larsen began writing music of a different vein, similar in style to his neofolk influences but very different than the doom metal he had previously created.
In 1999, the debut :Of the Wand & the Moon: album was released, entitled Nighttime Nightrhymes. Characterized by folk songs with themes ranging from expressions of love, loss, joy and ancestral Germanic paganism, the album was interspersed with experimental dark ambient pieces and tribal drumming. The album marked a new entry for Denmark in a new wave of Germanic post-industrial folk projects alongside contemporaries such as Forseti and Sonne Hagal.
2001 saw the release of a second :Of the Wand & the Moon: release entitled :Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness:, with refined production and a continued but expanded sound from previous work, the album further cemented the reputation of the project. A live version of :Of the Wand & the Moon: also debuted in 2001, beginning a long series of shows over the next few years.
After the release of a split album with Sol Invictus and a few vinyl singles, a collection of b-sides was released entitled Lucifer in 2003.
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Thil-Galad wrote:
mmm
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nimbora_nava wrote:
awwwwww
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TallinnDivision wrote:
just perfect
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theseasonisours wrote:
mein deine freunde
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jijijcc wrote:
: :D :
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Oligofriend wrote:
Thank you, jijijcc and Scorrrch. It becomes clearer now.
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jijijcc wrote:
The :colons: around the name and title is something that was also used when carving runes
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Scorrrch wrote:
Well, I think it was initally used to seperate words... but I don't know about cases like this one, might just be a modification.
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Oligofriend wrote:
Can someone tell me what do the colons before and after the titles mean? Not only :Of the Wand & the Moon: but also Sonne Hagal's :Jordansfrost: and Alda's : tahoma: for example. Is this symbol somehow related to magic / runes here?
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B-eatchSkin wrote:
Someone that wanna help change the awful chards in this group? http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would
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korpi_clan wrote:
Soundtrack of Life x2
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Scorrrch wrote:
Couldn't have said it any better, in fact I never could have said it like this :>
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Dead-shinobi wrote:
Surrounded and filled with emptiness, we proceeded through the flock of moth, walking on moss, in awe, in the robes of fire and smoke were we swept by our own darkness, among the ancient stones deep, deep in the woods, and our tears of gilded pain shall extinguish this pyre of our silent silver faded hearts. (Did I miss something? OTWATM little silly quintessential here, sorry :3)
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AdNaturam wrote:
Perfect bands don't exi-
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GenocideGod wrote:
Honestly, I think the new album is much darker when it comes to the lyrics than anything he has done before. Depressing and bleak, really, but the sound is a lot more light-hearted and upbeat than his previous works. I like that he did that. The contrast is really great. If it was just the same gloomy sound as he had before with the lyrics he's written for these songs it may have come off as excessive, gimmicky and insincere.
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Scorrrch wrote:
Correct version is :Of the Wand & the Moon:, yes. I'd be thankful if you (anyone who reads this) could "Suggest a correction". :)
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chrisdeg wrote:
I could listen to sonnenheim for eternity [3]
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mina-murray wrote:
I could listen to sonnenheim for eternity [2]
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brazzk wrote:
Actually the most correct version probably is: :Of the Wand & the Moon: . That's how it is on his official site and FB (though it's different on my space and itunes, it was also different on a concert poster I was last year). Well anyway I'm using version with colons, because it's awesome.
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Jeannyd wrote:
That's what I have been waiting for for so long! Perfect music.
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Of the Wand and the Moon + Die Weisse Rose + Àrnica + L'Horrible Passion
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The Villa Festival 2012
Villa Aganoor Pompilj, Via della Strage 3, Monte del Lago, 06063, Magione (Pg), Italy
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Dark Bombastic Evening 4
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