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raison d’être (french for “reason to be”) is the name of a Swedish dark ambient musical project, whose sole member has always been Peter Andersson. (Not to be confused with another identically-named individual making music in a similar vein, under the name Deutsch Nepal.)

The music produced by raison d’être is chiefly dreamlike dark ambient soundscapes, with industrial and gothic touches. For example, synthesizers might play a droning melody over the sounds of metal on metal. Andersson often mixes Gregorian chants with his own keyboard and percussion playing.

Official website: http://raisondetre.coldmeat.se/

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dark ambient, ambient, industrial, cold meat industry, darkwave
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1	If It Bears Thorns Its End Is To Be Burned	90
2	Withstand the Fire	85
3	The Spirit Will Not Share The Guilt	83
4	Desecrated By The Blood	75
5	Purified With Fire	70
6	Without the Shedding There is No Forgiveness	67
7	Mourning full track	62
8	Death In The Body But Made Alive By The Spirit	60
9	The Temple Is Eternal Sacred	50
10	In Abandoned Places full track	48
10	Euphrosyne	48
12	Ordeal in Chapel full track	47
12	Synopsis full track	47
14	Ascent of the Blessed	45
14	Reflecting in Shadows	45

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Hayzi22 wrote:
1 hour ago

raison d'\u00eatre is my favorite.

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
7 days ago

Yes, that track and the build-up in Desecrated by the Blood is very intense. Incredible!

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hunazazel wrote:
7 days ago

@inhaledzyklon: Track two, for example, is a killer when listened through headphones. Well, it's not quite like Stratvm Terror, though. :)

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special_user wrote:
8 days ago

new album is superb

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
12 days ago

I don't quite understand where the violent and intense descriptions come from in the press release. Yes, there are noisier segments in certain areas, but for the most part, this album is beautiful and somber.

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DunkelAesthet wrote:
12 days ago

Welcome in NEW last.fm group Dark Monastery

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a_bleeding_star wrote:
14 days ago

["The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice" > One Hel of a Relaxing Masterpiece]

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hnava wrote:
17 days ago

greatness indeed

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
20 days ago

Finally! After months and months of waiting. I am so moved by what I am hearing. This isn't just more of the same...its a return. Metamorphyses was an experiment it seems, dropping the melancholic atmosphere in favor of a darker one. The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice is a masterpiece...just wow!

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Radloc wrote:
20 days ago

@music-o-maniac: check album: "Collective Archives" (1999) - Compilation

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music-o-maniac wrote:
20 days ago

Can anyone tell me what are the best albums he has released ? Because I found him on youtube and the music is simply amazing ! I'd like to know the names of the best albums. :)

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StDionysus wrote:
21 days ago

New album is more of the same--which is a good thing.

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WoofWoofit wrote:
23 days ago

Tarmacians fear the loneliness of an empty hypermarket. The absence of red tail lights on the mega highways. The loss of a satellite signal. A zero credit rating. The obsolete electronic gadget . Woofit once witnessed a rare and reportedly localised power failure on Tarmac. The Tarmacians cheered when the lights came back on.

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
24 days ago

I am hearing nothing but great things about the new album. I agree with you with The Empty Hollow Unfolds and Requiem. I much prefer, as you put it, ambience and choir like soundscaping being eviscerated by shredding metal and cavernous rumble. A beautiful combination.

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hunazazel wrote:
24 days ago

I cannot find anything under the layer of noise in "Phase IV". It's tempo is way too fast for my taste; it lacks the early works' contrast of harsh metal-on-metal noises over the droning background. This ambivalence makes "The Wasteland" and "Disintegrates from Within" pure perfection. And comparing the whole albums, Metamorphyses is rahter dull for me. It has it's highlights, of course, but I still prefer the Empty Hollow and Requiem. The new one is more in the vein of these records - ambience torn apart by shredding of rather heavy metal stuff on other metal stuff. :P

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inhaledzyklon wrote:
25 days ago

I thought Metamorphyses had some of the most intense moments in Raison D'être's history. Phase IV? Hopefully the new album will arrive later this week.

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hunazazel wrote:
25 days ago

Wow, the new stuff is rather good - way better, than Metamorphyses. It's a kind of return to the more harsh and noisy ways of The Empty Hollow and Requiem for Abandoned Souls. If only the chanting also returned... :|

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Lysander wrote:
25 days ago

An elitist argument is a dark ambient shoutbox. How novel.

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Silesia_Obscura wrote:
25 days ago

shut the fuck up, what do you know?

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Powtuk wrote:
26 days ago

his new album is good but isnt best

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10 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/detreraison

raison detre - 'The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice' CD 2009 Next release will be the new studio album of raison detre. The title is 'The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice' and is scheduled to be rele. …

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