Since I'm seeing Cult of Luna on August 19th Glasgow.. I thought i'd take this opportunity to recommend "Eternal Kingdom" - hopefully you'll get the record - be blown away, and see them them on tour.
CoL have gone rawer this time around and alot crushing riffs
so alot less of the ambient stuff seen on "Somewhere along the Highway".
Its a concept record...(wiki explanation>) Cult of Luna rehearse in an area that was once the site of a long demolished mental institution. Upon moving their practice space to a different spot on the same site, the band uncovered long forgotten relics of the hospital, including old apparatus and medical journals. Amongst the discovery was the diary of Holger Nilsson, a former inmate of the prison placed there after drowning his wife. The diary was titled 'Tales from the Eternal Kingdom'.
Digesting the diary, the band realised that they had stumbled upon the ramblings of a madman. In the diary, Nilsson blamed the death of his wife on the Näcken, a Swedish folk entity believed to be Satan. The diary created a completely imagined world in which owl men and tree men all contributed to a fantasy story that explained why Nilsson was innocent of the crime.
Anyway every track is amazing.. and it's already in my top 3 favourite albums ever
CoL have gone rawer this time around and alot crushing riffs
so alot less of the ambient stuff seen on "Somewhere along the Highway".Its a concept record...(wiki explanation>) Cult of Luna rehearse in an area that was once the site of a long demolished mental institution. Upon moving their practice space to a different spot on the same site, the band uncovered long forgotten relics of the hospital, including old apparatus and medical journals. Amongst the discovery was the diary of Holger Nilsson, a former inmate of the prison placed there after drowning his wife. The diary was titled 'Tales from the Eternal Kingdom'.
Digesting the diary, the band realised that they had stumbled upon the ramblings of a madman. In the diary, Nilsson blamed the death of his wife on the Näcken, a Swedish folk entity believed to be Satan. The diary created a completely imagined world in which owl men and tree men all contributed to a fantasy story that explained why Nilsson was innocent of the crime.
Anyway every track is amazing.. and it's already in my top 3 favourite albums ever
