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- Date Released: June 27, 2006
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Metal
- Label: Earache
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If you think you know what Swedish metal is all about, Cult of Luna may make you change your mind. Yes, there's heaviosity aplenty here: these very long tracks (averaging about ten minutes each) all boast a huge and dense sound. But not all of them start out that way, and none of them ever approaches the kind of high-intensity death trip that characterizes the work of their countrymen Meshuggah or Amon Amarth. In fact, Somewhere Along the Highway actually features several moments of sheer beauty -- and the shockingly restrained "And with Her Came the Birds" features not only drums played with jazz brushes but also, believe it or not, a banjo. That's not to say that there isn't plenty of screaming and yelling and raw, pounding beats. It's just that on tracks like "Finland" and the gorgeous "Dim," the screaming and yelling take clear second billing to richly melodic layers of guitar. Even on darker material, such as the arrhythmic and brooding "Marching to the Heartbeats," the overriding concern seems to be more with building a carefully constructed soundscape rather than just venting spleen. And if the pattern gets a bit predictable and tiresome by the album-ending instrumental "Dark City Dead Man," it's still a powerful and compelling one. Recommended.
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Marching to the Heartbeats |
3:13 |
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| 02. | |
Finland |
10:46 |
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| 03. | |
Back to Chapel Town |
7:09 |
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| 04. | |
And with Her Came the Birds |
5:59 |
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| 05. | |
Thirtyfour |
9:59 |
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| 06. | |
Dim |
11:46 |
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| 07. | |
Dark City, Dead Man |
15:47 |
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07 Total Tracks, 64:39 Total Length
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Credits
- Pelle Henricsson - Mastering // Andreas Johansson - Bass // Andreas Johansson - Group Member // Klas Rydberg - Vocals // Klas Rydberg - Group Member // Thomas Hedlund - Percussion // Thomas Hedlund - Drums // Thomas Hedlund - Group Member // Martin Gustafson - Vocals (Background) // Johannes Persson - Guitar // Johannes Persson - Vocals // Johannes Persson - Group Member // Erik Olofsson - Guitar // Erik Olofsson - Graphic Design // Erik Olofsson - Photography // Erik Olofsson - Group Member // Anders Teglund - Keyboards // Anders Teglund - Electronics // Anders Teglund - Group Member // Magnus Lindberg - Drums // Magnus Lindberg - Engineer // Magnus Lindberg - Mixing // Magnus Lindberg - Group Member
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