Sideshow Symphonies
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Publication |
2005 |
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admission |
February to June 2005 |
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| Label (s) | Season of Mist | |||
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
50:31 |
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Arcturus |
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Studio (s) |
Mølla Studios |
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Sideshow Symphonies is the fourth regular studio album by the Norwegian metal band Arcturus . It appeared on Season of Mist in 2005 .
Creation and publication
Singer Kristoffer Rygg left Arcturus after The Sham Mirrors and was replaced by Øyvind Hægeland from Spiral Architect in 2003 and 2004 for the band's first live appearances since 1995 . Since he had to meet other professional obligations, Simen Hestnæs joined the band as the new singer. He had already performed as a guest musician on La Masquerade Infernale . In addition, the bassist Hugh Mingay returned, and Tore Moren joined as the second guitarist.
In December 2004 the band began work on a new studio album. The recordings took place from February to June 2005 in Knut Valles Mølla Studios. Silje Wergeland (from 2009 with The Gathering ) took part in two songs as a singer. Børge Finstad mixed the album in the Toproom Studio, Morten Lund and Tore Moren mastered it at Masterhuset. Sideshow Symphonies was released on CD and LP in September 2005. A European tour followed, during which the live DVD Shipwrecked was recorded in Oslo .
Track list
Steinar Sverd is the main composer of all pieces, the lyrics were written by Simen Hestnæs. For the first time since their debut album, Arcturus released a track in Norwegian with “Hufsa”.
- Hibernation Sickness Complete - 5:02
- Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneer - 8:32
- Deamon Painter - 5:33
- Nocturnal Vision Revisited - 5:16
- Evacuation Code Deciphered - 6:16
- Moonshine Delirium - 7:10
- White Noise Monster - 3:55
- Reflections - 3:40
- Hufsa - 5:07
style
Sideshow Symphonies shows borrowings from progressive metal again , but is more subtle and quieter than the previous album The Sham Mirrors ; the songs are more anthemic and thoughtful. Electronic effects and rhythms are rarely used. Instead of many neoclassical solos , the keyboards are mainly used for symphonic orchestration and for carpets of sound with a psychedelic touch. The guitars are less prominent. Simen Hestnæs' independent - sometimes elegiac, sometimes " spacey " - singing fits into the overall picture. For the first time there are duets with a female voice on an Arcturus album.
reception
Captain Chaos from vampster faces the album “split”. He thinks that it has “many great moments”, but also songs “that don't really want to ignite”. Gunnar Claußen from Babyblauen Seiten “attests that the band has developed a well-considered development”, but also criticizes “that Arcturus doesn't always get to the point in their compositions”. Brother Cle praises Sideshow Symphonies in Rock Hard as an atmospheric “spectacle”, for him it is “[a] vant-garde, progressive metal somewhere between Opeth , Green Carnation and Pink Floyd ”.
Web links
- Sideshow Symphonies at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Sideshow Symphonies on the Babyblauen Seiten
Individual evidence
- ^ Arcturus: History ( Memento of April 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Arcturus: Sideshow Symphonies , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on October 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b Captain Chaos: Arcturus: Sideshow Symphonies , vampster , accessed October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Thomas Weeber: Sideshow Symphonies , metal.de , accessed on October 18, 2012.
- ↑ Brother Cle: Arcturus . Sideshow Symphonies . In: Rock Hard , No. 221, accessed October 18, 2012.