''Ámr'' (Old Norse poetic adjective that translates to "dark" or "darkish") is the seventh studio album by Norwegian
black metal
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musician
Ihsahn. The album was released on 4 May 2018 through
Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records is a British record label based in England and founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal ...
.
Official videos were released for "Arcana Imperii", "Wake" and "Lend Me the Eyes of Millennia".
The deluxe edition also features a bonus track, which is a poem by
Edgar Allan Poe
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Track listing
Personnel
*
Ihsahn – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, production
Additional musicians
*Tobias Ørnes Andersen – drums
*
Fredrik Åkesson
Karl Fredrik Henrik Åkesson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He is a current member of Opeth and is also active in Krux, Monsters of Metal, and Talisman.
Biography
Åkesson has been playing guitar since the age of 12. His early musical inf ...
– additional guitar solo on "Arcana Imperii"
*Angell Solberg Tveitan – additional marching drum on "Where You Are Lost and I Belong"
Additional personnel
* Linus Corneliusson –
mixing
*
Jens Bogren –
mastering
* Ritxi Ostáriz – design
* Bjørn Tore Moen – front cover photo
Charts
References
2018 albums
Ihsahn albums
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Candlelight Records artists