''Det Tapte Liv'' is an EP by the Norwegian

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, released in 2004 by Endtime Productions.

Recording

The EP contains songs recorded at Antestor's studio sessions in 2004 at Top Room Studios. The band felt that these songs did not fit into the 2005's '' The Forsaken'' full-length and were released on this EP. The EP served as a taster for the upcoming album. ''Det Tapte Liv'' includes two actual songs, "Rites of Death" and "Med Hevede Sverd", and three atmospheric piano and keyboard-based instrumental songs. The song structures are progressive and include several tempo changes. Pekka Ryhänen, reviewer of the Finnish metal site ''Imperiumi.net'', gave the EP 9/10 and describes the style as "modern, artistic, and fast dark metal". At first, ''Det Tapte Liv'' was released in a special limited 1,000 copies heavy printer box edition. The box had room for the upcoming full-length. Later, the EP was released as a regular jewel case with different cover art done by

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. The album cover of ''Det Tapte Liv'' shows a painting of the Borgund stave church. The cover of the EP and the album art for ''The Forsaken'' together form a single landscape image.

Line-up

* Vrede (a.k.a. Ronny Hansen) – vocals * Sygmoon (a.k.a. Morten Sigmund Mageroy) – keyboards * Vemod (a.k.a. Lars Stokstad) – guitar * Gard (a.k.a. Vegard Undal) – bass *

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(a.k.a. Jan Axel Blomberg) – session drums

Track listing

#"Rites of Death" (3:46) #"Grief" (3:32) #"Last Season" (3:45) #"Med Hevede Sverd" (4:50) #"Det Tapte Liv" (2:46)

Recording

Line-up

Track listing

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