''The Linear Scaffold'' is the debut

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band

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. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records. The cover art features

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's 1986 painting '' Return of the Sun''.

Track listing

*All Lyrics by Cornelius Jakhelln, except where noted. All Music by Solefald. # "Jernlov" – 3:48 (Jakhelln/Lazare Nedlund) # "Philosophical Revolt" – 5:45 # "Red View" – 5:20 (Jakhelln/Nedlund) # "Floating Magenta" – 1:42 (Jakhelln/Nedlund) # "The Macho Vehicle" – 5:00 # "Countryside Bohemians" – 5:33 # "Tequila Sunrise" – 4:17 # "When the Moon Is on the Wave" – 7:24 (lyrics from a

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written by

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Critical reception

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chose the album as an "album pick" in their retrospective review, commenting that the album "showed right off the bat that they were a band with their own sound and vision." The album was featured on Terrorizer's "The Great Black Metal Albums Of All Time", with a number 30 showing. Reviewer James "Harry" Hinchliffe called it "a bold and wonderfully pretentious re-interpretation of BM, inspired as much by

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as Satan and careening dizzyingly between devastatingly concise black metal and

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, blissed-out choruses."

Personnel

*As noted in

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Personnel as found at discogs
/ref> ** Cornelius: Iron Law Screams, Linear Scaffold Strings, Bass **

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: Melovoice, Macrocosmic Keys, Tornado Beats

Production

*Arranged by Solefald *Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Roald Råsberg *Mastered by Solefald & Morten Lund

References

Solefald albums 1997 albums Avantgarde Music albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub