''The Beyond'' is the second studio album by Swedish

post-metal Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition. In a way simil ...

band

Cult of Luna Cult of Luna is a Swedish heavy metal band from Umeå founded in 1998. They are known for post-metal music similar to the contemporary bands Neurosis and Isis. The band was signed to Earache Records in the early 2000s and released five albums, i ...

, released in 2003. The subject matter is dissent with authorities, similar in some ways to contemporaries Isis' ''

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''. This album sees the rawness of the self-titled debut channeled into a cleaner sounding and more crisply produced sound. The tempo is slowed and the feeling is of a more expansive, reflective album, which almost bridges the gap between ''

'' and ''

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'', leaning more towards the former (elements of which can be heard in "Arrival", "Leash" and "Deliverance", whilst "Circle" has the most similarity to the latter).

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.

Personnel

Band members

* Marco Hildèn –

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and

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* Andreas Johansson – bass * Magnus Lindberg – percussion,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, recording, mixing and production * Erik Olofsson – guitar * Johannes Persson – guitar and

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Klas Rydberg – vocals

Additional personnel

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– artwork and graphic design * Johanna Hedlund –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Thomas Hedlund – additional percussion * Pelle Henricsson – production, mastering and mixing * Ola Klüft – additional vocals * Anders Pettersson - pedal steel guitar * Jonas Rosen – additional vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beyond, The Cult of Luna albums 2003 albums Earache Records albums