Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas) (Swedish for "Halmstad (Niklas Regarding Niklas)") is the fifth album by Swedish black metal band Shining. It was released by Osmose Productions on 16 April 2007. A black LP edition was released and limited to 500 copies.
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| Released | 16 April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Depressive black metal | |||
| Length | 42:35 | |||
| Label | Osmose Productions | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Sputnikmusic | 4/5[1] |
Track 1 starts with the beginning verses of "Antigonish", an 1889 poem by William Hughes Mearns:
As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish, he'd go away.— William Hughes Mearns, Antigonish
Track 5 is an arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". Several lines by Christina Ricci from the movie Prozac Nation were sampled in this album.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Ytterligare ett steg närmare total jävla utfrysning" (Yet Another Step Towards Complete Fucking Isolation) | 6:22 |
| 2. | "Längtar bort från mitt hjärta" (Longing Away from My Heart) | 8:29 |
| 3. | "Låt oss ta allt från varandra" (Let Us Take Everything from Each Other) | 6:05 |
| 4. | "Besvikelsens dystra monotoni" (The Gloomy Monotony of Disappointment) | 10:05 |
| 5. | "Åttiosextusenfyrahundra" (Eightysix-thousand-fourhundred) | 2:43 |
| 6. | "Neka morgondagen" (Deny Tomorrow) | 8:49 |
| Total length: | 42:35 | |
Personnel
edit- Niklas Kvarforth – vocals
- Fredric Gråby – guitar
- Peter Huss – guitar
- Johan Hallander – bass
- Ludwig Witt – drums
- Marcus Pålsson – grand piano on "Åttiosextusenfyrahundra"
- Ynas Lindskog – lyrics on "Låt oss ta allt från varandra"
References
edit- ^ Hanson, John (4 December 2007). "Review: Shining (SWE) – V – Halmstad". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2013.