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Before We Disappear (2018)

by SOL

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Dave Aftandilian
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Dave Aftandilian Sol’s utterly unique approach to building doomed soundscapes grabbed me by the throat & shook me the first time I heard it, and has not let me go since. Here we stand with Emil watching the end come: the heavens burning, the oceans bleeding black, hope long since withered to dust and blown away. Blackened chamber music metal ambience sounds humanity’s death knell.
Isolated Danger Mark
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Isolated Danger Mark Emil is the fucking genius. Favorite track: Eastern Sky.
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tr_🇺🇦 Instantly clicked and beyond impressed now. Unique, dark, often doom-laden soundscapes aided by a plethora of instruments. Roaring but emotive vocals - not the only part that reminded me of Trepaneringsritualen. One of the songs sounded like sailing into the mist. Another one made me think of running into battle: mindless, enthralled. One track seems like a nod to the weirdos from Trollmann but then... nobody expects female operatic vocals! Such a short album but so much to see.
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1.
Spheres 05:39
I dreamt of a vast empty The great nothingness expanding Polka-dotted skies pulsating Old european music slitting throats Counting the dimension Lost in spheres Mr Rabbit with his knife in his silent garden Ripping the wormholes out of his eyes Cleaving the world into a million fragments of pure light
2.
Wave 07:33
Wave goodbye and watch space implode through mushroom clouds painting the sky And I hear a transmission from the far regions of my memory Speaking in tongues with plastic vampire fangs Sipping cherry wine Dreaming of salvation Longing for rest Chasing the wind Chasing the shadows Chasing the wind Shall I kiss the abyss Shall I nurse the twilight Shall I sail into the dawn on a dream catching rocking horse Wave goodbye Wave goodbye Dearest friend Wave goodbye
3.
Trees shall rise from our hands Moss shall grow from under our feet Dust shall cover our bodies Autumn seeps from our hearts When our voices are the ocean And the seagulls nest in our eyes You will know us again You will know us again Dressed in space Forging the dawn Exhaling mist Plunging the clouds Our abyss shall rise to engulf your cities Our void shall spread The wide empty Our doors are open Our doors are open
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5.
Eastern Sky 04:49
If the eastern sky sings you to sleep And if it offers you the rain in a blue tin box tarnished with age If you’re too old to revolt and too tired to weep And if your voice is muffled by snow storms and booze Will you tear the silence from my mouth
6.
Ages 09:45
Old faces stare into history Planting lies in the garden of time Stealing from the pockets of death Painting Christs in sequins Mosaic nova Halo of black holes Weeping cosmic winds Skin stretched across galaxies Embryonic vessels in orbit Circling the host mind Recalling the light Crippled hands reach into the abyss A blind dimension Where the sun never sets Where the dawn never ages And as the amniotic fluids of the light world pours down from a celestial disk the clouds wriggle and worlds collide And if we’ll meet again I will offer you the rain

about

Before We Disappear is a bleak atmospheric doom metal album with strong dark ambient and neofolk influences. It deals with the trauma and acceptance of the impending apocalypse as well as a post-apocalyptic Earth after humanity.

This is the 14th release by SOL since it began in 2004 as a doom metal solo project of Emil Brahe. Each release is made by a different cast of collaborators with Brahe as the only constant member. Featuring musicians from the classical and underground music scenes of the SOL home town of Aarhus, this release is no different.

Recorded and in production since 2015, Before We Disappear is the follow-up to The Storm Bells Chime, that was released on Avantgarde Music in January 2016.

Out on a limited edition LP by Ván Records (110 on black vinyl and 110 on clear vinyl). To order directly from the label go to:
van-records.com/SOL-Before-We-Disappear-12-LP_1

credits

released October 5, 2018

Emil Brahe: Lyrics, vocal, guitar, bass, pipe organ, piano, synthesizers, glockenspiel, percussion, samples/tape-loops
Danny Kreutzfeldt: FXs, manipulated sounds, percussion
Rikke Alminde: Church organ, vocal
Andrew Dorman: Guitar, synthesizer, percussion, vocal
Christian Qvortrup: Vocal
Tor Brandt: Piano
Emma Axelsson: Cello
Jens Peter Møller: Double bass
Lotte Maxild: Bass clarinet
Olga Goija: Viola

Recorded by Emil Brahe in Omnipotent Doom Studio II and III 2015-2017 except the church organ and Rikke Alminde's vocal, which was recorded in Todbjerg Church in 2015.

Produced by Emil Brahe except Eastern Sky and Ages, which was co-produced with Danny Kreutzfeldt
Mastered by Claus Byrith

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Dark ambient & doom metal band from Denmark with neofolk influences and avant-garde tendencies.

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