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10-18 Cult of Luna Releasing Book
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Cult of Luna was formed back in 1998 by guitarist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas Rydberg. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
After some more rehearsals, the band felt that to fully live out their wet dream of sound experimenting, an additional member was needed to handle the electronics. Since Magnus had both knowledge and equipment, he was self written. Given ...read more
Cult of Luna was formed back in 1998 by guitarist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas Rydberg. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
After some more rehearsals, the band felt that to fully live out their wet dream of sound experimenting, an additional member was needed to handle the electronics. Since Magnus had both knowledge and equipment, he was self written. Given that Magnus had handled the drums earlier they needed a new drummer, who they found in the mutual friend Marco Hilden. A new bass player was also found, named Axel Stattin.
UK label Rage of Achilles released CoL's debut full-length album. The release date was September 14th 2001. Immediately after the release of the first album, news of the band's mammoth sound worked its way into cult circles and the band received rave reviews. Discerning listeners instantly appreciate the bands unique approach, trading light and dark to create music that hit the heart and the head in equal measures.
CoL signed to Earache Records and in July 2002, CoL recorded their second album The Beyond. After the recording session Andreas Johansson joined in on bass, due to the departure of Axel Stattin. The Beyond was released February 10th 2003, to critical acclaim. CoL proved that they were now ready to bring their soundscapes to a much wider audience.
After this the line up changed, drummer Marco Hilden was replaced by Thomas Hedlund and an additional keyboard player, Anders Teglund, was added as a permanent fixture. Magnus took care of the percussion and additional guitar parts.
The early part of 2004 was mostly dedicated to writing songs for their follow up to The Beyond.
In late July 2004 the album was complete. Salvation was released October 4th 2004 in Europe and Oct 19th in the US. This album marked a new era in the history of CoL, both visually and sonically. The tour introduced a new member, Fredrik Kihlberg, who joined in on percussion and clean vocals.
In November 2005 CoL started the recording of Somewhere Along The Highway. It will be released April 24th 2006 on Earache Records, followed by a European/UK headline tour. « hide |
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