Beyond the Apocalypse

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Beyond the Apocalypse
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Studio album by
Released19 April 2004
Recorded2003
StudioNyhagen Studios
Genre Black metal
Length47:32
Label Candlelight
Producer 1349
1349 chronology
Liberation
(2003)
Beyond the Apocalypse
(2004)
Hellfire
(2005)

Beyond the Apocalypse is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band 1349. It was released in 2004 through Candlelight Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chasing Dragons" – 6:31 (Ravn, Archaon)
  2. "Beyond the Apocalypse" – 4:01 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve)
  3. "Aiwass-Aeon" – 3:32 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
  4. "Nekronatalenheten" – 4:30 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
  5. "Perished in Pain" – 3:57 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
  6. "Singer of Strange Songs" – 7:30 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
  7. "Blood Is the Mortar" – 3:52 (Archaon, Destroyer, Tjalve, Frost)
  8. "Internal Winter" – 7:41 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
  9. "The Blade" – 5:58 (Ravn, Tjalve, Seidemann)

Personnel

1349
Production

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic's Alex Henderson called the album a "nasty, harsh, brutally skullcrushing blast of Scandinavian death metal/black metal that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Beyond the Apocalypse - 1349 : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 August 2012.