Seirom

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Seirom
Origin Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
Genres Dark ambient, shoegazing
Years active2011–present
LabelsAurora Borealis, Burning World
Members Maurice de Jong
Website www.devotionalhymns.com

Seirom is a dark ambient musical project started by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice de Jong, otherwise known as Mories. It was founded in 2011 and marked a stark contrast to de Jong's previous work, embracing a more ethereal sound. [1]

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History

The Seirom project was conceived in 2011 after composer Maurice de Jong had reached a creative exhaustive point with his other active projects. "I started to feel burned out. I think all the negativity (in my music making) kind of had an impact on me. I needed to do something positive." He independently released Eremitic on June 6, 2011. 1973 was released on November 9, 2012 and featured a lighter more positive tone compared to Seirom's debut. [2] [3] On May 1, 2014 the third full-length album And the Light Swallowed Everything was released and received positively, with Kez Whelan of Terrorizer describing the music as "hauntingly, harrowingly, luminously beautiful." [4] Seirom's fourth album I Was So Sad was released on July 8, 2016.

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References

  1. ↑ "Seirom". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Alex (March 17, 2013). "Endless Bliss: In Conversation With Mories de Jong on Seirom". Lurker's Grave. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Nunziata, Francesco (May 26, 2014). "Seirom: And the Light Swallowed Everything" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Whelan, Kez (30 April 2014). "Stream Seirom's 'And the Light Swallowed Everything' in Its Entirety". Terrorizer . Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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