Songs from the North I, II & III

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Songs from the North I, II & III
Songs from the north cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Swallow the Sun
Released13 November 2015
Studio
  • Sound Supreme
  • Electric Fox Studio
  • Noisework Studio
  • Black Chandelier
  • Ahonlaita
  • MANA REC
  • Stereotunes
Genre
Length153:39
Label Century Media
Swallow the Sun chronology
Emerald Forest and the Blackbird
(2012)		Songs from the North I, II & III
(2015)		 When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light
(2019)

Songs from the North I, II & III is the sixth studio album by Finnish death-doom band Swallow the Sun. It is a triple album and was released on 13 November 2015, via Century Media. [3] Each disc is focused on a different facet of the band's style: Gloom is a more typical death-doom album, Beauty primarily acoustic and folksy, and Despair a funeral doom album; [4] these disc titles are also a single song title on their second album, Ghosts of Loss . This is the last release with Aleksi Munter and Markus Jämsen, who quit Swallow the Sun in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Songs from the North I, II & III received a generally positive reception from critics. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Disc One: Gloom
No.TitleLength
1."With You Came the Whole of the World's Tears"9:01
2."10 Silver Bullets"7:11
3."Rooms and Shadows"7:19
4."Heartstrings Shattering"7:46
5."Silhouettes"5:55
6."The Memory of Light"6:17
7."Lost & Catatonic"7:06
8."From Happiness to Dust"8:39
Total length:59:15
Disc Two: Beauty
No.TitleLength
1."The Womb of Winter" (Instrumental)3:35
2."The Heart of a Cold White Land"4:47
3."Away"5:22
4."Pray for the Winds to Come"5:28
5."Songs from the North"5:16
6."66°50'N, 28°40'E" (Instrumental)6:42
7."Autumn Fire"5:46
8."Before the Summer Dies"5:37
Total length:42:33
Disc Three: Despair
No.TitleLength
1."The Gathering of Black Moths"12:57
2."7 Hours Late"10:02
3."Empires of Loneliness"11:01
4."Abandoned by the Light"8:48
5."The Clouds Prepare for Battle"9:05
Total length:51:57

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Sputnikmusic3.0/5 [7]

Credits

Swallow the Sun

Additional vocalists

Recording staff

Band photography

Vocal recording

Mastering staff

Additional personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Songs from the North I, II & III". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Kuettel, Benjamin (17 November 2015). "Swallow the Sun - Songs from the North I, II, & III". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Songs from the North I, II & III - Swallow the Sun". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "SWALLOW THE SUN Reveal Details for 'Songs from the North I, II & III'". The Obelisk. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Marsciano, Dan (12 November 2015). "Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II and III Review". About.com . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Ezell, Brice (16 November 2015). "Swallow the Sun: Songs from the North". PopMatters . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Ward, Kyle (7 November 2015). "Swallow the Sun - Songs from the North I, II, & III (album review 4)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Songs from the North – 2015". Swallow the Sun . Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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