The Beyond (album)

The Beyond
Studio album by Cult of Luna
Released	February 10, 2003
Recorded	2002, Tonteknik Recording, Umea, Sweden
Genre	Post-metal [1] sludge metal
Length	74:47
Label	Earache Records (MOSH 263CD)
Producer	Cult of Luna; Magnus Lindberg
Cult of Luna chronology
Cult of Luna (2001) The Beyond (2003) Salvation (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10 [3]
Drowned in Sound	9/10 [4]
Exclaim!	lukewarm [5]
Metal Injection	8.5/10 [6]
Ox-Fanzine	9/10 [7]
Rock Hard	8.5/10 [8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]

The Beyond is the second studio album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released in 2003. The subject matter is dissent with authorities, similar in some ways to contemporaries Isis' Panopticon . This album sees the rawness of the self-titled debut channeled into a cleaner sounding and more crisply produced sound. The tempo is slowed and the feeling is of a more expansive, reflective album, which almost bridges the gap between Cult of Luna and Salvation , leaning more towards the former (elements of which can be heard in "Arrival", "Leash" and "Deliverance", whilst "Circle" has the most similarity to the latter).^{[ original research? ]}

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inside Fort Meade"	0:44
2.	"Receiver"	8:08
3.	"Genesis"	11:36
4.	"The Watchtower"	6:20
5.	"Circle"	8:10
6.	"Arrival"	9:32
7.	"Leash"	7:48
8.	"Clones"	2:20
9.	"Deliverance"	8:47
10.	"Further"	11:22

Personnel

Band members

• Marco Hildèn – drums and percussion
• Andreas Johansson – bass
• Magnus Lindberg – percussion, guitar, recording, mixing and production
• Erik Olofsson – guitar
• Johannes Persson – guitar and vocals
• Klas Rydberg – vocals

Additional personnel

• Per Gustafsson – artwork and graphic design
• Johanna Hedlund – cello
• Thomas Hedlund – additional percussion
• Pelle Henricsson – production, mastering and mixing
• Ola Klüft – additional vocals
• Anders Pettersson – pedal steel guitar
• Jonas Rosen – additional vocals

References

1. Jahdi, Robin (24 June 2015). "The 40 best post-metal records ever made". Fact . Retrieved 26 June 2015.
2. Raggett, Ned. "The Beyond – Cult of Luna". allmusic . Retrieved 11 April 2011.
3. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 99. ISBN   9781-926592-20-6.
4. Owen, Chris (26 February 2003). "Cult of Luna - The Beyond". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. Gramlich, Chris (1 May 2003). "Cult of Luna – Beyond". Exclaim.ca . Retrieved 15 January 2017.
6. "CD Review: Cult of Luna : The Beyond". Metal Injection. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. Deutschland, Ox Fanzine, Solingen. "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
8. "Rock Hard review". issue 189.
9. "Album Review - Cult of Luna - The Beyond". Sputnikmusic. 14 January 2005.