Veil of Remembrance

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Veil of Remembrance
Crimson Moonlight - Veil of Remembrance.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2005
Genre Unblack metal, Blackened death metal
Length43:13
Label Rivel Records
Crimson Moonlight chronology
Songs from the Archives
(2003)
Veil of Remembrance
(2005)
In Depths of Dreams Unconscious
(2007)

Veil of Remembrance is the second full-length album by the Swedish group Crimson Moonlight. Veil of Remembrance was officially released on January 26, 2005 although it was already available since December 4, 2004.

Crimson Moonlight band

Crimson Moonlight is a Swedish unblack metal band. The band was formed in the summer of 1997 with the mere intention of recording a primitive old school black metal demo and playing one show before breaking up. However, the breakup never happened, and they have since recorded two EPs and three full-length albums. They were previously signed to Rivel Records, currently to Endtime Productions. They have toured US twice, and have been featured in two metal documentary films.

Contents

Overview

On Veil of Remembrance, Crimson Moonlight began playing a hybrid mixture of black and death metal with grindcore influences. Simon Rosén has said about the stylistic direction:

Veil of Remembrance received a positive reception, as Rosén says:

Track listing

  1. "Intimations of Everlasting Constancy" - 04:42
  2. "Painful Mind Contradiction" - 04:31
  3. "Embraced by the Beauty of Cold" - 03:15
  4. "The Echoes of Thought" - 03:55
  5. "My Grief, My Remembrance" - 05:31
  6. "The Cold Grip of Terror" - 05:41
  7. "Illusion Was True Beauty" - 04:45
  8. "Contemplations Along the Way" - 05:53
  9. "Reflections Upon the Distress and Agony of Faith" - 05:00

Curiosity

The Lyrics of the tracks 8 and 9 ("Contemplations Along the Way" - "Reflections Upon the Distress and Agony of Faith") are a text parts of the Søren Kierkegaard's book "Fear and Trembling".

Søren Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, precursor of Existentialism

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment. He was against literary critics who defined idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, and thought that Swedenborg, Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Schlegel and Hans Christian Andersen were all "understood" far too quickly by "scholars".

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Fear and Trembling is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio. The title is a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12, "...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling." — itself a probable reference to Psalms 55:5, "Fear and trembling came upon me...".

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References

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