| Written in Waters | ||||
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| Released | October 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Endless Studios, May 1995 | |||
| Genre | Black metal, avant-garde metal | |||
| Length | 57:08 | |||
| Label | Misanthropy Records | |||
| Producer | Ved Buens Ende | |||
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Written in Waters is the debut studio album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Ved Buens Ende. It is the only album the band released before they disbanded.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Sang for the Swans" | 7:01 |
| 2. | "You, That May Wither" | 4:54 |
| 3. | "It's Magic" | 5:25 |
| 4. | "Den Saakaldte" ("The So-Called")" | 8:49 |
| 5. | "Carrier of Wounds" | 7:40 |
| 6. | "Coiled in Wings" | 7:04 |
| 7. | "Autumn Leaves"" | 5:07 |
| 8. | "Remembrance of Things Past" | 8:54 |
| 9. | "To Swarm Deserted Away" | 2:14 |
| Total length: | 57:08 | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
William York of AllMusic wrote, "Ved Buens Ende's sole full-length, Written in Waters, is an album of esoteric, experimental black metal that, years after its release, still sounds like nothing else." [1]
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