Jhva Elohim Meth which means "God is dead

God is dead

"God is dead" is a widely-quoted statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It first appears in The Gay Science , in sections 108 , 125 , and for a third time in section 343...

", a quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...

's The Gay Science

The Gay Science

The Gay Science is a book written by Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1882 and followed by a second edition, which was published after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, in 1887. This substantial expansion includes a fifth book and an appendix of songs...

, is the first official release by Katatonia

Katatonia

Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström .-1991-1993:The early Katatonia releases, such as the EP Jhva Elohim Meth.....

. It was released in July 1992 and was limited to 500 copies of which 300 were blue, 100 transparent and 100 red. The first 30 copies came with photos and lyrics. The demo was later released as an EP

Extended play

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 with the title Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival

Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival

Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival is the EP version of Katatonia's demo tape Jhva Elohim Meth.-Track listing:# "Midwinter Gates " – 0:43# "Without God" – 6:52# "Palace of Frost" – 3:40# "The Northern Silence" – 4:00...

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The first song is really "Prologue: Midwinter Intergates" but for the EP version they changed "Intergates" to "Gates".

Track listing

1. "Prologue: Midwinter Intergates"
2. "Without God"
3. "Palace of Frost"
4. "Northern Silence"
5. "Epilogue: Crimson Tears"

All music by Blackheim. All lyrics by Lord Seth.

Credits

• Blackheim
  Anders Nyström
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    – guitar
  Guitar
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  s, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Lord Seth
  Jonas Renkse
  Jonas Petter Renkse is a founding member, songwriter, lead vocalist and ex-drummer of the band Katatonia, founding member, songwriter, bassist, backing vocalist, ex-guitarist of the band Bloodbath and member of Sailors With Wax Wings.He was also the founding member, drummer, vocalist, guitarist...
  
    – drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Dan Swanö
  Dan Swanö
  Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
  
   (aka Day Disyraah) – clean vocals, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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