Pills Against The Ageless Ills
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Pills against the Ageless Ills is the third full-length album by Norwegian
avant-garde metal band Solefald
. It was released on September 19, 2001, their first album under the Century Media label. The album is a concept album, following the story of two brothers, Philosopher Fuck and Pornographer Cain.
Much of the experimental concepts off their previous album, Neonism, was eschewed for a more straightforward, guitar-heavy metal approach, though still retaining quite a bit of the band's now trademark experimental nature. The style ranges from extreme black metal to jazz arrangements to traditional rock and metal. Vocally, Lazare is again over-the-top with his clean voice, while Cornelius' style can shoot from gravelly narration (a style used again on the In Harmonia Universali album) to black metal growls and screams.
citizen, producer of pornographic films. Philosopher Fuck's little brother and well known in jet-set circles. Observed at the site of Kurt Cobain
's alleged suicide. Pornographer Cain is found guilty of Kurt Cobain's murder, and consequently electrocuted in the state of California in 1998.
Philosopher Fuck (1943-1999): Former American citizen exiled in Europe, erring between various religious and mental institutions. Half monk and half performance artist, he gave his life to thinking. Exhaled from a French hospital bed in 1999.
Pornographer Cain tells you about the pleasures of life. Philosopher Fuck tells you about the suffering of existence. Pornographer Cain tells you to desire. Philosopher Fuck tell you to repent. These two extremities of human life are separated by their stories, but united in the confusion of their feelings. There is lust in all repentance, and remorse in all desire. Cain may tell you that you are an animal. Fuck may tell you that you are a machine or a god. But both Cain and Fuck are subjects who speak from their own black hole solitude. They intend to know what is good for you. They say they can solve your problems. They pretend to heal you if you are ill. There is no way to find out if any one of the two is right. The universe knows nothing. You choose and refuse.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
avant-garde metal band Solefald
Solefald
Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's...
. It was released on September 19, 2001, their first album under the Century Media label. The album is a concept album, following the story of two brothers, Philosopher Fuck and Pornographer Cain.
Much of the experimental concepts off their previous album, Neonism, was eschewed for a more straightforward, guitar-heavy metal approach, though still retaining quite a bit of the band's now trademark experimental nature. The style ranges from extreme black metal to jazz arrangements to traditional rock and metal. Vocally, Lazare is again over-the-top with his clean voice, while Cornelius' style can shoot from gravelly narration (a style used again on the In Harmonia Universali album) to black metal growls and screams.
Concept
Pornographer Cain (1951-1998): AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
citizen, producer of pornographic films. Philosopher Fuck's little brother and well known in jet-set circles. Observed at the site of Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
's alleged suicide. Pornographer Cain is found guilty of Kurt Cobain's murder, and consequently electrocuted in the state of California in 1998.
Philosopher Fuck (1943-1999): Former American citizen exiled in Europe, erring between various religious and mental institutions. Half monk and half performance artist, he gave his life to thinking. Exhaled from a French hospital bed in 1999.
Pornographer Cain tells you about the pleasures of life. Philosopher Fuck tells you about the suffering of existence. Pornographer Cain tells you to desire. Philosopher Fuck tell you to repent. These two extremities of human life are separated by their stories, but united in the confusion of their feelings. There is lust in all repentance, and remorse in all desire. Cain may tell you that you are an animal. Fuck may tell you that you are a machine or a god. But both Cain and Fuck are subjects who speak from their own black hole solitude. They intend to know what is good for you. They say they can solve your problems. They pretend to heal you if you are ill. There is no way to find out if any one of the two is right. The universe knows nothing. You choose and refuse.
Track listing
- "Hyperhuman" – 4:02
- "Pornographer Cain" – 6:04
- "Charge Of Total Affect" – 6:27
- "Hate Yourself" – 5:26
- "Fuck Talks" – 5:08
- "The Death Of Father" – 4:45
- "The U.S.A. Don't Exist" – 4:49
- "Anti-City Strategy" – 4:32
- "Hierarch" – 4:56
Credits
- CorneliusCornelius JakhellnCornelius Jakhelln , also known as Cornelius von Jackhelln, is a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, musician, writer and poet.-Musician:...
(SturmgeistSturmgeistSturmgeist is an experimental black/thrash metal formed by Cornelius Jakhelln in 2002.-Beginnings:In 2002, Cornelius Jakhelln began working on a new band. The name chosen was Sturmgeist . The music was an experimental mix of black/thrash metal with lyrics sung in English, Norwegian, and German...
) - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar. - LazareLars NedlandLars Are Nedland , known also as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer and keyboardist for acclaimed avant-garde black metal band Solefald. He is also keyboardist for the progressive black metal act Borknagar...
(BorknagarBorknagarBorknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...
, Age Of SilenceAge Of SilenceAge of Silence is a Norwegian avant-garde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter of Winds.-Current members:* Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland - Vocals...
, ÁsmeginÁsmeginÁsmegin is a Norwegian folk/viking metal band formed in 1998. The name comes from Old Norse and means "by the might of the gods". Ásmegin's lyrics are written in Norwegian as well as some in Old Norse and older Norwegian...
, ex-Carpathian ForestCarpathian ForestCarpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.-Biography:Carpathian Forest emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern...
) - Vocals, Synthesizers, Drums.
Session Musicians
- Violin interventions in "Hyperhuman", "Pornographer Cain" and "The USA Don't Exist" by Silje Ulvevadet Dæhli.