The Beyond is the second studio album by Swedish post-metal

Post-metal

Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...

 band Cult of Luna

Cult of Luna

Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation that can...

, released in 2003. The subject matter is dissent with authorities, similar in some ways to contemporaries Isis'

Isis (band)

Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...

 Panopticon

Panopticon (album)

Panopticon is the third full-length album by Los Angeles, California based post-metal band Isis, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2004. The album's title is derived from philosopher Jeremy Bentham's panopticon prison ideal and philosopher/historian Michel Foucault's later allegorical appropriation...

. 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

Cult of Luna (album)

Cult of Luna is the debut full-length album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released in 2001. It was originally released by Rage of Achilles, and later by Earache Records after the band signed a record contract.- Track listing :...

and Salvation

Salvation (Cult of Luna album)

Salvation is the third full-length album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released on Earache Records in 2004; on October 4 in Europe, and October 10 in the United States.-Track listing:All tracks written by Cult of Luna.# "Echoes" – 12:30...

, 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).

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.

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

Band members

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

Additional personnel

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