The Linear Scaffold
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The Linear Scaffold is the debut full-length album by the Norwegian
Avant-garde Black metal
band Solefald
. It was released in 1997 on Avantgarde Records.
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 Black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
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 in 1997 on Avantgarde Records.
Track listing
- "Jernlov" (3:48)
- "Philosophical Revolt" (5:45)
- "Red View" (5:20)
- "Floating Magenta" (1:42)
- "The Macho Vehicle" (5:00)
- "Countryside Bohemians" (5:33)
- "Tequila Sunrise" (4:17)
- "When the Moon Is on the Wave" (7:24)
Miscellaneous
- When this album was released, the band coined the term "Red Music With Black Edges" to define themselves.
- The poem "When The Moon Is On The Wave" was written by Lord Byron.
Personnel
- Cornelius JakhellnCornelius JakhellnCornelius Jakhelln , also known as Cornelius von Jackhelln, is a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, musician, writer and poet.-Musician:...
(Sturmgeist) - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Sampling - Lars Are "Lazare" NedlandLars 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...
- Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Drums