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/::     Artist  :: Galar                                                  ::\
  ::     Album   :: De Gjenlevende                                         ::
  ::     Year    :: 2015                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Black Metal                 Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Dark Essence Records        R.date  :: 2015.03.07      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: KAR084                      Size    :: 94,19 MB      __::_
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         Website :: http://galar.no/

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  ::      01. De gjenlevende                                     09:07     ::
  ::      02. Natt ... og taust et forglemt liv                  07:21     ::
  ::      03. Bøkens hymne                                       09:30     ::
  ::      04. Ljós                                               03:34     ::
  ::      05. Gjeternes tunge steg                               09:41     ::
  ::      06. Tusen kall til solsang ny                          10:18     ::
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  ::      The album, which is the band's 3rd full-length, was recorded     ::
  ::      at the Conclave and Earshot Studio in Bergen with producer       ::
  ::      and VULTURE INDUSTRIES frontman Bjørnar E. Nilsen handling       ::
  ::      the recording and mixing , whilst the mastering is by            ::
  ::      ENSLAVED's Herbrand Larsen.                                      ::
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  ::      Whilst "De gjenlevende" loses nothing of the epic grandeur       ::
  ::      that fans have come to expect from the band , this time          ::
  ::      GALAR  also delve further into their harsher and more            ::
  ::      extreme sound alongside their trademark symphonic  elements.     ::
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  ::      As the band's lyricist Jorge Blutaar recently explained, the     ::
  ::      concept for "De gjenlevende"  is inspired by  Pan-European       ::
  ::      folklore, ontology, and elegies.                                 ::
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  ::      "Its five contemplative texts tell of the utter dreadfulness     ::
  ::      that haunts both the human mind and body when the season of      ::
  ::      winter holds every living thing in its grasp. Winter is the      ::
  ::      time of utter gloom, enfeeblement and inescapable death,         ::
  ::      which challenges mankind, beasts and plants equally. Yet, as     ::
  ::      long as there is life, there is hope, and eventually a new       ::
  ::      era of the Sun will bring to an end the seemingly eternal        ::
  ::      darkness of winter.  With the arrival of spring hope and         ::
  ::      life will flourish once more.  It is a portrayal of this         ::
  ::      cyclical process of transformation that is as old as the         ::
  ::      history of mankind itself".                                      ::
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