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It's all about timing. Like their music, as slow as it is atmospheric, deeply anchored in their death doom roots, Swallow The Sun took their time before delivering their first live album after 20 years of playing together. The Finnish band was able to book this concert in the last few days before the first lockdown, thus taking advantage of the fervour of an audience who had come to celebrate this anniversary in real life, before they were relegated to the world of live streaming.
This lucky audience was treated to a performance divided into two parts: the first acoustic, performed with a string quartet, and the second, electric, which was much heavier. The melancholy that permeates the first set is like the vocals, more composed and fragile, but it also delivers a small note of hope, as if a little light entered the hall during Pray for the Winds to Come. That piece brings Swallow the Sun closer to bands like Anathema or Katatonia.
Naturally, the second half of the concert summons much darker forces, whose power comes largely from the saturated guitars that back up the much more guttural voice that now takes centre stage. This set consists of songs chosen by fans via a campaign run on social media. The group deploys all its energy, lives up to its doom label and plunges the audience into a world of more assertively black metal sounds (the singing goes from a deep death vibe to more black metal screams) balanced out by airy melodies (a trademark that we find in almost all the tracks from Don't Fall Asleep to the magnificent closer, Here on the Black Earth). Organically alternating between fragility and massive sounds with perfect control, 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty and Despair - Live In Helsinski owes its success in part to the presence of a loyal audience, a human factor that breathes life into events like these. Because a concert is above all, a moment of sharing. © Chief Brody/Qobuz
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Juha Raivio, Composer - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
DISC 2
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer - Markus Jaemsen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer - Markus Jaemsen, Composer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Kai Hahto, Composer, Lyricist - Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Kai Hahto, Composer, Lyricist - Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Kai Hahto, Composer, Lyricist - Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Pasi Pasanen, Composer, Lyricist - Mikko Johannes Kotamaeki, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Kai Hahto, Composer, Lyricist - Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Kai Hahto, Composer, Lyricist - Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Aleksi Munter, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer - Mikko Kotamaeki, Composer, Lyricist - Matti Honkonen, Composer, Lyricist - Markus Jaemsen, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Juha Raivio, Composer, Lyricist - Swallow The Sun, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juho Räihä, Mixing Engineer - Matti Kynsijärvi, Engineer
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
Album review
It's all about timing. Like their music, as slow as it is atmospheric, deeply anchored in their death doom roots, Swallow The Sun took their time before delivering their first live album after 20 years of playing together. The Finnish band was able to book this concert in the last few days before the first lockdown, thus taking advantage of the fervour of an audience who had come to celebrate this anniversary in real life, before they were relegated to the world of live streaming.
This lucky audience was treated to a performance divided into two parts: the first acoustic, performed with a string quartet, and the second, electric, which was much heavier. The melancholy that permeates the first set is like the vocals, more composed and fragile, but it also delivers a small note of hope, as if a little light entered the hall during Pray for the Winds to Come. That piece brings Swallow the Sun closer to bands like Anathema or Katatonia.
Naturally, the second half of the concert summons much darker forces, whose power comes largely from the saturated guitars that back up the much more guttural voice that now takes centre stage. This set consists of songs chosen by fans via a campaign run on social media. The group deploys all its energy, lives up to its doom label and plunges the audience into a world of more assertively black metal sounds (the singing goes from a deep death vibe to more black metal screams) balanced out by airy melodies (a trademark that we find in almost all the tracks from Don't Fall Asleep to the magnificent closer, Here on the Black Earth). Organically alternating between fragility and massive sounds with perfect control, 20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty and Despair - Live In Helsinski owes its success in part to the presence of a loyal audience, a human factor that breathes life into events like these. Because a concert is above all, a moment of sharing. © Chief Brody/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:58:22
- Main artists: Swallow The Sun
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Century Media
- Genre: Metal
(P) 2021 Century Media Records Ltd.
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