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Cult of Luna is an atmospheric sludge/post metal band formed in 1998 in Umeå, Sweden by guitarist/vocalist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas
Rydberg. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik
Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
When practice started to pay off, CoL recorded a two-track demo in January 1999. After some more rehearsals, the band felt that tofully live out their
dream of sound experimentation, an ...read more
Cult of Luna is an atmospheric sludge/post metal band formed in 1998 in Umeå, Sweden by guitarist/vocalist Johannes Persson and vocalist Klas
Rydberg. After some member hunting and rehearsals CoL had its first line-up consisting of: Klas Rydberg, Johannes Persson, Magnus Lindberg, Erik
Olofsson and Fredrik Renstrom. After a short period of time, Fredrik had to leave due to some personal difficulties.
When practice started to pay off, CoL recorded a two-track demo in January 1999. After some more rehearsals, the band felt that tofully live out their
dream of sound experimentation, an additional member was needed to handle the electronics. Since Magnus had both knowledge and equipment, he
was an obvious choice. Given that Magnus had handled the drums earlier they needed a new drummer, who they found in the mutual friend Marco
Hilden. Anew bass player was also found, named Axel Stattin. Another mutual friend helped CoL release their first record. Tim Bertilsson, head of
Trust No One Recordings released a 7" split vinyl with his own band Switchblade.
Watching a concert at the Trastock Festival, year 2000, UK label Rage of Achilles got in contact with CoL. Pretty soon after that it was agreed that RoA
was to release CoL's debut full-length album. The release date was September 14th 2001. In these days Hydra HeadRecords had also shown interest
inCoL, and this co-operation resulted in a two-track 7" colored vinyl on HHR, released March 24th 2002. These two songs were recorded at the same
time as the self titled full-length on RoA. Immediately after the release of the first album, news of the band's mammoth sound worked its way into cult
circles and the band received rave reviews. Discerning listeners instantly appreciated the bands unique approach, trading light and dark to create
music that hit the heart and the head in equal measures.
After the success of the first album, Earache Records contacted CoL and wanted to sign a record deal. After some negotiations CoL finally signed the
contract. Immediately after that CoL entered Tonteknik Recording studios, in July 2002, to record their second album, The Beyond. After the
recording session Andreas Johansson joined in on bass, due to the departure of Axel Stattin.The Beyond was released February 10th 2003, to
critical acclaim. CoL proved that they were now ready to bring their soundscapes to a much wider audience. After the release of The Beyond, CoL
toured Sweden with The Haunted and the UK withIsis. After this the line up changed, drummer Marco Hilden was replaced by Thomas Hedlund and an
additional keyboard player, Anders Teglund, was added as a permanent fixture. Magnus took care of the percussion and additional guitar parts.
At this point touring became a lot more frequent. Late summer 2003 CoL ventured into Europe with US hardcore sensations Poison the Well, to
amazing press reactions. In December the same year CoL returned to the UK for a tour with art noise merchants TheDillinger Escape Plan. The early
part of 2004was mostly dedicated to writing songs for their follow up to The Beyond. They found the time to play a few long awaited shows in
Sweden andFinland, before entering Tonteknik Recording studios once again inApril 2004.
The recording of Salvation was done in three different sessions, thus enabling the band to take some rest and think about possible changes that
needed to be done. Finally, in late July 2004 the album was complete. Salvation was released October 4th2004 in Europe and Oct 19th in the
US. This album marked a new era in the history of CoL, both visually and sonically. At the same time as Salvation was hitting the stores, CoL
embarked on a Europe/UK headline tour, which also included Scandinavian dates.This tour introduced a new member, Fredrik Kihlberg, who joined in
on percussion and clean vocals.
2005 was perhaps the most interesting year so far in the history of CoL. It started with a six week European tour, partly with American hardcore act
Bleeding Through and partly by their own. This tour also saw a change in the live line-up. As Thomas couldn't participate due to being busy playing
with other bands, Magnus took over the live drumming. When the band came home they had the time to rest for about a month before departing to
the US for the first tour over there. CoL supported the mighty Mastodon on the first leg of the tour, and headlined eight shows (supported by Breather
Resist) on the latter part. The reception of the American audience was stunningly good for a first ever tour in the US. After the US-tour CoL did some
Scandinavian andEuropean festival shows before starting to work on their 4th full-length album, Somewhere Along the Highway.
In November 2005 CoL began the recording of Somewhere Along The Highway. The first session was located to an old octagon barn ten minutes
west of Umea. The vibe out there was perfect and seven days were spent there recording basic tracks. After some more sessions in the studio
environment, Magnus mixed the last song in January 2006. Somewhere Along The Highway was released April 24th 2006 on Earache Records,
followed by a European/UK headline tour. « hide |
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