The Linear Scaffold

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Released 1997 The Linear Scaffold(1997) Neonism(1999) Release date 1997		Producer Roald Råsberg Artist Solefald Label Avantgarde Music

Jernlov(1995) The Linear Scaffold(1997) Genres Black metal, Avant-garde metal, Progressive metal, Symphonic black metal Similar Solefald albums, Black metal albums

Solefald the linear scaffold full album

The Linear Scaffold is the debut studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records.

The cover art features Odd Nerdrum's 1986 painting Return of the Sun.

Solefald jernlov

Track listing

All Lyrics by Cornelius Jakhelln, except where noted. All Music by Solefald.

"Jernlov" – 3:48 (Lazare Nedlund)
"Philosophical Revolt" – 5:45
"Red View" – 5:20 (Nedlund)
"Floating Magenta" – 1:42 (Nedlund)
"The Macho Vehicle" – 5:00
"Countryside Bohemians" – 5:33
"Tequila Sunrise" – 4:17
"When the Moon Is on the Wave" – 7:24 (lyrics from a poem written by Lord Byron)

Critical reception

AllMusic chose the album as an "album pick" in their retrospective review, commenting that the album "showed right off the bat that they were a band with their own sound and vision." The album was featured on Terrorizer's "The Great Black Metal Albums Of All Time", with a number 30 showing. Reviewer James "Harry" Hinchliffe called it "a bold and wonderfully pretentious re-interpretation of BM, inspired as much by Sartre as Satan and careening dizzyingly between devastatingly concise black metal and poppy, blissed-out choruses."

Personnel

As noted in liner notes

Cornelius: Iron Law Screams, Linear Scaffold Strings, Bass

Lazare: Melovoice, Macrocosmic Keys, Tornado Beats

Production

Arranged by Solefald

Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Roald Råsberg

Mastered by Solefald & Morten Lund

Songs

1Jernlov3:52
2Philosophical Revolt5:49
3Red View5:24

References

The Linear Scaffold Wikipedia

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