{"title":"Arcturus @sw@if@band-music-153@","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"arcturus-constellation-my-angel-cd-digipak","title":"Arcturus - Constellation \/ My Angel - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving grown out of the Norwegian Death Metal band MORTEM, ARCTURUS emerged under the irresistible influence of Oslo's creatively bursting and fast rising underground black metal scene officially with the two-track 7\" \"My Angel\" (1991). With then-guitarist and formidable keyboard player Sverd and MAYHEM drum-beast Hellhammer at its core, vocals were first contributed by Marius Vold, who also sang on the legendary THORNS demo \"The Thule Tape\". While still very much influenced by death metal, the addition of doom-laden slowness and eerie keyboards already pointed into a far blacker cosmos. On the four tracks of the original 1994 \"Constellation\" EP, ULVER's Garm had taken over the vocal duties and Samoth from EMPEROR had joined the band on guitar. Yet, ARCTURUS already went off the (in reality quite wide-ranged) black metal norms mainly due to Sverd's keyboard arrangements that were pre-shadowing the trademark theatrical or circus-like style the Norwegians adopted on their following albums.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53385431744855,"sku":"P-118224-","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Constellation-My-Angel-CD-DIGIPAK-118224-1-1642575068.jpg?v=1778104051"},{"product_id":"arcturus-arcturian-cd-digipak","title":"Arcturus - Arcturian - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"ARCTURUS is back, and it's a treat! 'Arcturian' offers over 45 minutes of cosmic metal that only the Norwegians can deliver. ICS Vortex's vocal performances are more astonishing than ever, the synthetic arrangements are stunning, and HellHammer's drumming is breathtaking. You'll even find pure black metal passages sprinkled throughout. After a decade of anticipation, this timeless album adds to an already perfect discography. ARCTURUS shines brightly in 2015, and we hope the next release won't take as long to arrive. A MUST LISTEN for fans of BORKNAGAR, EMPEROR, ULVER, VULTURE INDUSTRIES, SOLEFALD, and VED BUENS ENDE.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53413953732951,"sku":"P-41837-","price":14.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Arcturian-CD-DIGIPAK-41837-1-1425043406.jpg?v=1777997980"},{"product_id":"arcturus-aspera-hiems-symfonia-cd-digipak","title":"Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing their early EPs \"My Angel\" (1991) and \"Constellation\" (1994), ARCTURUS finally released their debut album \"Aspera Hiems Symfonia\" in 1996. The Norwegians derived their name from the brightest star of the Northern hemisphere and were obviously influenced by the massively expanding black metal scene of their homeland. Already featuring such well-known protagonists as ULVER's Garm and MAYHEM's Hellhammer, the line-up on \"Aspera Hiems Symfonia\" saw Samoth replaced by excellent guitarist Carl August Tidemann and outstanding ULVER bass player Hugh \"Skoll\" Mingay also joining the band. Despite their audible black roots, ARCTURUS clearly begged to differ by daring to experiment and adding an avant-garde twist with strange sonorous vocals complementing those piercing shrieks, Sverd's cinematic keyboards, the technical guitar solos, and more elements that to this day mark the band from Oslo as progressive innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53422108180823,"sku":"P-118225-","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Aspera-Hiems-Symfonia-CD-DIGIPAK-118225-1-1642575495.jpg?v=1778104058"},{"product_id":"arcturus-disguised-masters-cd-digipak","title":"Arcturus - Disguised Masters - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith \"Disguised Masters\" released in 1999, ARCTURUS delivered a striking and for some even provocative afterthought to their previous works. The WHEN intro 'White Tie Black Noise' was followed by the new track 'Deception Genesis' and a re-recording of the classic 'Du Nordavind' before the Norwegians launched into an adventurous re-visiting of six \"La Masquerade Infernale\" tracks that got unapologetically treated with EBM, trip-hop, rap, ambient, and other musical means. Drawing up fresh angles onto their music, the re-imagined songs revealed the wide open mind of ARCTURUS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53422108770647,"sku":"P-118227-","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Disguised-Masters-CD-DIGIPAK-118227-1-1642575612.jpg?v=1778104073"},{"product_id":"arcturus-the-sham-mirrors-cd-digipak","title":"Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is never easy to follow up with another album, especially considering the impact made by the complex wild flight of musical fantasy of \"La Masquerade Infernale\". ARCTURUS elegantly solved this conundrum by releasing the comparatively more straightforward third full-length, \"The Sham Mirrors\" in 2002. This does not mean that the Norwegians had lost their appetite for experiments. The vocals by Garm (ULVER) are more soaring and wide-ranging than ever on this release, while main man Steinar \"Sverd\" Johnsen keeps adding classic prog rock excursions to his repertoire. Yet, the guitars are more often set to a more conventional metal mode on \"The Sham Mirrors\". Still complex, still avant-garde, ARCTURUS clearly consolidated their compositions on \"The Sham Mirrors\" and while still using many sonic elements, those rather serve each individual song than try to stick out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53422109098327,"sku":"P-118228-","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-The-Sham-Mirrors-CD-DIGIPAK-118228-1-1642576263.jpg?v=1778104080"},{"product_id":"arcturus-disguised-masters-lp","title":"Arcturus - Disguised Masters - LP","description":"","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458431476055,"sku":"P-170051-","price":31.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Disguised-Masters-LP-170051-1-1753175807_0bced66d-b1d3-4f8f-96af-9044b7278b59.jpg?v=1778288085"},{"product_id":"arcturus-arcturian-lp-gatefold-coloured","title":"Arcturus - Arcturian - LP Gatefold Coloured","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnparalleled in creativity, musicianship and artistic approach since their foundation days, mastermind Steinar \"Sverd\" Johnsen and his cosmic crew consisting of past and present members of bands like Ulver, Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar and Ved Buens Ende have been dancing their very own tightrope between genius and madness ever since. With each of their releases being an interstellar journey of its own, and always ahead of their time, Arcturus can justifiably be labelled as the epitome of avant-garde metal.\u003cbr\u003e\"Arcturian\" is Arcturus' first studio album in ten years, and the announcement of its release may take many a fan by surprise. But the first spin of the album will turn doubts into sheer bliss. As the title indicates, Arcturus return with their quintessential work. Veined by the band's generic boundless creativity, \"Arcturian\" is a setting-to-music of both the sublime and beauty of outer space, uniting grandeur and filigree in their inimitable way, yet always being daring and unpredictable, just as the magnificent artwork designed by Costin Chioreanu in close collaboration with the band. With what is doubtlessly their strongest album of the millennium, Arcturus prove once and for all that for them nothing but the sky is the limit!\u003cbr\u003eKnut Magne Valle says on the album: \"'Arcturian' contains elements from entire Arcturus' history and as a result it is both harder and softer than ever before. We went back to real drums, real strings and 'first take' improvised guitar solos to give it an authenticity and life that not many records tend to have these days. We worked hard to mix the old Arcturus sound into the newer material and the result was: We obtained a more homogeneous, mystic Arcturus sound picture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A :\u003cbr\u003eThe Arcturian Sign \/ Crashland \/ Angst \/ Warp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide B :\u003cbr\u003eGame Over \/ Demon \/ Pale \/ The Journey \/ Archer \/ Bane\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459478643031,"sku":"P-171492-","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Arcturus-Arcturian-LP-Gatefold-Coloured-171492-1-1760693634.jpg?v=1778309088"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/collections\/band-music-arcturus.oembed","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}