The Beyond (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Beyond
Type = studio
Artist = Cult of Luna


Released = February 10, 2003
Recorded = 2002, Tonteknik Recording, Umea, Sweden
Genre = Atmospheric sludge metal
Post-metal
Length = 74:47
Label = Earache Records
(MOSH 263CD)
Producer = Cult of Luna; Magnus Lindberg
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfyxqrald0e link]
Last album = "Cult of Luna" (2000)
This album = "The Beyond" (2003)
Next album = "Salvation" (2004)

"The Beyond" is the second studio album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released in 2003. The subject matter is dissent with authorities, similar in some ways to contemporaries Isis' "Panopticon". This album sees the rawness of the self-titled debut channeled into a cleaner sounding and more crisply produced sound. The tempo is slowed and the feeling is of a more expansive, reflective album, which almost bridges the gap between "Cult of Luna" and "Salvation", leaning more towards the former (elements of which can be heard in "Arrival", "Leash" and "Deliverance", whilst "Circle" has the most similarity to the latter).

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.
# "Inside Fort Meade" – 0:44
# "Receiver" – 8:08
# "Genesis" – 11:36
# "The Watchtower" – 6:20
# "Circle" – 8:10
# "Arrival" – 9:32
# "Leash" – 7:48
# "Clones" – 2:20
# "Deliverance" – 8:47
# "Further" – 11:22

Personnel

Band members

* Marco Hildèn – drums and percussion
* Andreas Johansson – bass
* Magnus Lindberg – percussion, guitar, recording, mixing and production
* Erik Olofsson – guitar
* Johannes Persson – guitar and vocals
* Klas Rydberg – vocals

Additional personnel

* Per Gustafson – artwork and graphic design
* Johanna Hedlund – cello
* Thomas Hedlund – additional percussion
* Pelle Henricsson – production, mastering and mixing
* Ola Klüft – additional vocals
* Anders Pettersson - pedal steel guitar
* Jonas Rosen – additional vocals