Arcturus | Aspera Hiems Symfonia | CD
Arcturus | Aspera Hiems Symfonia | CD
Arcturus is an avantgarde and progressive metal band from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1990. Sverd (Steinar Johnsen) and Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg) formed the band as an offshoot of Mortem. The band announced it was breaking up in April 2007, and its return was announced in September 2011, after which it has remained active. The current line-up is Sverd, Hellhammer, Knut Magne Valle, Skoll (Hugh Mingay) and ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnæs).
Aspera Hiems Symfonia is a one disc album by Arcturus, released as a remastered reissue by Prophecy Productions in 2022. It was recorded in 1995 and remastered in summer 2020. Credits include Garm on vocals, Hellhammer on drums, Carl August Tidemann on guitar, Steinar Sverd Johnsen on keyboards and Skoll on bass, with Arcturus credited as producer.
Track List
- To Thou Who Dwellest in the Night
- Wintry Grey
- Whence & Whither Goest the Wind
- Raudt Og Svart
- The Bodkin & the Quietus (...to Reach the Stars)
- Du Nordavind
- Fall of Man
- Naar Kulda Tar