Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)

Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
A black and white photograph of a person with their back against a wall who is holding what appears to be gun to their mouth using their left hand. The photograph is in deep shadow and it is difficult to tell if the person is standing or sitting or a man or woman. There appears to be a bra strap on the left shoulder suggesting it is a woman.
Studio album by
Shining
Released16 April 2007
GenreDepressive black metal
Length42:35
LabelOsmose Productions
Shining chronology
The Eerie Cold
(2005) 		Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
(2007) 		Klagopsalmer
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic4/5[1]

Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas) (Swedish for "Halmstad (Niklas Regarding Niklas)") is the fifth album by Swedish black metal band Shining. It was released by Osmose Productions on 16 April 2007. A black LP edition was released and limited to 500 copies.

Track 1 starts with the beginning verses of "Antigonish", an 1889 poem by William Hughes Mearns:

As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there.
He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish, he'd go away.

— William Hughes Mearns, Antigonish

Track 5 is an arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". Several lines by Christina Ricci from the movie Prozac Nation were sampled in this album.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ytterligare ett steg närmare total jävla utfrysning" (Yet Another Step Towards Complete Fucking Isolation)6:22
2."Längtar bort från mitt hjärta" (Longing Away from My Heart)8:29
3."Låt oss ta allt från varandra" (Let Us Take Everything from Each Other)6:05
4."Besvikelsens dystra monotoni" (The Gloomy Monotony of Disappointment)10:05
5."Åttiosextusenfyrahundra" (Eightysix-thousand-fourhundred)2:43
6."Neka morgondagen" (Deny Tomorrow)8:49
Total length:42:35

Personnel

  • Niklas Kvarforth – vocals
  • Fredric Gråby – guitar
  • Peter Huss – guitar
  • Johan Hallander – bass
  • Ludwig Witt – drums
  • Marcus Pålsson – grand piano on "Åttiosextusenfyrahundra"
  • Ynas Lindskog – lyrics on "Låt oss ta allt från varandra"

References

  1. ^ Hanson, John (4 December 2007). "Review: Shining (SWE) – V – Halmstad". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2013.