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Track Listings
| 1. Ferden Og Kallet |
| 2. Da Vi Bygde Tarnet |
| 3. Under Tarnet's Skygge |
| 4. En Sirkel Av Kosmick Kaos |
| 5. Vanderen's Sang |
| 6. Den Bortdrevne Regnbuen |
| 7. Trollmannen's Krypt |
| 8. Stjernefodt |
| 9. I Morket Drummende |
| 10. Fanget I Krystal |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well Mortiis described this as Dungeon Music and it really actually does! If I could choose I would give this a 3.5 star rating, as this album is good, but has many flaws.
This album will be liked with ambient/darkwave fans... This album is recorded completely using a keyboard, so it is good, in that respect.
But tracks can tend to get slightly boring... And some you see are filler tracks! Though there a few good songs, some even with the song name fitting in with the theme. These songs are very interesting and proggressive.
BUY this if you like Burzum latter works or you like ambient/darkwave. This is a GOOD album, though with flaws.
This album will be liked with ambient/darkwave fans... This album is recorded completely using a keyboard, so it is good, in that respect.
But tracks can tend to get slightly boring... And some you see are filler tracks! Though there a few good songs, some even with the song name fitting in with the theme. These songs are very interesting and proggressive.
BUY this if you like Burzum latter works or you like ambient/darkwave. This is a GOOD album, though with flaws.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
For this review I am going to refrain from mentioning Mortiis' appearance (which, in my opinion, is not significantly more ridiculous than the excesses of the likes of Marilyn Manson), and focus on the music itself, a masterpiece of atmospheric dark ambience.
This album is on the surface a total departure from the music of his former bandmates Emperor, who credit him as the instigator of their groundbreaking use of eerily beautiful keyboard melodies to darken their already black sound - gone are the guitars, blastbeats, and shrieked vocals; Satanic/blasphemic content has been replaced with fantastical, Tolkien inspired imagery, as the title suggests. However, despite the apparent gulf, both have a cold, majestic atmosphere that few other bands can match. Listening to this album brings up images of stumbling upon a huge, abandoned castle in some ancient forest; it is Gothic in the original sense, barbaric, feudal, medieval. The influence of sound track artists such as Basil Poledouris (Conan the Barbarian) can be heard, as well as classical and folk music (another parallel with Emperor).
The only instruments used are synths, and a few muffled spoken word samples here and there. The relatively poor sound quality can be excused by the low budget (I can only dream of what this would sound like with an entire orchestra), and does not detract from the music when you listen to the album in one sitting. When you consider that, before he started his solo project, Mortiis had no experience with either keyboards or programming, it makes his music even more remarkable.
In short, this a minimalistic work which takes time and patience to fully appreciate - I expect many fans of his more accessible "Smell of Rain" will be puzzled by this album, expecting catchy, NIN-esque pop songs and getting slow, plodding ambience instead. Even so, with perserverence its charm will shine through to anyone, not just fans of Goth and darkwave, but people who appreciate any kind of metal, classical, ambient, industrial, or folk/medieval music - and given the popularity of Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, I expect "Smell of Rain" will not be the last we will hear of Mortiis.
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4.7 out of 5 stars
7 reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
pure epic-goth fun
4 Sep 2004
By king wolf
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This isn't deep; this is just plain old video-game-soundtrack style fun. It's like New-Age "wallpaper" music for evil sorcerers. Mortiis may be a ridiculous attention-grabbing clown who sold out and made dance music later in his career, but that doesn't detract one whit from the noises that come out of your cd player when you put this thing in it. And those noises are some that you can listen to all day. Mortiis was a big fan of the legendary Conan the Barbarian movie soundtrack, as is anybody with any sense who enjoys this kind of music, but unlike the rest of the Basil-wannabes, he actually had the talent to pull this kind of thing off. It's not Conan, but it's really good, and whether you're a gothic vampire nerd or a dungeon-crawling dragon-slaying wizard nerd, you'll love this, since it's about halfway between the two.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best CD Ever (Mwahaha!)
14 Mar 2003
By Lisa Karp
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
If the computer let me give more than 5 stars, I would give the CD 20 stars. One word to describe it- beautiful. I am a fan of both medieval folk music, new age, and black metal, and Mortiis morphs the these genres wondrously. The songs are very ambient and atmospheric; simply listening can take one into a Tolkein book. And I've dreamed of being there in Middle Earth and if I close my eyes and listen, it's the next best thing. I recommend En Sirkel Av Kosmisk Kaos [A Circle of Cosmic Chaos]. If you like this, I also recommend the bands Tristania, Theatre of Tragedy, and Opera IX. If you don't like it, well, I think there is something wrong with you.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Stunning Album
4 Jan 2000
By Wagner J.N. Moura
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Crypt of... is a compilation of out of print 12"singles and brings Mortiis at his best. this time more varied stuff than the usual Dark ambient monotonous material of his earlier works.There is more emphasis on drum patterns.The music is Stunning if you`re not familiar with his work . I suggestt you get this one first ,then i`m sure you`ll be seduced by the atmospheres conjured by this Dark Lord. HAIL MORTIIS
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