...The Last Embrace

by Arcana

...The Last Embrace cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Cold Meat Industry
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 46:26
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Marcus Ohlsson, Peter Pettersson, Ida Bengtsson, Johan Hallgren

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Swedish darkwave duo, led by Peter Bj盲rg枚, constructs a profoundly mournful, cinematic soundscape heavily indebted to medieval and neoclassical aesthetics. '...The Last Embrace' utilizes grand symphonic synthesizers, martial percussion, and sweeping, wordless vocal chants to evoke an overwhelming sense of ancient sorrow. It stands as a pinnacle release within the influential Cold Meat Industry label's roster.

Genres

Descriptors: medieval, atmospheric, martial, orchestral, choral, piano, female-vocals

Tracklist

  1. ... The Last Embrace (5:44)
  2. Hymn of the Absolute Deceit (3:36)
  3. Diadema (4:52)
  4. Winds of the Lost Soul (4:36)
  5. Love Eternal (2:41)
  6. Repentance (4:14)
  7. March of Loss (5:18)
  8. The Ascending of a New Dawn (3:29)
  9. Sono la Salva (5:16)
  10. Lorica Vite (4:38)
  11. Eclipse of the Soul (Bonus Track) (1:55)

Credits

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