La masquerade infernale

by Arcturus

Type: Album
Released: 27 October 1997
Label: Music for Nations
Country: Norway
Length: 46:45
Community rating: 4.04/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Idun Felberg, Carl August Tidemann, Dorthe Dreier, Vegard Johnsen, Hans Josef Groh, Svein Haugen, Erik Olivier Lancelot, Simen Hestnæs

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'La masquerade infernale' is an incredibly theatrical, avant-garde departure from Arcturus's symphonic black metal origins. The album heavily integrates dark cabaret elements and clean operatic vocals into complex, dissonant progressive metal, creating a deeply surreal and chaotic occult atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, occult, progressive, dissonant, complex, atmospheric, experimental, theatrical, orchestral

Tracklist

Credits

Arcturus - primary artist
Hugh Stephen James Mingay - bass [limousine & low frequencies]
Hans Josef Groh - cello
Subtopia - cover [(www.subtopia.no)]
Svein Haugen - double bass
Jan Axel Von Blomberg - drums [hellhammers]
Marius Bodin Larsen - engineer [drum takes]
Pål Klaastad - engineer [string takes, in charge]
Knut Magne Valle - guitar [guitar treatments], producer
Audun Strype - mastered by
G. Wolf - mastered by, producer, vocals [statements], sampler [samples], loops, electronics [buffoonery]
Børge Finstad - mixed by
Per Heimly - photography by [photos]
Steinar Sverd Johnsen - synthesizer [synthetic devices of horror]
Marquis de Sade - text by [quote]
Dorthe Dreier - viola
Vegard Johnsen - violin
Simen Hestnæs - backing vocals, lead vocals, lyrics by [pennery]
Idun Felberg - cornet
Erik Olivier Lancelot - flute
Carl August Tidemann - guitar, soloist [additional guitarsolos]
Edgar Allan Poe - lyrics by [poem by]
Jørn H. Sværen - lyrics by [based on the poem by - jhs 1996.], translated by [translated to english]