Somewhere Along the Highway
by Cult of Luna
- Type: Album
- Released: April 24, 2006
- Label: Earache
- Country: Sweden
- Length: 1:04:41
- Community rating: 4.34/5 from 20 ratings
Artists on this release: Johannes Persson, Klas Rydberg, Magnus Lindberg, Andreas Johansson, Fredrik Kihlberg, Erik Olofsson, Thomas Hedlund, Anders Teglund
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Somewhere Along the Highway', the band pivots to a starker and more organic sound, a direct result of recording the album's initial tracks live in a remote wooden barn. This unpolished production style enhances the album's thematic focus on male loneliness, with its carefully constructed post-metal soundscapes building vast, desolate atmospheres instead of relying solely on aggression. The award-winning record was critically praised for its purposeful and original compositions, marking a significant evolution in the band's dynamics and solidifying its place in the genre.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, crescendo, monolithic, sprawling, sludge
Tracklist
- Marching To The Heartbeats (03:13)
- Finland (10:46)
- Back To Chapel Town (07:09)
- And With Her Came The Birds (05:58)
- Thirtyfour (10:00)
- Dim (11:46)
- Dark City Dead Man (15:49)
Credits
- Thomas Hedlund - drums and percussion
- Andreas Johansson - bass
- Magnus Lindberg - percussions, mixage et production, drums, recording and mixing
- Erik Olofsson - guitar, artwork [graphic design], photography by
- Fredrik Kihlberg - guitar and vocals
- Johannes Persson - guitar and vocals
- Klas Rydberg - vocals
- Anders Teglund - keyboard, electronics
- Cult of Luna - arranged by, written-by [music], producer
- Martin Gustafson - backing vocals on "marching to the heartbeats"
- Pelle Henricsson - mastering
- David Sundqvist - intro loop on "dim" and programmed drums on "dark city, dead man"