ANEKDOTEN

(SWEDEN)

VEMOD

(1993)
LABEL:

VIRTA

GENRE:

PROGRESSIVE ROCK

TAGS:
Dissonant, Experimental, Opera-Rock
"Anekdoten clearly follows in King Crimson's footsteps, but without having the genius to do so."
BATRIC (29.08.2003)  
4/5
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Anekdoten is in a niche that will not make your ears bleed by an avalanche of riffs and technical demonstrations to make you want to store the electric guitar in the attic. Anekdoten clearly follows in King Crimson's footsteps, but without having the genius to do so.

Vemod is still an interesting album. The ensemble is coherent, well executed and the black atmosphere is accentuated by the singer's voice timbre and the parsimonious but well found use of classical instruments and dissonances. To get an idea, the best way is to go directly to the "The Flow" track, which alone illustrates all of Vemod's compositions. 

So, even if I wouldn't go so far as to say that this band is taking over from Robert Fripp, I still think you can find some space to accommodate this album between "The Court Of The Crimson King" and "Red". Your discotheque will not be affected and you will have a good time....
- Official website

TRACK LISTING:
01. Karelia
02. The Old Man And The Sea
03. Where Solitude Remains
04. Thoughts In Absence
05. The Flow
06. Longing
07. Wheel
08. Sad Rain

LINEUP:
Anna Sofi Dahlberg: Chant
Jan Erik Liljeström: Basse
Niklas Berg: Guitares
Peter Nordins: Batterie
   
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