The Linear Scaffold

The Linear Scaffold
Studio album by Solefald
Released 1997
Genre Symphonic black metal, avant-garde metal, progressive metal
Label Avantgarde
Producer Roald Råsberg
Solefald chronology

Jernlov
(1995)		 The Linear Scaffold
(1997)		 Neonism
(1999)

The Linear Scaffold is the debut studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records.

Track listing

  1. "Jernlov" – 3:48 (Lazare Nedlund)
  2. "Philosophical Revolt" – 5:45
  3. "Red View" – 5:20 (Nedlund)
  4. "Floating Magenta" – 1:42 (Nedlund)
  5. "The Macho Vehicle" – 5:00
  6. "Countryside Bohemians" – 5:33
  7. "Tequila Sunrise" – 4:17
  8. "When the Moon Is on the Wave" – 7:24 (lyrics from a poem written by Lord Byron)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 9/10[2]

AllMusic chose the album as an "album pick" in their retrospective review, commenting that the album "showed right off the bat that they were a band with their own sound and vision."[1] The album was featured on Terrorizer's "The Great Black Metal Albums Of All Time", with a number 30 showing. Reviewer James "Harry" Hinchcliffe called it "a bold and wonderfully pretentious re-interpretation of BM, inspired as much by Sartre as Satan and careening dizzyingly between devastatingly concise black metal and poppy, blissed-out choruses."

Personnel


Production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 York, William. "The Linear Scaffold - Solefald : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Azevedo, Pedro (3 October 1998). "CoC : Solefald - The Linear Scaffold : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Personnel as found at discogs