Beyond the Apocalypse

Beyond the Apocalypse is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band 1349. It was released in 2004 through Candlelight Records.

Track listing

• All songs published by Tanglade Music/Abstract Sounds.

1. "Chasing Dragons" – 6:31 (Ravn, Archaon)
2. "Beyond the Apocalypse" – 4:01 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve)
3. "Aiwass-Aeon" – 3:32 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
4. "Nekronatalenheten" – 4:30 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
5. "Perished in Pain" – 3:57 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
6. "Singer of Strange Songs" – 7:30 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
7. "Blood Is the Mortar" – 3:52 (Archaon, Destroyer, Tjalve, Frost)
8. "Internal Winter" – 7:41 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
9. "The Blade" – 5:58 (Ravn, Tjalve, Seidemann)

Personnel

• Ravn – vocals, drums ("The Blade")
• Archaon – guitar
• Tjalve – guitar
• Seidemann – bass, harmonium
• Frost – drums

• Ronni Le Tekrø – executive production
• 1349 – arrangement, production
• Ravn – production
• Kjartan Hesthagen – recording, engineering
• Dr. Davidsen – recording, engineering
• Tom Kvallsvoll – mastering

Critical reception

AllMusic's Alex Henderson called the album a "nasty, harsh, brutally skullcrushing blast of Scandinavian death metal/black metal that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety".

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