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Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
Shining - Halmstad.jpg
Studio album by
Shining
Released16 April 2007
GenreDepressive suicidal black metal, progressive metal
Length42:35
LabelOsmose Productions
Shining chronology
The Eerie Cold
(2005) 		Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas)
(2007) 		Klagopsalmer
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic4/5[1]

Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas) is the fifth album by Shining. It was released by Osmose Productions on 16 April 2007. A black LP edition was released and limited to 500 copies.

Several lines by Christina Ricci from the movie Prozac Nation were sampled in this album. Track 5 is an arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata".

Track 1 starts with the beginning verses of "Antigonish", an 1889 poem by William Hughes Mearns:

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Ytterligare ett steg närmare total jävla utfrysning (Yet Another Step Towards Complete Fucking Isolation)"6:22
2."Längtar bort från mitt hjärta (Longing Away from My Heart)"8:29
3."Låt oss ta allt från varandra (Let Us Take Everything from Each Other)"6:05
4."Besvikelsens dystra monotoni (The Gloomy Monotony of Disappointment)"10:05
5."Åttiosextusenfyrahundra (Eightysix-thousand-fourhundred)"2:43
6."Neka morgondagen (Deny Tomorrow)"8:49

Personnel[edit]

  • Niklas Kvarforth – vocals
  • Fredric Gråby – guitar
  • Peter Huss – guitar
  • Johan Hallander – bass
  • Ludwig Witt – drums
  • Marcus Pålsson – grand piano on "Åttiosextusenfyrahundra"
  • Ynas Lindskog – lyrics on "Låt oss ta allt från varandra"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hanson, John (4 December 2007). "Review: Shining (SWE) - V - Halmstad". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 15 September 2013.