Cult of Luna is a swedish metal band, largely influenced by Coalesce and Radiohead. The band now is one of the most important musical groups from the post metal scene, along with Neurosis themselves and ISIS. They've reached major fame with the release of "Salvation", their third album which is regarded as their magnum opus.
The line-up has suffered a lot of changes since the band's foundation in '98. The original line-up consisted of Klas Rydberg (vocalist), Johannes Person (guitarist and vocalist), Erik Olofsson (guitarist) and Magnus Lindberg (drummer). Shortly after the formation of the band, two other members would be hired for percussion and bass, and Magnus would stick to the guitar. At the moment, only Magnus and Johannes remained from the original line-up, with the addition of Thomas Hedlund as drummer, Andreas Johansson as bassist, Fredrik Kihlberg as guitarist and Kristian Karlsson as keyboardist.
The band's early works lean toward doom metal, but soon they would incorporate elements of progressive and sludge metal, mixing them together in long songs with often repetitive, agressive and non-conventional song structures, along with heavy orchestration and opposition of light and heavy sections. This sound is very noticeable in the aforementioned "Salvation" album, an undisputable gem for post metal. The band would later incorporate electronic elements as well, most evident on "Vertikal".
Their first two releases are fit for doom metal fans, while the latter stuff has more appeal to industrial metal fans. Salvation, Eternal Kingdom and Somewhere Along the Highway are better for prog metal fans, but anyways i recommend starting with Salvation and then Vertikal. The first album shows perfectly the band at its early stage, with their typical post metal approach, while Vertikal shows the experimentation they've done on the later years.
2001 - Cult of Luna
Earache Records
1 - The Revelation Embodied
2 - Hollow
3 - Dark Side of the Sun
4 - Sleep
5 - To Be Remembered
6 - Beyond Fate
7 - 101
8 - The Sacrifice
2003 - The Beyond
Earache Records
1 - Inside Fort Meade
2 - Receiver
3 - Genesis
4 - The Watchtower
5 - Circle
6 - Arrival
7 - Leash
8 - Clones
9 - Deliverance
10 - Further
2004 - Salvation
Earache Records
1 - Echoes
2 - Vague Illusions
3 - Leave Me Here
4 - Waiting For You
5 - Adrift
6 - White Cell
7 - Crossing Over
8 - Into the Beyond
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Earache Records
1 - Echoes
2 - Vague Illusions
3 - Leave Me Here
4 - Waiting For You
5 - Adrift
6 - White Cell
7 - Crossing Over
8 - Into the Beyond
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2006 - Somewhere Along the Highway
Earache Records
1 - Marching to the Heartbeats
2 - Finland
3 - Back to Chapel Town
4 - And With Her Came the Birds
5 - Thirtyfour
6 - Dim
7 - Dark City, Dead Man
2008 - Eternal Kingdom
Earache Records
1 - Owlwood
2 - Eternal Kingdom
3 - Ghost Trail
4 - The Lure (Interlude)
5 - Mire Deep
6 - The Great Migration
7 - Österbotten
8 - Curse
9 - Ugin
10 - Following Betulas
2013 - Vertikal
Indie Recordings
1 - The One
2 - I: The Weapon
3 - Vicarious Redemption
4 - The Sweep
5 - Synchronicity
6 - Mute Departure
7 - Disharmonia
8 - In Awe of
9 - Passing Through
Bonus Tracks:
10 - The Flow Reversed
2016 - Mariner
Indie Recordings
1 - A Greater Call
2 - Chevron
3 - The Wreck of S.S. Needle
4 - Approaching Transition
5 - Cygnus
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