After | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Ihsahn |
Cover: | Ihsahn After.jpg |
Released: | 26 January 2010 |
Recorded: | 2009 |
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Genre: | |
Length: | 53:20 |
Label: | |
Producer: | Ihsahn |
Prev Title: | angL |
Prev Year: | 2008 |
Next Title: | Eremita |
Next Year: | 2012 |
After is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal musician Ihsahn. This album is the final album in a planned trilogy of albums by Ihsahn.[2]
Ihsahn stated that After, as the final album in the trilogy, departed from the preceding albums in order to bring the concept to a close:
He further explained that the album was more abstract and possessed links to imagery expressed during his tenure with Emperor:
Through the YouTube channel of Mnemosyne Productions, there were three videos released that dealt with the recording of the album. The first video, released on 9 September 2009, focused on Ihsahn recording guitars.[3] The second video, released on 25 November 2009, focused on the recording of the saxophone, drumming, vocals, and videotape.[4] The third and final video was released on 11 January 2010, this time focusing more on the mixing stage of the album.[5]
After is the first album written by Ihsahn in which he utilizes eight-string guitars.[2] The use of a saxophone is also featured, which Ihsahn viewed as standing in lieu of his previous albums' guest vocalists (Garm and Mikael Åkerfeldt):
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[6]
Additional musicians
Additional personnel