The Linear Scaffold Explained

The Linear Scaffold
Type:	studio
Artist:	Solefald
Cover:	The Linear Scaffold cover.jpg
Released:	12 July 1997
Genre:	Symphonic black metal, avant-garde metal
Label:	Avantgarde
Producer:	Roald Råsberg
Prev Title:	Jernlov
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Neonism
Next Year:	1999

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

The cover art features Odd Nerdrum's 1986 painting Return of the Sun.^[1]

Track listing

• All Lyrics by Cornelius Jakhelln, except where noted. All Music by Solefald.

1. "Jernlov" – 3:48 (Jakhelln/Lazare Nedlund)
2. "Philosophical Revolt" – 5:45
3. "Red View" – 5:20 (Jakhelln/Nedlund)
4. "Floating Magenta" – 1:42 (Jakhelln/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

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." The album was featured on Terrorizer's "The Great Black Metal Albums Of All Time", with a number 30 showing. Reviewer James "Harry" Hinchliffe 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

• As noted in liner notes^[2]
  • Cornelius

Iron Law Screams, Linear Scaffold Strings, Bass

• • Lazare

Melovoice, Macrocosmic Keys, Tornado Beats

Production

• Arranged by Solefald
• Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Roald Råsberg
• Mastered by Solefald & Morten Lund

References

1. Web site: Fermariello. Ugo. 12 August 1997. Nerdrum-heavy. Norwegian. Dagbladet. 21 August 2016.
2. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1538874 Personnel as found at discogs