--- release: artist....: Penitent album.....: Melancholia Redux type......: album source....: WEB/MP3 tracks....: 8 label.....: The Circle Music store date: 2025-05-30 catalogue#: encoder...: LAME3.99r quality...: 320 kbps / 44100Hz / Joint stereo URL.......: https://open.qobuz.com/album/d6yq5bvl2jshc genre.....: Ambient genres....: - industrial - dark ambient - ambient - neoclassical - Norway similar...: - Chaostar - The Protagonist - YWOLF - Elijah's Mantle - Aphrael artist links : bandcamp : https://penitentofficial.bandcamp.com/ discogs : https://www.discogs.com/artist/78100 myspace : https://myspace.com/penitentno official homepage: http://www.karstenhamre.com/penitent rateyourmusic : https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/penitent facebook : https://www.facebook.com/penitentofficial last.fm : https://www.last.fm/music/Penitent release links: bandcamp : https://penitentthecirclemusicfamily.bandcamp.com/album/melancholia-redux tracklist.: - [ 01. Prologue 03:17.31 ] - [ 02. Beyond the Whispering Echoes 03:53.42 ] - [ 03. Touched by Silence 05:19.23 ] - [ 04. Melancholy by the Moonlit Lake 06:27.96 ] - [ 05. The Path of Shadows 04:23.83 ] - [ 06. Whispers from the Norse Woods 03:22.65 ] - [ 07. A Journey Through Pain and Redemption 05:47.49 ] - [ 08. Beyond the Veil of Possessive Thoughts 05:45.11 ] comment...: | The legendary debut album ΓÇ£MelancholiaΓÇ¥ by the Norwegian darkwave pioneers Penitent, and originally released by Cold Meat Industry in 1996 is reissued on CD and vinyl after nearly 30 years. Released on 30 May 2025, ΓÇ£Melancholia ReduxΓÇ¥ features re-recorded music, and rewritten English lyrics. This release is just the beginning of PenitentΓÇÖs collaboration with The Circle Music. Plans are underway for further ΓÇ£ReduxΓÇ¥ versions of their extensive back catalogue, including ΓÇ£The Beauty of PainΓÇ¥, ΓÇ£As Life Fades AwayΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£Roses by Chaos SpawnedΓÇ¥ as well as new, never-before-released material. Here are the formats you can expect (and already pre-order) for ΓÇ£Melancholia ReduxΓÇ¥: Digi CD with 12-page booklet (500 copies) Clear & black splatter LP with printed inner sleeve: (250 copies) Red & turquoise splatter LP with printed inner sleeve: (150 copies) Luxurious LP/CD Box with magnet embossed in gold: (100 copies) Added to this you can also expect exclusive t-shirts and zip hoodies. ΓÇ£We are incredibly excited to finally offer ΓÇÿMelancholia ReduxΓÇÖ for pre-order,ΓÇ¥ says Karsten Hamre. ΓÇ£This album represents a profound reinterpretation of our debut, and we believe fans will appreciate the depth and intensity of the new recordings and lyrics. The variety of formats available ensures thereΓÇÖs something special for everyone.ΓÇ¥ biography.: | Penitent started in 1994, when Karsten Hamre was obsessed by the idea of combining his poetry with the music, in order to create more powerful atmosphere than one could get by only reading his poems. These poems reflected his thoughts and visions, which came from deep within the soul and mind. They dealt with themes and topics such as life and death, pain and torture, sorrow and depression. Acclaimed as "mad poetry", all of them indeed had deep sense. After several albums released with labels as Cold Meat Industry, Dark Vinyl, Prophecy and Draenor/Napalm, Karsten decided to change his music direction, building up the album "Songs of Despair", released in 2002 by Beyond Productions. In 2003 Karsten took the decision to come back to his very first sonorities. His album "Deserted Dreams" (recorded in October 2003) is just the first result of his journey back to his roots. Line-up: Karsten Hamre - keyboards, vocals (1994-) Bernt Sunde - vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming etc (The Cognoscenti, Forlorn, Crowbear) (2000-2001) (2020-) Former members: Asbj├╕rn Log - synthesizer (1995-1997) Mark Andrew Goldfine - vocals (Amidst The Leaves, Alone With Blades) (1999)