Sideshow Symphonies

Infobox Album | Name = Sideshow Symphonies
Type = Album
Artist = Arcturus


Released = September 19, 2005
US release date: September 20, 2005
Recorded = February 2005 - June 2005
Genre = Avant-garde metal
Symphonic black metal
Length = 50:31
Label = Season of Mist
Producer = Arcturus
Reviews = *"nocturnalhorde.com" Rating-10|9.5 [http://www.nocturnalhorde.com/review238.html link]
Last album = "The Sham Mirrors"
(2002)
This album = "Sideshow Symphonies"
(2005)
Next album = "Shipwrecked In Oslo"
(2006) |

"Sideshow Symphonies" is an album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Arcturus. It was released on September 19, 2005. It is the first to feature Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs as the principal vocalist and Tore Moren as second guitarist, as well as the first Arcturus album released by Season of Mist. It marks yet another change in Arcturus' sound, with a cold, dreamy aesthetic featuring relatively quiet guitars, more prominent vocals, and a slightly reduced use of synthesizers.

Track listing

#"Hibernation Sickness Complete" – 5:02
#"Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneer" – 8:32
#"Deamonpainter" – 5:33
#"Nocturnal Vision Revisited" – 5:16
#"Evacuation Code Deciphered" – 6:16
#"Moonshine Delirium" – 7:10
#"White Noise Monster" – 3:55
#"Reflections" – 3:40
#"Hufsa" (The Groke) – 5:07

Trivia

*The album artwork features a modification of the artwork found on the Pioneer 10 deep space probe, possibly a reference to the song "Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneer" on the album. The original picture of the naked man is mirrored so that he appears to have three legs and a mask is added, while the image of the naked woman does not appear at all. Also shown is the symbolic representation of the probe's trajectory and a schematic representation of the hyperfine transition of hydrogen.

Credits

*Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs - vocals
*Steinar Sverd Johnsen - keyboards
*Hellhammer - drums
*Knut M. Valle - guitars
*Tore Moren - guitars
*Hugh Steven James Mingay aka "Skoll" - bass
*Silje Wergeland - Guest vocals on "Shipwrecked Frontier Pioneers" and "Evacuation Code Deciphered"