Written in Waters

Infobox Album | Name = Written in Waters
Type = Album
Artist = Ved Buens Ende


Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde metal
Black metal
Length = 57:08
Label = Misanthropy
Producer = Ved Buens Ende
Reviews =
Last album = "Written in Waters (demo)" (1995)
This album = "Written in Waters" (1995)
Next album = "Those Who Caress the Pale" (1997)

"Written in Waters" is a debut album by the Norwegian avant-garde metal band Ved Buens Ende. It is also their last album before the band was put on hold.

The album is unique and unusual. It incorporates many elements from various music forms (for example the whole song "Autumn Leaves" is without distorted guitars nor any grunted vocals), from usual Norwegian Black Metal (like at the end of "Coiled in Wings") to jazz and inspired and dissonant riffs. Vocals on this album are mournful and sad by Carl-Michael Eide's crooning (accompanied by Kristine Stensrud) which makes a part of the album's uniqueness. As usual Eide's lyrics are rather unconventional and apparently deal with fantasy and dream.

Track listing

#"I Sang for the Swans" – 7:01
#"You, That May Wither" – 4:54
#"It's Magic" – 5:25
#"Den Saakaldte" ("The So-called") – 8:49
#"Carrier of Wounds" – 7:40
#"Coiled in Wings" – 7:04
#"Autumn Leaves" – 5:07
#"Remembrance of Things Past" – 8:54
#"To Swarm Deserted Away" – 2:14

*All the music was written by Ved Buens Ende
*All the lyrics were written by Carl-Michael Eide except "Den Saakaldte" by Vicotnik.
*"You, That May Wither" and "Carrier of Wounds" had already been recorded under slightly different title on their demo "Those Who Caress the Pale".

Credits

*Vicotnik - Guitars, Vocals
*Skoll - Bass
*Carl-Michael Eide - Drums, Vocals
*Kristine Stensrud - Additional vocals