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With the release of The King of Everything, a long process gets its closure.So even if A Swarm of the Sun moves behind the curtains of many different genres and draws influences from both industrial, post rock, sludge, post hardcore and heavier rock the band never completely enters any single stage.Together they have been making music, under a number of different names, for some odd ten years.Visit A Swarm of the Sun at myspace.VincentMarry MeSounds Like ViolenceWith Blood on My HandsFjordLives LivesLight Yourself on FireLight Yourself on FireDisillusionGloriaPassionThe Fierce Urgency of NowScream Poet, ScreamIllegitimate Descendent of ...Swarm of the Sun The King of EverythingPosted on Thursday July 19th, 2007Independent, 2007Author: GuidoScore: 7.Related LinksA Swarm of the Sun Official SiteA Swarm of the Sun's SPB ProfileA Swarm of the Sun delivers with The King of Everything a dark, brooding EP that sounds as if the chasms of hell have opened or, better said, are about to open.The King of Everything is subtle, powerful, and emotionally haunting, even if the band sounds like many a band we've heard before.Still, when it is time for me to make a judgment, I remain opinionated that A Swarm of the Sun reminds me of Tool breeding with Neurosis and is, although not completely original, a haunting and solid EP.Good enough to make one curious for more, yet too standard to be memorable.MetalIt looks like you're not registered!Click here to join so you can comment.Programming, design and graphics by Matt Andrews (threechords.The Sun
As the sun rushes through space at a speed of 150 miles per second, it takes
many smaller bodies along with it.Astronomers do not know exactly how far out the solar system extends.Some hundred billion comets form a tenuous halo in the
outer parts of the solar system.In fact the run contains
more than 99 percent of the mass of the entire solar system.In fact, the sun provider virtually all the energy of
the solar system.Its gravitational attraction governs the motions (or kinetic
energy) of the planets and other bodies.Radiation from its surface bathes the
planets in all the electromagnetic radiation they receive, with some minor exceptions.The sun is the source of virtually all of the Earth's energy.Yet the Earth receives only half a billionth of the energy that leaves the sun.Because the sun's energy is so intense, there are some real dangers in studying
it.The only safe way to study the sun is to protect its image through a
pinhole or a telescope onto a white screen.Starts vary greatly in size and in color.They range from giant starts, which
are much larger than the sun, to dwarf stars, which can be much smaller.In fact it is often pictured as a circle
with flames surrounding it.Earth's age of 4 and half billion years.Albert Einstein's theoretical calculations
showed that a small amount of mass could be converted to a great amount of energy.The vast amount of matter in the sun could provide fuel for billions of years
of atomic reactions.The sun's core is believed to be a superhot, extremely dense mass
of atomic nuclei and electrons.The sun's surface, called the photosphere (sphere of light) is the lowest
visible layer of the sun.High altitude photographs of the photosphere's granulation show that
the grains are hundreds of miles in diameter.They are continually forming and
disappearing.According one hypothesis, the grains are the tops of gas columns
that ascend and descend through the photosphere.This is periodically subject to violent disturbances.The pores usually grow rapidly
in number and in size to form a large single sunspot or a group of sunspots.Typical sunspots have a dark, circular center, called the umbra, surrounded
by a lighter area, the penumbra.When they appear in groups, they may extend over thousands
of miles.The darkness of the umbra is a sign that the sunspots are cooler than
the photosphere.Furthermore, when they approach the sun's edge, the umbras
appear to be lower than the photosphere as well.Their cycle lasts an average of 11 years.The layer above the photosphere is called the chromosphere (sphere of color)
because of its reddish color, visible during total eclipses of the sun.Solar flares usually form very rapidly, reaching
their maximum brilliance within minutes, after which they slowly die out.As this atmosphere is thousands of times dimmer than the sun's disk,
it is usually invisible.The arcs are usually visible above disturbed regions, especially where prominence
are present.When sunspots are at a minimum, the corona has long streamers along
the equator with shorter rays at the poles.Its shape then resembles that of
force lines around a magnetic sphere.This shape changes when sunspots are at
a maximum.The corona then appears almost circular, with streamers distributed
uniformly around the disk.The particles that make up the
solar wind are formed when the coronal gases expand and evaporate.Swarm of the Sun (Erik Nilsson and Jakob Berglund) have been making music together for the past decade.How has the creative process evolved over this span of time, and why did the two of you settle on what has become A Swarm of the Sun for your first release.Right before The King of Everything we experienced a pretty long break, due to a number of reasons.So when we finally managed to get to the point of writing new music we put a lot of effort in getting to the core of what we wanted, and needed, to do.Did the two of you recored all the parts by yourself?All recordings were done by Erik at Version Studio, which is his own, in Stockholm, Sweden.And as I mentioned earlier, the process has been extremely long, maybe two years.You know, all we had when we entered the studio was a name and a concept.Going through the songs from start to finish, and then go back and do it all over again.Peeling off pretense after pretense until only the truly important and meaningful pieces remained.We had to dust off the bullshit and start building on a clean plate.Can you explain the concept behind The King of Everything a little?The worst is to know, or to think I know, and still not do it.It is the part that exclude the outside world from the one I live on the inside; the part that keeps convincing me to give up.Some sections are heavy and violent, and others are very mellow and subdued.How does this formless presentation of the band fit in with your idea of what you wanted A Swarm of the Sun to sound like.So, it fits the idea very well.You can do this in any number of ways, and when I find that art is really great, they are probably all there at the same time.To name a few others of my favorite great workers of contrast: there are Sally Mann, David Lynch, Diane Arbus, Luis Bunuel, and Todd Solondz.At what point did you decide to cut out the fat and drop the repetitiveness that is so entrenched in this type of music?When we start writing we usually have a general idea of what kind of song we are going for.These tracks were obviously all meant to be somewhat shorter, but that is not to say that future ones also have to be.Actually we are writing a song right now that just broke the ten minute barrier.How has music coming out of Sweden influenced the development of A Swarm of the Sun?How do you see the band fitting in alongside local acts?Swedish music as I currently do.It seems like the independent music scene has experienced a major revival in only the last five years.Before, you could pretty much narrow it down to a few set places, genres or groupings, but now it seems to be everywhere.Many of our friends in Stockholm are also in bands, make music, DJ, and so on, so there is a lot of inspirational exchange going on.Stockholm though, but usually from smaller cities.No long tour is planned, but we will be doing some select shows across Sweden, and hopefully we will do some festivals this summer.Live shows are great but we are currently putting our focus in the studio, writing new material.Also, there is a vast use of visuals live, which make things a bit more difficult.We will see what happens, but we will play as much as we can.Do you do it as a two piece or are hired hands brought in to fill in the sound?We have worked together with some of the guys from Lingua before, and they will appear again.Also, the drummer is set.What CDs are you guys currently listening to?Burial from London, Saul Williams is fantastic, Mono and Godspeed You!We listen to a lot of things.Erik is also in the band Aoria, where he sings and plays guitar.Some loosely connected to A Swarm of the Sun, and some not.What's in store for A Swarm of the Sun in the future?We keep writing new material, which is coming along really well, and we have far gone plans for what is next.The future looks really exciting and you will definitely hear a lot from A Swarm of the Sun from now on.Many thanks to Jakob and A Swarm of the Sun for the interview.You must be logged in to submit a comment.
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