Sol Niger Within

Sol Niger Within is the first and only solo release by Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal. The solo album was originally released in 1997 with Ultimate Audio Entertainment.

The album was remixed and re-released by Ultimate Audio Entertainment and Relapse Records in 1999 under the title "Sol Niger Within version 3.33". The re-release contains two bonus tracks but omits several parts of the original version. A number of other releases also exist (see below).

The album features drums by Morgan Ågren and keyboards by Mats Öberg (members of the Swedish musical group Mats Morgan, which performed with Frank Zappa prior to his death).

Track listing

The following is the track listing for the original 1997 release:

Antanca - The End (The Uncompounded Reality)
00:00 The Beginning Of The End Of Extraction (Evolutional Slow Down)
01:36 The Executive Furies Of The Robot Lord Of Death
03:04 Descent To The Netherworld
03:34 ...Och Stjärnans Namn Var Malört
05:28 Dante's Wild Inferno mp3 sample
06:27 I, Galactus
07:56 Skeletonization
08:11 Sickness And Demoniacal Dreaming
09:17 UFOria
09:56 Z1-Reticuli
12:48 Transmigration Of Souls
14:16 In Reality All Is Void
14:46 Krapp's Last Tape
16:02 Through Fear We Are Unconscious
17:01 Death At Both Ends
18:00 Bouncing In A Bottomless Pit
19:14 The Sun Door
20:46 Painful Disruption
21:15 Vitamin K Experience (A Homage To The Scientist/John Lilly)
22:12 Cosmic Vagina Dentata Organ
26:55 Sensorium Dei
30:37 Magickal Theatre .33.
32:27 Z2-Reticuli
35:19 De Profundis
35:49 Existence Out Of Joint
37:03 On A Crater's Verge
38:17 Solarization
40:07 The End Of The Beginning Of Contraction (Involutional Speed Up/Preparation For The Big Crunch)
40:23 Tathagata

Line-up

Mats Öberg: Church organ, synthesizer (Parts 2, 20)
Jonas Knutsson: Sax (Parts 20, 23, 27, 28)
Jerry Ericsson: Bass (Parts 10, 23)
Kantor Magnus Larsson: Church organ (Part 22)
Victor Alneng: Yidaki (Part 14)
Morgan Ågren: Drums
Marcus Persson: Vocals
Tomas Haake: Spoken Vocals
Jennie Thordendal: Gallskrik
Petter Marklund: Lyric Contributions
Fredrik Thordendal: Guitars and Programming

Versions

CD RR6417. Sol Niger Within version 3.33 (Ultimate Audio Entertainment & Relapse Records) - a new mix by Fredrik Thordendal and Daniel Bergstrand; no church organs, better sound quality, PQ-coding rather than index, and bonus songs, "Missing Time" and "Ooo Baby Baby". (Nuclear Blast Records)
CD UAE 4. Original version. (Ultimate Audio Entertainment)
CD NB 271. Original version. (Nuclear Blast Records)
CD MICY-1091 (Avalon) Japanese release of original version.
Fredrik has also edited a short version for Nuclear Blast. It's about six minutes and contains the most metalish parts from the original. Nuclear Blast has released it on some promo record. It features parts 11 (minus the end), 12, 13, 14 (minus the end), 17, 24, and 25 (first half).

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