Shylmagoghnar’s official debut album
Release date: 28-02-2014

Nimblkorg: Music, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Synths
Vocals/lyrics on Emergence

Skirge: Vocals, Lyrics, Additional compositions
Music and synths on The Sun No Longer

Artwork by Minghao Xu
Production, mix & master by Nimblkorg

Shylmagoghnar - Emergence - 01 I Am The Abyss

BLUES PILLS, out on July 28th (UK), August 05th (NA) and July 25th, 2014 (EU) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Unchain Utopia

EPICA - Unchain Utopia

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Digital Nightmare

"Shadows of Fury" represents another evolution in my AI-powered instrumental journey, featuring an unexpected but powerful combination - electric guitar and 6-string electric violin working together to create something truly cinematic. Rather than competing against each other, these instruments form a dramatic alliance where each brings its own strengths to build an emotional arc over nearly five minutes.

The track unfolds like a film score, with the guitar providing the structural foundation and rhythmic power while the violin serves as the emotional voice soaring above. From the atmospheric intro where clean guitar arpeggios set the mood and the violin enters with haunting sustained notes, the piece builds through distinct phases - sometimes the guitar dominates with palm-muted chugging and aggressive riffs, other times the violin takes center stage with tremolo runs, glissandi, and those screaming high notes that cut through the mix like a metal vocalist.
What makes this track special is how the instruments complement rather than compete. The guitar grounds everything with power chords and rhythmic drive, while the 6-string electric violin explores the full emotional spectrum - from lyrical melodic passages to frantic rapid-fire bowing that matches the guitar's intensity. The violin's extended range allows it to harmonize with the guitar in the lower registers while still reaching those soaring heights that define the track's most dramatic moments.

The climactic sections showcase both instruments at peak intensity, creating massive walls of sound where the violin's sustained vibrato rides over the guitar's relentless assault. By the outro, the violin carries the final emotional weight with haunting sustains while the guitar resolves to clean tones, ending the journey where it began - in atmospheric shadows.

Working with AI to orchestrate this blend was incredible because I could layer these contrasting textures exactly as I heard them - the percussive attack of the guitar balanced by the violin's expressive sustain, creating something that feels both heavy and cinematic. "Shadows of Fury" proves that metal instrumentals can be about emotional storytelling, not just technical showmanship.

Shadows of Fury - Instrumental

The Forest Seasons

Loneliness (Winter)

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Wintersun - Loneliness (Winter)

Worlds Collide

Peace

From THERION album, Sitra Ahra - Out September 17, 2010 (Europe) and October 26, 2010 (North America)

Sitra Ahra

THERION - Sitra Ahra

Insomnium - Above The Weeping World 09 in the groves of death

Dead Letters is the first track taken from new album Dead End Kings, go to the album site to sign up to the mailing list and download the track for FREE: deadendkings.com. A continuation of 2009’s inspired & acclaimed Night is the New Day, Dead End Kings sees Katatonia conjure yet another milestone in audial melancholy & angst.

The Katatonia of 2012 is more potent, focused and creatively impactful than ever before. Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström - alongside guitarist Per Eriksson, bassist Niklas Sandin and drummer Daniel Liljekvist – are at the peak of their powers right now, and their brand new studio album Dead End Kings provides incontrovertible evidence of their unstoppable artistic momentum. A rich, adventurous and endlessly evocative masterwork that exhibits all the Swedish quintet’s established traits while absorbing countless fresh ideas into that monumental sonic brew, this is plainly the strongest and most beguiling album in the Katatonia catalogue to date. It also proves that sadness comes in many shades and that no one is safe from its cold allure.

“Dead End Kings represents progression and taking things to the next level,” says Renkse. ”The writing was a little more intense and spontaneous for this one. I think that’s the biggest difference. But it was made with the same mindset as the last few albums. It just had a little more fire involved. We don’t want to repeat ourselves. We are still hungry for new music.”
Dead End Kings was recorded at Ghost Ward Studios & The City Of Glass. The album was produced by Anders Nyström & Jonas Renkse, & mixed by David Castillo. Additionally, Katatonia is joined once again by Frank Default on sampling & atmospherics, plus a special guest appearance by Norwegian vocalist Silje Wergeland of Dutch legends The Gathering/ex-Octavia Sperati.

Artwork is supplied by long-time visual collaborator Travis Smith.

Tracklist*
1. The Parting 
2. The One You Are Looking for is Not Here (with Silje Wergeland) 
3. Hypnone 
4. The Racing Heart 
5. Buildings 
6. Leech 
7. Ambitions 
8. Undo You 
9. Lethean 
10. First Prayer 
11. Dead Letters 
* Deluxe edition includes two extra bonus tracks

Released August 27th 2012

For more information on Dead End Kings, go to the album site at: deadendkings.com

Katatonia - Dead Letters (from Dead End Kings)

Katatonia - Second

This is a track I wrote from the Andy James EP - Psychic Transfusion, released in January 2013. I recorded and produced all the music and Andy wrote and recorded all the leads, along with the guest solo from Mr. Paul Wardingham. If you like this you can pick up the EP with either just the music, or full backing tracks (no leads) and tabs of the solos at: http://www.jamtrackcentral.com/jamtracks/psychic-transfusion-ep-backings-deluxe-edition 

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