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Teaser for the new raison d'être studio album 'Mise en Abyme', out on Transgredient Records 2014. 

'Mise en Abyme' (placed into the abyss) is an inner katabasis journey to the most hidden and darkest parts of the Self. Conceptually the album contains ingredients from 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante or any similar stories/myths around the katabasis theme. Instead of being linked to religion, history or morality, 'Mise en Abyme' is purely a psychological and therapeutic trip to the underworld. But even in the most dark and chaotic places in the depths there are small shades of light, hope and understanding; one can be enlightened and purified in the return from an inferno. 

Video teaser available here:
http://youtu.be/pmnvden-DBo

raison d'être - 'Mise en Abyme' album teaser

Excerpt from the CD album 'Metamorphyses' (2006)

Metamorphyses Phase IV

Metamorphyses Phase VI

Excerpt from the CD album 'The Stains From the Embodied Sacrifice' (2009)

Withstand the Fire

Excerpt from the CD album 'In Sadness, Silence and Solitude' (original 1997/ remastered 2006).

Reflecting in Shadows

The Well of Sadness

Sound clip from the CD 'When the Earth Dissolves in Ashes' which gathers 75 minutes unique live only material performed at different locations during 2010 and 2011: Zürich, Wuppertal, Rotterdam, Cologne, Leipzig (WGT), Cherkassy and more. The starting point for these live tracks is mainly the sounds used for 'In sadness, Silence and Solitude', 'Metamorphyses' and 'The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice' looped and mixed live together with on spot improvised sounds, thus shaped into new never before heard sonically expressions.

Darken my Soul

The Water of Cleansing

Spira Mirabilis

Shadow Weaver

Sound clip taken from the forthcoming (spring 2012) CD re-release of  'Aprés nous le Dèluge'  from 1992, restored and remixed for superior quality and added with bonus tracks. The dark, atmospheric and energetic mix of choirs, strings, various Fx sounds, heavy drums and tribal sections makes this the seed for the raison d’être sound trademark that begun with the album 'Prospectus I' from 1993. 

Moribund

Death Brightens With Sorrow

Stratvm Terror - 'Aged Fractures and Dead Ends' 2CD Old Europa Café 2012
Available in October!

Press-release:
Is it really dead? : yes, this release marks the end of Stratvm Terror.
But what an end!
Massive sounds of drowning liquids, mechanized background noises, brain mangler soundscapes and harsh abrasive amplifications.
Playing this loud will probably make you deaf, but what else is there to listen to after experiencing this.
'Aged Fractures and Dead Ends' is a vast collection of various archive material produced by the Stratvm Terror constellation Peter Andersson (raison d'être) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean Chief).
Lost pieces, sketches, live material, cassette and compilation tracks between 1993 and 1999. 150 minutes in total and most of it has previously never been released.
Comes in a 6-panel digipak with photos by Henrik Stolt.

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