At The Edge of The World

Album | Artnoir Productions 2021-08-05



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1. Terra Infirma
2. The Shipbreaker's Song
3. Cold Harbour
4. Wanderers
5. Black Seas of Infinity
6. Widow's Walk
7. The Light at The Edge of The World

Total running time: 46:01
6:39
6:54
4:50
7:23
6:37
5:40
7:58

Additional info:
At The Edge of The World was written and recorded between September 2018 and June 2021 in Studio Noir2, Söderköping, Sweden.

Vocals recorded by Ian Boult in Stuck On A Name Studios (Nottingham, UK) between July 2020 and May 2021.

Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas.
Lyrics & vocal arrangements by Andy Walmsley.
Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas.
Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas. Digital reproductions of works of art used in the artwork of this product are public domain and falls under the Creative Common license. Works of art used includes:
Knud Baade - Klippeparti i månelys (1868)
J. M. W. Turner - Rough Sea with Wreckage (ca 1840-1850)
Sketch by Matthew Paris (ca 1250) from Liber Additamentorum
George Anson - Carte de la Mer du Sud ou Mer Pacifique entre l'Equateur et le 39 1-2 De Latitude Septentrionale (1750)

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas - all instruments & programming
Andy Walmsley - vocals & lyrics

The Shipbreaker's Song

Single | Artnoir Productions 2020-09-25



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1. The Shipbreaker's Song
2. The Sunken Place

Total running time: 11:55


6:53
5:02

Additional info:
Written and recorded between September 2018 and September 2020 in Studio Noir2 (Söderköping, Sweden).

Vocals recorded by Ian Boult in Stuck On A Name Studios (Nottingham, UK) in August 2020.

Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas.
Lyrics & vocal arrangements by Andy Walmsley.
Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas.
Artwork by Viktor Jonas, based on the original artwork
"Grappling for the Lost Cable" (ca. 1866) by Robert Charles Dudley.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas - all instruments & programming
Andy Walmsley - vocals

Come Thou Lost Souls

Demo | Artnoir Productions 2020-06-05



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1. Lure of the Sirens demo
2. Constance Willow II demo

Total running time: 17:07


10:12
6:55

Additional info:
Come Thou Lost Souls contains recordings of two songs from the Across Dark Waters LP but with Philip Grüning on vocals and with his lyrics. These songs were recorded in 2015.

Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas.
Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.
Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas.
Lyrics & vocal arrangements by Philip Grüning.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas: rhythm & lead guitars, bass guitar, keyboards & drum programming
Philip Grüning: vocals

Black Soil

Album | Artnoir Productions 2018-01-31





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1.The Glass Delusion
2. Samsara
3. Black Soil
4.The Void Which Binds
5. Bloodsong
6. Towers of Silence
7. Time and Tide

Total running time: 51:24


6:23
6:21
7:10
9:03
8:17
6:24
7:43

Additional info:
Black Soil was written and recorded between August 2016 and December 2017 in Studio Noir2 (Söderköping, Sweden). Vocals recorded in Stuck On A Name Studios (Nottingham, UK).

Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas
Lyrics & vocal arrangements by Andy Walmsley
Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas
Artwork photography by Arthur Kornovics
Layout & design by Viktor Jonas

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas: all instruments & programming Andy Walmsley: vocals
Lars Björkens - guitar solo on track 1 & 5

Across Dark Waters

Album | Artnoir Productions 2016-01-26



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1.Beyond the Sea
2. Lure of the Sirens
3. The Village
4.Constance Willow II
5. Death of Hope
6. A Gruesome Journey
7. Dark Waters

Total running time: 61:22


7:14
10:12
8:01
9:57
6:46
10:30
8:40

Additional info:
Across Dark Waters was written and recorded between November 2013 and December 2015 in Studio Noir (Norrköping, Sweden) and Studio Noir2 (Söderköping, Sweden) .

Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas.
Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.
Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas.
Lyrics & vocal arrangements by Vidar Wetterhall.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas: rhythm & lead guitars, bass guitar, keyboards & drum programming
Vidar Wetterhall: vocals

Reviews:

No Clean Singing full discography review
Metal-Temple 8/10
The Metal Observer 7.5/10
Phantasmagoria (Greek)
Eternity Magasin (German) - 5/6
Thy Demons Be Scribblin - 5/5
Prog Metal Zone
Dead Rhetoric - 8/10
Sorrow Eternal - 9/10
Taste of Khaos - 8/10
French-Metal.com - 17/20
Arte Mortifica
Ultraje 7.5/10
Doomed to Darkness - 8/10
AZM Magazine

"You can sense the longing in the riffs, the tired struggle in the vocals – this is music that speaks to the listener in every way. The story itself is strong, and invests the listener along with the music itself. Like the best in the doom/death genre, there is a balance between that darkness and shades of more hopeful moments. Not so much uplifting as less bleak, the shades of emotion keep everything more dynamic as the story unfolds." - Dead Rhetoric

"We really love this band's fusion of soft and dark sounds filtered through a very deeply personal psychedelic-fused take on doom metal." - Prog Metal Zone

"hymns that penetrate the deep crevices of the mind. Rooted in the doom genre but adding a melodic touch that reflects an extra layer of sound exploration for both novice and frequent listeners of the genre." - Arte Mortifica

Beneath The Ashen Sky

Album | Artnoir Productions 2013-10-14



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1.Leper Tides
2. The Burial Ground
3. Typhoon
4.Fear Me
5. Murder Sun
6. Amongst The Dead
7. Consumed
8. Luna
9. Endgame

Total running time: 60:22


5:44
8:41
7:52
6:04
8:03
5:38
8:50
2:32
6:58

Additional info:
Beneath The Ashen Sky was written and recorded between December 2012 and August 2013 in Studio Noir, Norrköping, Sweden.

Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas.
Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.
Music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas. Lyrics by Philip & Liza Grüning.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas: electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards & drum programming
Philip Grüning: vocals

Reviews:

No Clean Singing full discography review
Metal-Rules.com February 5, 2014 - 3/5
Sorrow Eternal November 5, 2013 - 9.5/10
Doom-metal.com November 13, 2013
Rate Your Music

"It's hard to throw the word genius around. There will be backlash, questioning, even ridicule. But what Viktor Jonas has shown, release after release, album after album, is that he is playing on a far different level than everyone else. He is a multi-million dollar corporation, erecting a skyscraper with the help of plans, machinery, and state of the art equipment; everyone else is back in Amish country, raising a barn. That isn't a knock on other bands who dwell in the same genre as Jonas, and by no means is it meant to tear anyone down. But after hearing what this one man puts together, it's hard to believe there are even bands in the same stratosphere. But luckily, he isn't alone; Grüning has written and delivered a performance of his own, one that completes the scope of the album. One without the other might not stand as tall, or even as firmly. But together, they are undeniable in their excellence. And while many have declared the death/doom genre dead, year after year, it's still alive and well. Apathy may have just erected a new headquarters, "Beneath The Ashen Sky."
Sorrow Eternal

Ghost Light

EP | Artnoir Productions 2012-01-19



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1. Broken Horizon
2. The Immense Seas of Nothingness
3. Sleep
4. Journey's End (bonus track)
5. Shadowdance (bonus track)
6. Beyond Salvation (bonus track)

Total running time:


6:43
12:38
1:25
4:07
3:36
3:24

31:53

Additional info:
This EP contains songs that were recorded and mixed during a period of four years. Track 1, 2 & 3 was recorded and mixed during 2009-2011 and track 4,5 & 6 during 2007-2008. All music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas. Lyrics by Claudio Lousada. Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas. Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas - acoustic & electric guitars, drum programming, keyboards & bass programming on track 4, 5 & 6
Claudio Lousada - vocals
Serge Farinas - bass guitar on track 1 & 2


Reviews:

No Clean Singing full discography review
Sorrow Eternal - August 15, 2012 9/10
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"It isn't often that someone describes their music with a set of words, and captures everything that he or she does so perfectly. Viktor Jonas has done just that with his "Progressive Doom/Death Metal" tag. His Apathy project embodies what progressive music can be, taking the doom and death metal genres in a different, more melodic and well constructed direction than his contemporaries. Viktor Jonas isn't a rock star. He is a musician. With every strum of the strings, press of a button, touch of a key, or twist of a knob, he is giving of himself for your enjoyment. And "Ghost Light" is the man himself, written into musical form."
Sorrow Eternal

A Silent Nowhere

Album | Artnoir Productions 2008-04-24



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1. The Mist And The Ocean
2. Bitter Roots
3. To End The Misery
4. Come Sweet Death
5. Into The Pale
6. The Man Who Swallowed The Sun
7. One With The Shadows
8. Slumber
9. Constance willow

Total running time:


6:30
4:42
5:26
0:37
8:54
4:42
6:46
3:41
10:26

51:44

Additional info:
A Silent Nowhere was written and recorded between July 2006 and March 2008 in Studio Noir, Norrköping, Sweden and Studio Daves, Norrköping, Sweden. Additional guitars were recorded in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA. Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas. All music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas. Lyrics by Vidar Wetterhall (1, 2, 5, 7 & 9) and Viktor Jonas (3 & 6). Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas. Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.

Line-up:
Viktor Jonas - acoustic & electric guitars, drum programming & keyboards
Vidar Wetterhall - vocals
Sebastian Gustafsson - bass guitar
Serge Farinas - additional lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars on all tracks except 4 & 8
Johan Dyyk - guitar solo on track 2, 3 & 6

Reviews:

No Clean Singing full discography review
Encyclopaedia Metallum - 88 / 100
Metalstorm.net - (8.6 / 10)
Metal Observer - (8 / 10)
HMAS.org - (7 / 10)
Tartarean Desire - 9.5/10
Rate Your Music

"Melancholic but always touching and beautiful, "A Silent Nowhere" is a great surprise for me. I was expecting something good from this band but this album is more than a confirmation, this is the living proof that this band must be considered now as one of the real pretenders to the few places of the best bands of the genre."
Metalstorm.net

Demo | Cold Endless Winter

Artnoir Productions 2006-04-17



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1. Cold Endless Winter
2. The Ghost of Me
3. Black Day

Total running time:


3:36
4:34
3:52

12:02

Cold Endless Winter was recorded during the 2nd of March and the 14th of April 2006 in Studio Noir, Norrköping, Sweden. Vocals recorded in Kåkenhus, Norrköping, Sweden. Produced, engineered, mixed & mastered by Viktor Jonas. All music & arrangements by Viktor Jonas. Lyrics by Vidar Wetterhall. Artwork, layout & design by Viktor Jonas.

Line-up on this recording:
Viktor Jonas - guitars, drum programming, piano
Vidar Wetterhall - vocals
Sebastian Gustafsson - bass guitars

Reviews:

Encyclopaedia Metallum - 84 / 100
Metalreviews.com - (90 / 100)
Metalstorm.net - (8.2 / 10)
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Harm Magazine - (7 / 10)
Urkraft (Swedish) - (4 / 5) )
Musica.mustdie.ru (Russian) - (10 / 10)

"Jonas approaches Apathy in the same manner that Slumber approaches their music, letting the simplistic rhythms bleed what appear to be complex soundscapes, haunting and rich, making it appear to be something it’s not. That is the beauty of Cold Endless Winter. // Cold Endless Winter is, simply put, a stunning debut. The compositions are delicate and subtle yet strong and commanding, the production is flawless"
Metalreviews.com