Seirom is a

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musical project started by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer

Maurice de Jong Maurice de Jong (born 5 September 1973), known by his moniker Mories, is a Dutch composer and musician. He is best recognized for his multiple music projects, namely Gnaw Their Tongues, Seirom, Aderlating, Cloak of Altering and De Magia Veteru ...

, otherwise known as Mories. It was founded in 2011 and marked a stark contrast to de Jong's previous work, embracing a more ethereal sound.

History

The Seirom project was conceived in 2011 after composer

had reached a creative exhaustive point with his other active projects. "I started to feel burned out. I think all the negativity (in my music making) kind of had an impact on me. I needed to do something positive." He independently released ''

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'' on June 6, 2011. ''

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'' was released on November 9, 2012 and featured a lighter more positive tone compared to Seirom's debut. On May 1, 2014 the third full-length album '' And the Light Swallowed Everything'' was released and received positively, with Kez Whelan of

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describing the music as "hauntingly, harrowingly, luminously beautiful." Seirom's fourth album '' I Was So Sad'' was released on July 8, 2016.

Discography

* ''

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * '' And the Light Swallowed Everything'' (2014) * '' I Was So Sad'' (2016)

References

External links

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