Shadowseeds II is a
dark wave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...
/esoterical musical project consisting of
Thomas Karlsson
Thomas Karlsson (born 1972) is a Swedish occultist and esoteric writer, with a PhD in the History of Religions from Stockholm University. (Thomas Karlsson's PhD thesis, in Swedish) In 1989 he founded Dragon Rouge, a Left-Hand Path initiatory o ...
and
Tommie Eriksson, who before 1999 spelled his name
Tommy Eriksson.
Shadowseeds released their first album
The Dream of Lilith in 1995 on
Dark Age
The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual and cultural decline.
The conce ...
/
Megarock Records Megarock Records was a Swedish record label which focused on heavy metal music. It was located in Stockholm.
Bands
* Abstrakt Algebra
* Ace's High
* Alien
* Backyard Babies
* Bad Habit
* Candlemass
* Criss
* Crossroad Jam
* It's Alive
* Je ...
. The album was hardly at all promoted by the label and it sank with inertia into an esoteric underground cult status.
In 2002, after exactly seven years of silence, the project was resurrected.
Thomas wrote a unique text about the 17th-century Swedish occultist
Johannes Bureus
Johannes Thomae Bureus Agrivillensis (born Johan Bure; 1568–1652) was a Swedish polymath, antiquarian, mystic, royal librarian, poet, and tutor and adviser of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. He is a well-known exponent of Gothicism.
Life a ...
which created the basis for a live performance at the Ecstatic Society/
Fylkingen
Fylkingen - New Music and Intermedia Art is an artist-run venue and member based organisation committed to contemporary experimental performing arts. Over 300 artists from various disciplines use the space to develop and present new work.
Today Fy ...
in
Stockholm together with acts like
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 ...
and
Coph Nia.
In March 2003 Shadowseeds II performed at the Pandemonium Club in
Gothenburg. In 2004 the first release was out based on the live performances. The CD-r is titled ''Der Mitternacht Löwe'' and the sleeve is designed into a limited edition envelope shaped cover that beautifully captures the old tradition of the concept.
The name Shadowseeds II emphasizes the project's rebirth.
External links
Shadowseeds II* http://www.dragonrouge.net (The dark magical order to which they both belong)
* http://www.megatherion.com (Tommie's previous band/Thomas writes lyrics for them)
Swedish musical groups