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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After this, the band was put on ice for a while because of the departure of Marius, and due to the fact that Steinar was no longer interested in playing the guitar and wanted to concentrate on the keyboards.
		In late 1996, Arcturus started the recording of their follow-up to Aspera Hiems Symfonia, which was to be titled La Masquerade Infernale (originally the album was intended to be named The Satanist).
		Arcturus performed live at two festivals in Norway that year, at the Southern Discomfort Festival in Kristiansand, and the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen.
	www.metal-inside.de /dyn/band.jsp?id=1730 (746 words)

	Arcturus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arcturus (α Boo / α Boötis / Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, and the third brightest star in the sky, with a visual magnitude of −0.05, after Sirius and Canopus.
		Arcturus is notable for its high proper motion, larger than any first magnitude star other than nearby α Centauri.
		Arcturus is the zenith star of the Hawaiian Islands.
	arcturus.iqnaut.net (809 words)

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		Arcturus was founded in Norway by keyboardist Steinar Sverd Johnsen (a.k.a.
		So it was with surprise and not a little controversy that the band appeared as Arcturus And The Deception Circus for their 1999 release, Disguised Masters.
		Note for note, song for song, The Sham Mirrors is likely Arcturus' grand achievement, pulling together various facets of their previous releases and molding it into a bold new shape.
	www.displeasedrecords.com /bandpages/arcturus.php (724 words)

	Deadtide.com : Interview with Arcturus
		There are rumors that Arcturus is splitting up after the release of The Sham Mirrors.
		Arcturus has arguable been one of the best metal bands of the past decade.
		But I think a significant reason why Arcturus sounds kind of different from other bands in that genre, is that we are not particularly into that genre.
	www.deadtide.com /interviews/page.php?id=29 (1364 words)

	Arcturus (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arcturus is an avant garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem.
		The band has released four official full-length albums thus far, all based in the avant garde genre of music and very theatrical in their essence.
		Arcturus has experimented with music, extracting influences and incorporating elements from all over the spectrum of music (fl metal, classical music, pop, electronica, metal, trip-hop), but the band is rooted as a metal outfit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arcturus_(band) (793 words)

	DigitalMetal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Following all these shake-ups, the band did the strangest, most unpredictable thing in their career to this point, and made an album that while not mediocre or bad by any stretch of the imagination, hardly sets the imagination and spirit on fire as did their previous efforts.
		Simen's transition back into the band is pretty fluid, he adopts certain Garm-isms like the ghost voice but also brings alot of his own weapons to the table, one of which is his noticably bigger and fuller voice.
		The humor that Garm injected into the band is pretty much gone, replaced by a more stale generic epic vibe that wouldn't be out of place on the newer Borknagar and Dimmu stuff or the neoclassical sleeping pill known as Winds.
	www.digitalmetal.com /reviews.asp?cid=6850 (499 words)

	Arcturus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arcturus (α Boo / α Boötis / Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, and the third brightest star in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of −0.04, after Sirius and Canopus.
		It is the second brightest star visible from northern latitudes and the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere.
		Comparison between the Arcturus, red supergiant Antares, and the Sun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arcturus (1299 words)

	Nocturnal Horde - All Interviews
		Arcturus is back with a new album "Sideshow Symhonies", the first album on their new label Season Of Mist.
		They have a DVD in the works and a European tour is scheduled for this autumn, Arcturus calender is fully booked.
		It's in Norway in August, in magnificent and trollish surroundings, during the Mølla Festival in Gjerstad, where the band's studio is located, where Patricia and I met Knut Magne Valle and Steinar "Sverd" Johnsen, to talk about the future of the legendary band.
	www.nocturnalhorde.com /interview81.html (1322 words)

	aspera reviews
		Arcturus is a band formed by members of various elite bands within the genre, like Hellhammer and Garm, who appear in Mayhem and Ulver respectively.
		Arcturus have done to fl metal what Cynic did to death metal: while still retaining enough to fall at least broadly under that genre, they've stretched and stretched and stretched and put their musical talent to better use than other bands in that genre who are content to copy each other.
		ARCTURUS is a band made up of some of the most skilled and original musicians to be birthed from Norway's BM scene· and it shows.
	www.coveworld.net /arcturus/asperaReviews.html (2518 words)

	Bands informations
		In 1987, the death metal band MORTEM was formed by Steinar Johnsen a.k.a Sverd, Jan Axel Von Blomberg a.k.a.
		In 2000 the band started recording "The Sham Mirrors", which was to be the last release featuring Kristoffer Rygg on vocals.
		ARCTURUS broke him in at their headlining show at "Inferno London" in January 2005.
	www.season-of-mist.com /light/?action=bands&groupe=Arcturus&datatype=biography (484 words)

	Metal Invader - The True Metal Experience
		ARCTURUS presented us with an avant garde and theatrical fl metal release, which mixed an incredibly different number of styles, including fl metal (of course), drum-n-bass, trip-hop, experimental industrial etc. The result was a release that intensely haunts you with its mental imagery and beauty.
		You can see how important ARCTURUS is; after only 3 full length albums, with the last album coming out almost three years ago, ARCTURUS manage to headline a sold-out festival and captivate the audience.
		It seems that ARCTURUS without Krystoffer is possible - Simen was very impressive, giving a captivating and extremely melodic, theatrical and powerful performance, that spanned all three ARCTURUS releases, with a minor focus on “La Masquerade Infernale”.
	www.metal-invader.com /live_29.html (1443 words)

	Arcturus biography @ Tartareandesire.com
		Arcturus is the project of keyboardist/guitarist Sverd and drummer Hellhammer (Mayhem).
		The band was originally formed in 1986 as a death metal band under the name Mortem.
		With their debut album they showed that they were one of the leading fl metal bands of the late 1990s.
	www.tartareandesire.com /bands/arcturus.html (216 words)

	Musique Machine / Multi-Genre Music Magazine
		Three years is a long time in music and three years for Arcturus seems to have been long enough for some pretty fundamental changes to occur.
		It is important to note that despite all this talk of complexity and layers that there are several errors in the mix in the form of the occasional glitch or badly mixed bass or synth part.
		The band have said they hope to re-mix the album before the second pressing, but they need to find time away from touring first.
	www.musiquemachine.com /reviews/reviews_template.php?id=677 (761 words)

	Arcturus (band) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arcturus is a band that formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortum.
		The band has released three official albums thus far, all rooted in the avant-garde genre of music.
		The band likes to play around with music, extracting influences from all over the spectrum of music (pop, electronic, metal, trip-hop), but the band is rooted as a rock/metal outfit that is at the top of its calaber.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/ar/arcturus__band_.html (249 words)

	Metallian.com - Dimmu Borgir
		The band can be menacing in its attack, but when it slows down to deliver Classical passages with big a male chorus chanting harmonies things get out of hand, in a bad way.
		The band must have had some kind of a rationalization for doing this, but in essence this is the progression of the ‘cover version syndrome.’ For the last while every band on the metal scene has been focused on recording and promoting other people’s songs.
		Bands are now re-recording their own albums and, in essence, becoming their own cover bands.
	www.metallian.com /dimmuborgir.htm (1263 words)

	Amazon.com: Sideshow Symphonies: Music: Arcturus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The bonus is that this well-deserving band has figured out a way to match the songwriting genius of its individual members' other projects (Winds, Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar, etc.) without sacrificing a single ounce of the twisted soundscapes which have made this band one of the most respectfully original outfits in the modern metal scene.
		Arcturus' new album is another amazing piece of work, which could only be expected by a band consisting of so many uniquely talented musicians.
		As a matter of fact, like many other Arcturus fans, I didn't believe it possible to fill the shoes of someone as charismatic and unique as Garm, but when it was announced that Spiral Architect vocalist Oyvind Haegeland was recruited, I was ecstatic, Spiral Architect being one of the godliest bands in the universe.
	www.amazon.com /Sideshow-Symphonies-Arcturus/dp/B000AA4LS2 (2641 words)

	Arcturus - Black Metal
		Powerful though these are, they rarely compensate for the guitar, which although nondominant is competent despite its adherence to using simple elements of chord progression as fundamental form of the song, sometimes not even twisting a riff from standard direction but dropping a fluid tritone through a chorus.
		Lead guitars are of the quality one would find in a well-trained hard rock band, with a good understanding of technique and some advanced tonal and rhythmic ideas, but without standing out.
		The cheesiness of self-importance is present throughout large parts of this album, where overdramatized elements of classic romantic illusions are brought to utter fruition and largesse by very staged introductions.
	www.anus.com /metal/arcturus.html (422 words)

	Prog4you.com - Progressive Rock Review - Arcturus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Being in a band and traveling around doing shows, especially metal and prog festivals, gives one the opportunity to meet many bands and musicians that would otherwise be unknown to the masses (remember what modern radio DOESN’T play for all of us prog and metal fans!).
		It also gives one the chance to learn about a lot of bands that, while they may not be playing the current festival, are well known and respected within the “circle”.
		Arcturus was one of these bands for me. I had never heard them, though I had heard OF them on many occasions.
	www.prog4you.com /cd-review/arcturus.htm (773 words)

	miszelle
		Arcturus is a band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem.
		The band has released three official albums thus far, all rooted in the avant-garde genre of music, very theatrical in their essence.
		Arcturus likes to experiment with music, extracting influences and incorporating elements from all over the spectrum of music (pop, electronica, metal, trip-hop), but the band is rooted as a rock/metal outfit.
	miszelle.blogdrive.com /archive/2.html (271 words)

	Arcturus [www.progweed.net]
		Arcturus was founded originally as a side project for members of various brutal Norweigen fl metal bands such as Ulver, Emperor and the notorious Mayhem.
		Strangely this album is somewhat unknown in progressive rock circles, perhaps this is because Arcturus is generally known as a 'fl-metal' band.
		Those fearing fl metal growls need not be scared off, as the band has apparently dumped that element, revealing a suprisingly expressive 'clean' vocal style.
	www.progweed.net /reviews/arcturus/arcturus-band.html (679 words)

	PyroMusic.net - Review of: Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 2005, Arcturus are possibly not the band Garm (now departed) intended them to be, but nevertheless, they are still very much one of the more expressive and sophisticated post-fl metal acts in existence.
		There is no suggestion that 'Arcturus' fail in their quest - as this is a grandiose piece of dark, spacey, epic metal - but it doesn't quite have the magic, nor the progressional leap that they captured between each of their three previous affairs.
		Fans of the band might be a little divided over this new one - the warmer, almost gentle dream like nature of it is its strength as far as I am concerned - but having said that, it may not provide enough 'darkness' for fans of the band earlier material.
	www.pyromusic.net /index.php?p=reviews_review&id=681 (771 words)

	txtarc[arcturus]
		Arcturus have come a long way in their seven-odd years of existence.
		A new lease of life was breathed into the band during the period when both Hellhammer and Sverd were playing in Emperor, as Samoth joined the ranks on guitar, and Garm and Skoll from Ulver (vocals and bass respectively) were added to the line-up.
		After recording the 'Constellation' demo with the band in 1994 and releasing it on his label Nocturnal Art as a strictly limited mini-CD (recently reissued on vinyl with various bonus tracks), Samoth was forced to bow out due to his impending imprisonment.
	www.coveworld.net /arcturus/spaceoddity.html (2098 words)

	Arcturus MP3 Downloads - Arcturus Music Downloads - Arcturus Music Videos
		Arcturus, being the eccentric bunch they are, instead provide listeners with one new track, "Deception Genesis," which is very similar in style to La Masquerade, and a series of techno/hip-hop/industrial remixes from the aforementioned album.
		This album is not recommended to the average Arcturus listener, who expects masterfully creative, ultra-symphonic, weird metal tunes, unless, of course, you are yearning for special house cleaning music.
		The band's first two releases are recommended to those unfortunate souls who have been without Arcturus' presence, while this album should be left to those familiar with the band.
	www.mp3.com /albums/415411/summary.html (359 words)

	ARCTURUS discography, MP3 and reviews
		Lyrics are short simple, the band has not yet offered much complexity, but they are a step ahead of other Black Metal bands.
		Since Carl was only in the band for that specific album, Knut Magne Valle has taken the guitars, and is still with the band.
		Not much was heard of the band after, but in 2000 the recording of their latest release began.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=1255 (909 words)

	Arpil 2002
		Arcturus was founded in Norway almost 10 years ago, by the keyboardist Steinar Sverd Johnsen (a.k.a.
		Before it, the name of their first band was Mortem.
		If you own the band's previous releases, then there's no reason why you shouldn't buy this new incredible album of the band.
	www.grande-rock.com /april_2002.htm (386 words)

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