Beyond the Apocalypse

Beyond the Apocalypse is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band 1349. It was released in 2004 through Candlelight Records.

Beyond the Apocalypse
Studio album by 1349
Released	19 April 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	Nyhagen Studios
Genre	Black metal
Length	47:32
Label	Candlelight
Producer	1349
1349 chronology
Liberation (2003) Beyond the Apocalypse (2004) Hellfire (2005)

Track listing

• All songs published by Tanglade Music/Abstract Sounds.

1. "Chasing Dragons" – 6:31 (Ravn, Archaon)
2. "Beyond the Apocalypse" – 4:01 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve)
3. "Aiwass-Aeon" – 3:32 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
4. "Nekronatalenheten" – 4:30 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
5. "Perished in Pain" – 3:57 (Ravn, Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
6. "Singer of Strange Songs" – 7:30 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
7. "Blood Is the Mortar" – 3:52 (Archaon, Destroyer, Tjalve, Frost)
8. "Internal Winter" – 7:41 (Archaon, Tjalve, Seidemann)
9. "The Blade" – 5:58 (Ravn, Tjalve, Seidemann)

Personnel

1349

• Ravn – vocals, drums ("The Blade")
• Archaon – guitar
• Tjalve – guitar
• Seidemann – bass, harmonium
• Frost – drums

Production

• Ronni Le Tekrø – executive production
• 1349 – arrangement, production
• Ravn – production
• Kjartan Hesthagen – recording, engineering
• Dr. Davidsen – recording, engineering
• Tom Kvallsvoll – mastering

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

AllMusic's Alex Henderson called the album a "nasty, harsh, brutally skullcrushing blast of Scandinavian death metal/black metal that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety".