HIMMELRIKET


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 BAND NAME: Himmelriket
GENRE: Unblack Metal (early, later), Experimental Drone/Doom ("Guds trone...")
STATUS: Split-up
LOCATION: Norway (Bergen, Hordaland)

Formed in early 2011.

Lineup:
Kenneth "Nattesorg" Holsen - All instruments, Vocals

Links:
Spotify
Discography:



Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ (album)

Top, left:
May, 2011, UMS Records (RIPOFF LABEL), CD-R, limited (???) copies, sold out
Top, right:
30 October, 2014, SkyBurnsBlack Records, Bandcamp
19 May, 2015, Holsen Noise Production, Bandcamp / Remastered, link expired
Bottom:
24 December, 2019, Ambianicnoise Productions, Bandcamp, link expired
19 March, 2022, Coleiosis Records, CD-R and Bandcamp

Note, tracks 6-8 on the UMS, Coleiosis, and SBB versions are all the same; the titles are just written in different languages.

The "Ambianicnoise" version has been edited to have more "noise" elements.

The Unblack Metal Scene version was listed as "new for July", yet it was added to Metal Archives in May with a May release date (I know the person who added it, they are reliable), and was confirmed released by June. I don't know why the label listed it as new two months after the fact, then.

UMS RECORDS + COLEIOSIS VERSIONS
1) Results of Justification 11:08
2) Servants of Righteousness 9:56
3) Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 10:30
4) Adam and Christ 11:22
5) His Resurrection 3:03
6) Det er fullbrakt 5:53
7) La ditt rike komme 6:11
8) Om evigheten 6:55

SKYBURNSBLACK RECORDS VERSION
1) Results of Justification 11:08
2) Servants of Righteousness 9:56
3) Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 10:30
4) Adam and Christ 11:22
5) His Resurrection 3:03
6) It Is Finished 5:53
7) Let Your Kingdom Come 6:11
8) About Eternity 6:55

HOLSEN NOISE + AMBIANICNOISE VERSION
1) Results of Justification 11:06
2) Servants of Righteousness 9:54
3) Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 10:28
4) Adam and Christ 11:20
5) His Resurrection 3:01


Children of the Light (compilation, 16 April, 2011, UMS Records (RIPOFF LABEL), UNOFFICIAL)
Format: CD, limited 50 copies
sold out / sold out

Released without the knowledge or permission of most of the people involved. Even the cover artist who was commissioned to do the illustration above, had no idea that the CD was ever actually released, and especially had no idea most of the bands hadn't given permission to be on it.

Apparently there was a shirt available with this. I'm not sure what was on the shirt. At any rate, the shirt/CD combo was released on 24 April and limited to 12 copies.

5) Himmelriket - Hans navn er Jesus 4:59
6) Himmelriket - I mitt stille sinn 5:55
7) Himmelriket - Den sanne Gud 6:39
8) Himmelriket - Han gir meg glede 6:08

Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ (split, 1 June, 2017, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired

Split with Nattesorg.

1) Himmelriket - Results of Justification 11:06
2) Himmelriket - Servants of Righteousness 9:54
3) Himmelriket - Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 10:28
4) Himmelriket - Adam and Christ 11:20


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Det er fullbrakt (album)

Left:
20 November, 2018, Naorg Production, Bandcamp, link expired
Right:
20 December, 2019, Ambianicnoise Productions, Bandcamp, link expired
20 March, 2022, Coleiosis Records, Bandcamp and CD-R

Contains some songs from the first album, and some old, unreleased songs.
Both have been remastered for this release.

The Naorg and Coleiosis versions have the original audio. The Ambianicnoise version was edited to have more "noise" elements.

1) Om evigheten 6:53
2) Hans navn er Jesus 4:59
3) I mitt stille sinn 5:55
4) Den sanne Gud 6:39
5) Det er fullbrakt 5:49
6) Han gir meg glede 6:08
7) La Ditt rike komme 6:09


NAORG PROD ................................. COLEIOSIS

Destruction upon Destruction (album)

29 January, 2019, Naorg Production, Bandcamp, link expired
January, 2019, Naorg Production, CD-R, link expired
24 September, 2021, Coleiosis Records, Bandcamp
13 January, 2022, Coleiosis Records, CD-R

Mixed in 2013; remastered and released in 2019.

Cole and I tried to keep the layout as similar as possible for the re-release, but there, of course, ended up being a couple changes.

1) Destruction upon Destruction 5:34
2) Valley of Slaughter 5:32
3) Draw the Sword 4:57
4) Shall Be upon the Land 5:38
5) Speak Evil of Those Things 5:54
6) Keepers of the Entry 5:54
7) Cup into His Hand 7:39


Dead to Sin But Alive in Christ (compilation, 14 June, 2019, Naorg Production)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired

1) Results of Justification 11:06
2) Servant of Righteousness 9:54
3) Dead to Sin But Alive in Christ 10:28
4) Adam and Christ 11:20
5) Det Er Fullbrakt - Om Evigheten 6:53
6) Det Er Fullbrakt - Hans Navn Er Jesus 4:59
7) Det Er Fullbrakt - I Mitt Stille Sinn 5:55
8) Det Er Fullbrakt - Den Sanne Gud 6:39
9) Det Er Fullbrakt - Det Er Fullbrakt 5:49
10) Det Er Fullbrakt - Han Gir Meg Glede 6:08
11) Det Er Fullbrakt - La Ditt Rike Komme 6:09
12) Destruction upon Destruction - Destruction upon Destruction 5:34
13) Destruction upon Destruction - Valley of Slaughter 5:32
14) Destruction upon Destruction - Draw the Sword 4:57
15) Destruction upon Destruction - Shall Be upon the Land 5:38
16) Destruction upon Destruction - Speak Evil of Those Things 5:54
17) Destruction upon Destruction - Keepers of the Entry 5:54
18) Destruction upon Destruction - Cup into His Hand 7:39


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Guds trone i himmelen (album)

Left:
24 March, 2020, Northern Forest Productions, Bandcamp, link expired
Right:
27 December, 2021, Annihilated Pentagram, Bandcamp, Remastered
27 December, 2021, Annihilated Pentagram, CD-R (PayPal), (Credit card), Remastered

Instrumental release.
Only guitars - no vocals or drums.

1) Guds trone i himmelen 5:35
2) Røst med klang
6:45
3) Gullkranser på hodet
7:18
4) Forseglet bokrull
7:49
5) En Ny himmel og jord
5:23
6) Den hellige by
8:26
7) Tørke bort hver tåre
7:48
8) Alle verdens land
5:46


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 Være med oss til evig tid (album)

Left:
21 June, 2021, Turn to Christ Productions, Bandcamp, link expired
Right:
25 Oct, 2021, Annihilated Pentagram, Bandcamp, and CD-R, Remastered

1) Være med oss til evig tid 6:34
2) Barmhjertighet og fred fra Gud 18:23
3) Har hatt fra begynnelsen 8:23
4) Med Sønnen og med Faderen 15:11
5) Den som ønsker ham velkommen 6:00


SPLIT (split, 18 September, 2021, Downtunecon Productions)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired

Split with Nattesorg. As the artwork implies, a split featuring songs from Nattesorg's "Mountain the North", and Himmelriket's "Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ".

Also note, on 8 February 2022, Downtunecon was merged with Northern Forest Productions. The URL now points to Northern Forest instead.

See above for lyrics!
5) Himmelriket - Servants of Righteousness 8:47
6) Himmelriket - Results of Justification 9:52
7) Himmelriket - Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 9:18
8) Himmelriket - Adam and Christ 10:04

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