Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.04.2017, Qupperneq 31

‘Hereafter Ltd’
by Endless Dark
Words: Endless Dark Photo: Art Bicnick
Endless Dark are
the post-hardcore
stars of the Reykja-
vík scene. If you’re
into poppy choruses mixed with heavy
breakdowns, they might just be your
thing. Here they talk us through their
new concept album, ‘Hereafter Ltd.’
Warriors
Stacked with 80s synths and ma-
chine-like riffs, this prologue has
a sci-fi-war feel to it. It’s about
spirits from another dimension
starting a war against mankind.
Guardian
Here we meet the hero of ‘Here-
after’, a father of a dying son who
faces the moral question of pulling
the plug. This song almost didn’t
make it on the album, as it was
only a rough demo until we were
recording. But after adding group
vocals and an outstanding solo
guitar track, we all started loving
it, mostly for how different it is.
Steel & Arrowwood
This song is about a child being
reborn as a machine.
Writing this song was
strangely easy and it’s
one of those rare occa-
sions where the demo
is almost identical to
the finished version.
Terra Incognita
After writing six or sev-
en songs we thought we
needed a heavy, steady
song on the album,
so we wrote this one.
Here, the story takes
a horrific turn: an evil spirit has
emerged from another dimension
and corrupted all soul-driven ma-
chines, along with our hero’s son.
Amélie
“Amélie” is about regret and for-
giveness, focusing on the hero’s
long-lost friend Amélie.
Blue-Sky Heroes
When the hero of our story needs
people to listen, he finds him-
self speaking to deaf ears, so this
song is about rising up against the
current, refusing to be taken to
slaughter.
There’s a lot going on: 80s
synths infused with metal-core
riffs, a heavy minute-long break-
down, steady bass-driven parts
and fast transitions of clean vocals
to heavy screams.
Dr. Delirium
This upbeat song goes back and
forth like a mad scientist from
heavy metal to electronic dance
music, leaving you wanting more
(hopefully). The lyrics are about
a delusional man who sees the
emerging evil spirit as the Messiah
and decides to help him corrupt all
living things.
Through Desperation
This is the oldest song on the al-
bum. It has a sentimental value to
us because we’ve played it so many
times through the years. It’s heavy,
catchy and never stops to relax. In
this part of the story, the hero, with
a small group of rebels, decides to
take on the machines.
Man & Machine
The song is about the ascension of
the machines after a failed attempt
by mankind to stop them. It’s full
of different time signatures, un-
orthodox drum fills and dreamy
lead guitar.
Hereafter
This song was originally two dif-
ferent songs but when we were
writing the first half, we had diffi-
culty finishing it, so we decided to
take an older dramatic
interlude and stick in
there.
The song starts with
the mad machines
ascending over man-
kind. The second half
is our hero saying his
goodbyes before he en-
ters the portal to the
“other side” to stop the
machines. Rúnar Geir-
mundsson goes all out
with more straightfor-
ward, out-of-breath
dramatic screaming.
Wanderer
Our hero is falling through time
and space after entering the portal
and the song gives you a taste of
that atmosphere. Will he prevail?

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