Persona

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Persona is a band from Barcelona formed by �scar and Desir�e since 2005, when they included a song called “Bellum Vitae Tenebris” on Koji Tano Tribute Compilation by Steinklang Industries. The name of the band was inspired by the movie of the swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The word comes from the etrurian, greek and latin tradition of theater and means character (according to this tradition of the ancient tragedies and mask roles). The band practices several styles covered between Dark Ambient, Industrial and Experimental. The sound of Persona includes dark atmospheric ambiances, lyrical melodies, solemn percussions and noisy backgrounds. Some lyrics are poems made by the band members and some other are excerpts of texts or poems by writers such as Rimbaud, H�lderlin, Nietzsche, Maragall, etc. Persona is a conceptual work that combines the visual artwork and the music in which they treat topics such as death, isolation, mankind’s timeless worries, nature, mythology, alchemy and occultism, history, art. Their inspirations are their land’s culture, art, poetry, cinema, and literature. They give importance to the sonorities of different languages and they have lyrics in catalan, german, french, occitan and more. Persona has participated in several compilation releases and has played on live concerts with bands such as Eldar, A Challenge of Honour, Orplid… Their releases by the moment are Selbstmord, Llibertat, Temps de Mort and their new release Ru�nes.
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-"Ru�nes". Digipack audio cd with 19 tracks and a 24 pages full colour booklet with an essay of the concept of ruin along history. Label: Marbre Negre.
Contact: www.marbrenegre.com // grupersona@googlemail.com // marbrenegre@gmail.com
Persona special boxset edition is SOLD OUT. Many thanks. The normal version is still available.
- “Temps de mort”. 3” Cdr with four new songs in black paper box with a piece of paper with the lyrics of a song. Label: Marbre Negre.
(SOLD OUT)
Contact: grupersona@googlemail.com
-Selbstmord reedition. Cdr in dvd Slimcase, with one extra track, a postcard and a pin of Persona’s shield. Label: Marbre Negre.
(SOLD OUT)
Contact: grupersona@googlemail.com
-Persona's 3" cdr "Llibertat" with 5 new songs, edited by Mask of the Slave Records. (SOLD OUT)
-"Selbstmord" Cd (Label: Nervous Nurse)
Link to Nervous Nurse: http://nervousnurse.net.tc/
(Contact: nervousnurse@gmx.net)
SOLD OUT
-First Persona self edited release. Double mini cdr with 6 songs in coffin shaped wooden box. Handmade and hand numbered edition limited to 20 copies. (SOLD OUT)
-"Selbstmord" Cdr B/W cover (Label: Smell the Stench)
Link to Smell the stench: http://home.earthlink.net/~thedweller/id3.html (Contact: smellthestench1@yahoo.com.au)
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2010- Tales from the Grotesque and Arabesque - A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe II by Schattenspiel (Phalanx feat. The white rabbit) and Quartier 23/Notariqon. Song:"The island of the Fay".
2010- Alchemist Compendium, vol.II, free online compilation by Protea Records. Song: "The wrong path to the victory".
2009- Alchemist Compendium, vol.I, free online compilation by Protea Records. Song: "Bellum vitae Tenebris", Selbstmord version.
2009- Tribute to dead soldiers, vol.2, free online compilation edited by La Caverne du Dragon. Song: "Preussischer Stolz"
2009- Tarot Series: "The Hermit". Song: "Le chemin de l'Hermite"
2008- My dear freaks II compilation edited by Caustic Records and La Defunci�n. Song: "Dia d'hivern"
2008- Free your mind compilation edited by Zeitgeist and published by Skulline. Song:"Aix� �s el que anomenem Llibertat"
2008- Marco Corbelli Tribute Compilation . Song: "Shi"
2008-Nightmare Concert Compilation: V/A NIGHTMARE CONCERT: Fulci Is Still A Live. Song: "Notte d'ombra e paura".
2007- Moral Hazard, a compilation release edited by Indie Ziert. Song: "A Sang Freda".
2007- 2nd online compilation of Smell the Stench: Smell the Stench compilation v.2. Song: "La font de sang"
2006- Theremin Noise Club Compilation "Silent Fears" . Song: "Dolor Irreversible"
2006- 3rd online compilation of Neo-folk.it "Honi soit qui mal y pense" . Song: "Can�� del nou mon".
2005- "Tribute to Koni Tano" of Steinkland Records in the memory of MSBR founder. Song: "Bellum Vitae Tenebris, first version.