raison d'être Metamorphyses

Format: Limited Double Black Vinyl in Gatefold (300 copies - Numbered Edition) - First time on vinyl,Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial

Originally released in the mid-2000s, this defining work now returns in a gloriously expanded edition - and for the first time ever, pressed onto double vinyl. This 2025 edition, meticulously remastered to K14-level standards by Andersson himself, features not only the core studio album (Disc I, recorded winter 2005-2006), but also two full discs of evocative live performances from across Europe, including Gent, Sofia, Salzburg, Alkmaar, Budapest, and a stunning set recorded in the Sophienkirche of Wuppertal during the Phobos II Dark Ambient Festival (2010) - a performance that plays like a liturgy for forgotten gods.

The sound is monumental yet subtle: subterranean drones coil beneath spectral chants, decaying harmonics ripple through ancient cathedrals of reverb, and slow-shifting textures create a space where the listener floats between the sacred and the surreal. There are echoes here of Lustmord's somber gravity, Thomas Köner's icy isolationism, and the ritualistic depth of Inade or Desiderii Marginis, but it's RAISON D'ÊTRE's singular spiritual voice that rises from the abyss.

The artwork by Kati Astraeir perfectly captures the album's meditative darkness - fluid forms, organic decay, and transcendent abstraction - while the layout, also designed by Andersson, reinforces the ritualistic purity of the listening experience.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

Metamorphyses Phase I Metamorphyses Phase II Metamorphyses Phase III Metamorphyses Phase IV Metamorphyses Phase I (Sketch)

Disc 2:

Metamorphyses Phase V Metamorphyses Phase IV (Sketch) Metamorphyses Phase VI Metamorphyses Phase III (Live Alkmaar)