Seirom | |
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Origin | Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands |
Genres | Dark ambient, shoegazing |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Aurora Borealis, Burning World |
Members | Maurice de Jong |
Website | www.devotionalhymns.com |
Seirom is a dark ambient musical project started by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice de Jong, otherwise known as Mories. It was founded in 2011 and marked a stark contrast to de Jong's previous work, embracing a more ethereal sound. [1]
The Seirom project was conceived in 2011 after composer Maurice de Jong had reached a creative exhaustive point with his other active projects. "I started to feel burned out. I think all the negativity (in my music making) kind of had an impact on me. I needed to do something positive." He independently released Eremitic on June 6, 2011. 1973 was released on November 9, 2012 and featured a lighter more positive tone compared to Seirom's debut. [2] [3] On May 1, 2014 the third full-length album And the Light Swallowed Everything was released and received positively, with Kez Whelan of Terrorizer describing the music as "hauntingly, harrowingly, luminously beautiful." [4] Seirom's fourth album I Was So Sad was released on July 8, 2016.
Seirom | |
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Origin | Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands |
Genres | Dark ambient, shoegazing |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Aurora Borealis, Burning World |
Members | Maurice de Jong |
Website | www.devotionalhymns.com |
Seirom is a dark ambient musical project started by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice de Jong, otherwise known as Mories. It was founded in 2011 and marked a stark contrast to de Jong's previous work, embracing a more ethereal sound. [1]
The Seirom project was conceived in 2011 after composer Maurice de Jong had reached a creative exhaustive point with his other active projects. "I started to feel burned out. I think all the negativity (in my music making) kind of had an impact on me. I needed to do something positive." He independently released Eremitic on June 6, 2011. 1973 was released on November 9, 2012 and featured a lighter more positive tone compared to Seirom's debut. [2] [3] On May 1, 2014 the third full-length album And the Light Swallowed Everything was released and received positively, with Kez Whelan of Terrorizer describing the music as "hauntingly, harrowingly, luminously beautiful." [4] Seirom's fourth album I Was So Sad was released on July 8, 2016.