Halmstad (Niklas angående Niklas) (Swedish for "Halmstad (Niklas Regarding Niklas)") is the fifth album by Swedish black metal band Shining. It was released by Osmose Productions on 16 April 2007. A black LP edition was released and limited to 500 copies.
Track 1 starts with the beginning verses of "Antigonish", an 1889 poem by William Hughes Mearns:
Track 5 is an arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". Several lines by Christina Ricci from the movie Prozac Nation were sampled in this album.
Track listing
Personnel Shining Niklas Kvarforth – vocals Fredric Gråby – guitar Peter Huss – guitar Johan Hallander – bass Ludwig Witt – drums Additional Marcus Pålsson – grand piano on "Åttiosextusenfyrahundra" Ynas Lindskog – lyrics on "Låt oss ta allt från varandra"
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