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raison d'être (French for "reason to be") is a dark ambient project from Boxholm, Sweden, whose sole member has always been Peter Andersson. Formed in 1991 as a tool of expression with the goal of self-realization and deeper knowledge of the inner Self. The music produced by raison d'être is chiefly dreamlike dark ambient soundscapes, with industrial touches. For example, synthesizers might pla...read more

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Top Tracks of Raison D'Être

The Slow Ascent
Katharsis
Mourning
In Abandoned Places
Ascension De Profundis
Ordeal in Chapel
Synopsis
The Shadow of the Soul
End of a Cycle
Mesmerized in Sorrow
The Wasteland
The Well of Sadness
The Hidden Hallows
Reflecting In Shadows
Ascent of the Blessed
The Awakening
Cenotaphium
In Abscence of Light
Penumbra
deadman
Deep Enshrouded
Sephiroth
Becoming The Void Of Nothingness
Falling Twilight
Mouldering the Forlorn II
Metamorphyses II
Disintegrates From Within
Euphrosyne
Inner Depths of Sadness
Of Dying Relics
Sophrosyne
Fall of the damned
The Narrow Gate
towards desolation,
Spire of Withhold
Metamorphyses I
The Eternal Return And The Infinity Horizon
In Lonelienes
Passing Inner Shield
Spiraal
Metamorphyses III
Pathaway
Anathema/Apotheosis
Dream's Essence
The Maturation Of Nature
Faceless
Metamorphyses V
Metamorphe
Sub Specie Aeternitatis
Metamorphyses Phase I
Metamorphyses VI
Le Temp et l'Espace
The External World
Reflectio Mediato
If It Bears Thorns Its End Is To Be Burned
Death Pit Of Ur
Arbitaire Emotion
cantharsis
Withstand the Fire
Metamorphyses Phase V
The Spirit will not share the Guilt
Metamorphyses Phase III
Metamorphyses Phase II
Gwynn-ap-nudd
The Verge of Somnolence
Metamorphyses Phase VI
Out of the Depths...
Pharynx
Metamorphyses Phase IV
Desecrated By The Blood
Purified With Fire
In Emptiness
Procession
Without the Shedding There is No Forgiveness
decalogue
Towards Desolation
Memento Mori
chalixtins
Moribund
Wisdom of Withhold
In Abscence of Subsequent Ambivalance
Forgotten Mound
Inquest
The Revival
Death in the Body but made alive by the Spirit
In Brooken Shields
The Final Wagon
Archetypon Ataraxia
Auto-dafé
De Profundis
In Extremis
Death Brightens With Sorrow
The Temple is eternal sacred
Enshrouding
Brooked Shield
ruins
Shedding
Ignesco Comburo
Maze Shrine
Hell is Trembling, and the Gates of Death
Archetypon Ataraxi
Mesmerised in Sorrow
Dissection III
Paragon Sequence
Carnificina I
Metamorphyses IV (SEXJI0600404)
Frigus Membra
summoning the void
Decay I
Anathema / Apotheosis
Summoning
The Unclean Spirit
Nigredo
Dissection I
Abyssos
The Everlasting Fire (Linecheck)
Katharos
Saivo II
Dissection II
Synopsis I
Through An Arcane Passage
Carnificina II
In Absence Of Light
Disowned before the Angels of God
Darken My Soul
De Produndis (Stockholm)
Albedo
The Luminous Shield
The Water Of Cleansing
Synopsis II
Infernos
The Hidden Hollows
Decay II
Citrinitas
Agraphos
The Dark Age will come
Raison d'être
My Soul is Darkened
Ba-Umf
The Mournful Wounds
The Implacable Portal
Reflecting in Shadows (live)
Saivo - The Kingdom of Dead
The Invisible Gate Of The Temple
Spira Mirabilis
Dreams Essence
Sharing the Guilt
Metal Stone Mental Heart
Rubedo
Cantharsis II
Shadow Weaver
in absence of subsequent ambivalence
Reconstructing the Void
Spiraal Ii
The Everlasting Fire
Auto-dafe
Katharsis (early version)
Pathfinder
Saifeiod - Extended Version
The End of the Key
The Spire Of Withhold
Metamorphyses - Phase III
Wasteland
The Eternal Return
Intrinsic Reason (version II)
Metamorphyses IV
Metamorphyses - Phase IV
Awaking the Primordial Image
Mouldering The Forlorned - Part I
Mourn Him Yet
Anathema - Apotheosis
The Wasteland II
In Loneliness
Mouldering The Forlorn I
Desintegrates Form Within
intrinsic reason - version i
Raison D'etre
Moulding And Destruction I
Passing Inner Shield (live)
The Roots of Our Weaknesses
Inside the Enantiodromia
Saifeiod (extended version)
passing inner shields
Penumbra - Alternative End
Intrinsic Reason I
In Abscence Of Subsequent Ambivalence
Intrinsic Reason II
Dekay
Drop of Crystal
Retrieving the Maternal Cathexis
Moulding And Destruction II
Daemonium
intrinsic reason - version ii
Apres Nous Le Deluge - Acte I
Blood and Water
Saivo I (the kingdom of the dead)
Mantra
Purification
Disektion
Reflections
A Thousand Eyes
Ordeal Chapel
Old Wounds Opened
The Shadow Weaver
Maturation Of The Nature
Apres Nous Le Deluge (Acte I)
A Flaming Ordeal
The Sphere of Another World
Closer To The Abyss
In Lonelieness
Hell Is Trembling...
The Wastelands
Death-pit of Ur
Hell is trembling
Hell did Tremble, and the Gates of Death
Saivo
Phase I
Silences
Passing Inner Shields (Early Sketch)
Phase II
Annwn / Gwyn ap Nudd
Intrinsic Reason
Intrinsic Reason (First Version)
Intrcourse in the Garden of Delight when Evil Suddenly Appear and Disappear
Decay (First Version)
Ingesco Comburo
Phase III
In Abscence Of Subsecuent...
Destin
Work Of Art
Maya
Auto-Da-Fé
The Eternal Return And...
Ordeal In The Chapel
Penumbra (Alternative End Part)
Mourning (Stockholm)
Katharsis - early version
Intrinsic Reason (Version I)
Phase IV
Death By The Spirit
Après Nous Le Déluge, Acte I - Redux
If It Bears Thorns
Decay
Mictlantecuhtli
Apres Nous Le Deluge (Acte II)
Après Nous Le Déluge (Acte I)
Thanatos / Ahu
Brooken Shield
The Rage of the Rape in Eden
Mezmerized In Sorrow
Desecrated
Unendliches Angst
The Temple Made Alive In The Body
Après nous le déluge (Acte II)
Lumen Naturale
Spiraal (Stockholm)
Death Brightens In Sorrow
Ruins (short)
Phase V
The Abyss in Abstracto
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