Formed originally as ANCIENT by Marcus Norman in 1992, ANCIENT WISDOM released their debut album on this day in 1996.
...it's kind of hard to explain why Ancient Wisdom sounds the way it does. But I know, when I started the band back in 1992 the big thing was like, you know, "Swedish Death Metal", that kind of stuff, and I wanted to really get away from that and do something slow, something more melancholic in a way. And Ancient Wisdom has always been about creating dark musical landscapes in a way, make the listener drift away on a tragic journey.
Marcus Norman / Ancient Wisdom interview, Sheol Magazne, 2005
The last 2 songs on that one, they are from the first demo tape. You know, the whole layout and everything with that album is totally messed up, there are song titles missing (if you noticed) and the 2 last songs on that one were supposed to be released on a 7-inch, but when I sent the mastertape to the label they just have misunderstood everything, so when I got the CD the demo tracks were included to that album as well... so...
Marcus Norman / Ancient Wisdom interview, Sheol Magazne, 2005
For Snow Covered the Northland was recorded at Garageland in December 1994. Technical issues led to the long delayed release. By that time Marcus was the sole remaining member. He would begin recording the next album, The Calling, a few months after this release in December 1996.
ANCIENT WISDOM went on to release four albums with Avantgarde Music, the lastin 2004... Until returning with a new album, A Celebration in Honor of Death, in June 2021!