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{{Album infobox |

| Name name = As Above... |

| Type type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |

| Artist artist = [[Þeyr]] |

| Cover cover = Þeyr_(As_Above).jpg |

| alt =

Background = Orange |

| Recorded released = ??? |1982

| recorded =

Released = [[1982]] |

| venue =

Genre = [[New Wave music|New Wave]] |

| Length studio = 32:24 |

| Label genre = [[ShoutNew (recordwave label)music|ShoutNew wave]]<br><u>Cat. No.:</u> LX001 |

| length = 32:24

Producer = [[Þeyr]] and [[Tony Cook]] |

| label = [[Shout (record label)|Shout]]<br><u>Cat. No.:</u> LX001

Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>

| Producer producer = [[Þeyr]] and [[Tony Cook]] (producer)|Tony Cook]]

*''[[Rate Your Music]]'' (N/A) [http://rateyourmusic.com/view_album_details/album_id_is_170533 link]|

Last album| prev_title = ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]''<br /> ([[1981]]) |

| prev_year = 1981

This album = ''As Above...'' <br /> ([[1981]]) |

Next album| next_title = ''[[The Fourth Reich]]'' <br /> ([[1982EP)]]) |

| next_year = 1982

}}

{{About|the album|the Hermetic maxim|As above, so below}}

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<b>'''''As Above...''</b>''' wasis an album released in [[1982]] by [[Þeyr]], a legendaryan [[Iceland]]ic [[New Wavewave music|Newnew Wavewave]] and [[rock and rollmusic|rock]] group. and itIt was issued through the [[Shout (record label)|Shout]] record label on a 12”12" vinyl record.<br>

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<b>''As Above...''</b> was an album released in [[1982]] by [[Þeyr]], a legendary [[Iceland]]ic [[New Wave music|New Wave]] and [[rock and roll|rock]] group and it was issued through [[Shout (record label)|Shout]] on a 12” vinyl record.<br>

“Killer"Killer Boogie”Boogie" and “Rúdolf”"Rúdolf" are featured again in ''[[Rokk í Reykjavík]]'' (Rock in Reykjavík), a concert compilation released in 1982 with the presence of other renowned Icelandic bands. There is also a video for this compilation which was edited on VHS format only.

Formed by 12 tracks, ''As above...'' contained English versions of the group’s hits. A song that outstands from the rest is “Killer Boogie”, a work deemed as an attempt by the group to achieve international trascendendy.

“Killer Boogie” and “Rúdolf” are featured again in ''[[Rokk í Reykjavík]]'' (Rock in Reykjavík), a concert compilation released in 1982 with the presence of other renowned Icelandic bands. There is also a video for this compilation which was edited on VHS format only.

"Rúdolf" contains a sample of Hitler saying ''"Around us is Germany. In us Germany marches. And behind us Germany follows"''. It was a fragment taken from ''[[Triumph of the Will|Triumph des Willens]]'' (''Triumph of the Will''), a propaganda film directed by [[Leni Riefenstahl]] in 1934. However, the record inserts credit [[A. Schicklgruber]] as the impersonator of Hitler’s voice.

The remaining songs of this album were never reissued since the masters are believed to be lost. By [[2001]] Þeyr’s members and friends released a CD titled ''[[Mjötviður til Fóta]]'' which included songs from their first album, ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]'' and the [[single (music)|single]] ''[[Iður til Fóta]]'', both releases from [[1981]].

The title of the album is thought to be inspired by [[Killing Joke]]'s ''[[What's THIS For...!]]'' from 1981. It sarcastically refers either to the band's name or to their previous works (in the sense that "as above" is written on application forms). It is sometimes also considered to be half of the occult maxim "[[as above, so below]]," which originates in the second line of the medieval [[alchemical]] text called the ''Tabula Smaragdina'' or ''[[Emerald Tablet]]''.

The cover design, which is exactly the same as in ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]'' was banned in the [[United Kingdom]] because of the photographs showing drummer [[Sigtryggur Baldursson]] naked. However, ''Mjötviður Mær'' was never banned because it was only released in Iceland.

The remaining songs of this album were never reissued since the [[Mastering (audio)|masters]] are believed to be lost. By [[2001]] Þeyr’s members and friends released a CD titled ''[[Mjötviður til Fóta]]'' which included songs from their firstsecond album, ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]'' and the [[single (music)|single]] ''[[Iður til Fóta]]'', both releases from [[1981]].

<b>Þeyr’s members were:</b><br>

*<b>Vocalist:</b> [[Magnús Guðmundsson (singer)|Magnús Guðmundsson]].

*<b>Guitars:</b> [[Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson]] and [[Þorsteinn Magnússon]].

*<b>Bass:</b> [[Hilmar Örn Agnarsson]].

*<b>Drums:</b> [[Sigtryggur Baldursson]].

==Track listing==

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==Track notes==

*”Homo"Homo Gestalt”Gestalt" is another version of “Life"Life Transmission”Transmission" which appeared in ''[[Úfrymi]]'' andon ''[[Life Transmission]]'' ([[1981]]).

*”Dead"Dead/Undead”Undead" is the English version of “Bás"Bás 12”12" which appeared in ''[[MjötviðurIður Mærtil Fóta]]'' ([[1981]]).

*”Wolf”"Wolf" is the same as “Úlfur”"Úlfur", from ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]'' (1981).

*”Technologos”"Technologos" is the same as “2999”"2999" from ''Mjötviður Mær''.

*”Are"Are You Still There”There" is the English version of “Tedrukkinn”"Tedrukkinn" from ''Mjötviður Mær''.

*”Enough”"Enough" is the same as “Það"Það er Nóg”Nóg" from ''Mjötviður Mær''.

*”Shout”"Shout" is the English version of “Ópið”"Ópið" from ''Mjötviður Mær''.

*”Mjötviður”, which was an instrumental track, is a few seconds longer than the version featured in ''[[Mjötviður til Fóta]]'', a CD of [[2001]].

==Controversy over Rúdolf==

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The meaning of the song "Rúdolf" was the focus of controversy among many who thought it was an allegory to Nazism. Þeyr was an anti-fascist group. Several years later, drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson said: "The song 'Rúdolf' was supposed to be a criticism, but was really interpreted as we were Nazis. We also adopted some Nazi things like clothing, but we were never real Nazis. We were just showing off, just like today."

==Credits==

<b>'''Production:</b>''' Þeyr and [[Tony Cook (producer)|Tony Cook]].<br>

<b>'''Music:</b>''' all tracks by Þeyr.<br>

<b>'''Lyrics:</b>''' [[Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson]], with the exception of “Killer"Killer Boogie”Boogie" whose lyrics were created by Þeyr.<br>

<b>'''Backing vocals:</b>''' A. Schichelgruber is credited on the song “Rúdolf”"Rúdolf".<br>

<b>'''Album and sleeve design:</b>''' Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.<br>

==External links==

*[http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm Page about Þeyr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051014154852/http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm |date=2005-10-14 }}

*[http://www.hanshan.org/musikk/theyr.php Website about the history and discography of Þeyr]

*[http://www.tonlist.is/ViewArtist.aspx?AuthorID=2947 Tónlist.is] - Page about Þeyr. It features mp3 samples (in Icelandic).

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208061404/http://www.intravenous.de/home/musik/artikel/island1.html Intravenous.de] - Page about Icelandic music. It includes a section for Þeyr.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051202035636/http://www.islandia.is/gko/ Official site of Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson]

*[http://www.isoundmyspace.com/music/gkottarsson/godkrist Page aboutof G. K. Óttarsson at IsoundMySpace.com]

*[http://www.smekkleysamyspace.netcom/sigtryggursteinimagg Official sitePage of SigtryggurÞorsteinn BaldurssonMagnússon at MySpace.com]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050910030656/http://www.smekkleysa.net/sigtryggur/ Official site of Sigtryggur Baldursson]

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