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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

| Name name = As Above... |

| Type type = [[Album]] |

| Artist artist = [[Þeyr]] |

| Cover cover = Þeyr_(As_Above).jpg |

| alt Recorded = ??? | =

| Released released = 1982 |

| recorded =

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

| Lengthvenue = 32:24 |

| studio =

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

| genre Producer = [[Þeyr]]New andwave [[Tonymusic|New Cookwave]] |

| Reviewslength = |32:24

| label Last album = ''[[MjötviðurShout Mær(record label)|Shout]]''<br><u>Cat. No.:</u> (1981) |LX001

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

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

| prev_title = [[Mjötviður Mær]]

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

| prev_year = 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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'''''As Above...''''' 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" vinyl record.<br>

FormedConsisting byof 12 tracks, ''As above...'' contained English versions of the group’sband's hits. A song that outstandsstands out from the rest is "Killer Boogie", a work deemedwhich ashas been considered an attempt by the group to achievebreak through on the international market.<br>

'''''As Above...''''' 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>

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 the international market.<br>

"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 title of the album is thought to be inspired by [[Killing Joke]]'s ''[[What's THIS For...!]]'' from 1981. and withIt sarcasmsarcastically 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 moresometimes generallyalso considered to be half of the occult maxim "[[Asas Aboveabove, Soso Belowbelow]]," that is quoted by every occultist andwhich originates in the second line of the ancientmedieval [[alchemical]] tracttext called the ''[[Tabula Smaragdina'' or ''[[Emerald Tablet]]''.

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 second album, ''[[Mjötviður Mær]]'' and the [[single (music)|single]] ''[[Iður til Fóta]]'', both releases from 1981.

==Track listing==

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==Track notes==

*"Homo Gestalt" is another version of "Life Transmission" which appeared on ''[[Life Transmission]]'' (1981).

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

*"Wolf" is the same as "Úlfur", from ''[[IðurMjötviður til FótaMær]]'' (1981).

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

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

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

==Controversy over Rúdolf==

==Banning==

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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 as it was only released in Iceland. The meaning of the song "Rúdolf" was the focus of controversy among many who thought it was an allegory to Nazism. It should be noted, however, that 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==

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

'''Music:''' all tracks by Þeyr.<br>

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

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

'''Album and sleeve design:''' 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.isound.com/music/gkottarsson/ Page about G. K. Óttarsson at Isound.com]

*[http://www.myspace.com/godkrist Page of G. K. Óttarsson at MySpace.com]

*[http://www.isound.com/stanya Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at Isound.com]

*[http://www.myspace.com/steinimagg Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at MySpace.com]

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

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