The Linear Scaffold is the debut studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Solefald. It was released in 1997, through Avantgarde Records.

The cover art features Odd Nerdrum's 1986 painting Return of the Sun.^[1]

• All Lyrics by Cornelius Jakhelln, except where noted. All Music by Solefald.

1. "Jernlov" – 3:48 (Jakhelln/Lazare Nedlund)
2. "Philosophical Revolt" – 5:45
3. "Red View" – 5:20 (Jakhelln/Nedlund)
4. "Floating Magenta" – 1:42 (Jakhelln/Nedlund)
5. "The Macho Vehicle" – 5:00
6. "Countryside Bohemians" – 5:33
7. "Tequila Sunrise" – 4:17
8. "When the Moon Is on the Wave" – 7:24 (lyrics from a poem written by Lord Byron)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	9/10[3]

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AllMusic chose the album as an "album pick" in their retrospective review, commenting that the album "showed right off the bat that they were a band with their own sound and vision."^[2] The album was featured on Terrorizer's "The Great Black Metal Albums Of All Time", with a number 30 showing. Reviewer James "Harry" Hinchliffe called it "a bold and wonderfully pretentious re-interpretation of BM, inspired as much by Sartre as Satan and careening dizzyingly between devastatingly concise black metal and poppy, blissed-out choruses."^{[citation needed]}

• As noted in liner notes^[4]
  • Cornelius: Iron Law Screams, Linear Scaffold Strings, Bass
  • Lazare: Melovoice, Macrocosmic Keys, Tornado Beats

• Arranged by Solefald
• Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Roald Råsberg
• Mastered by Solefald & Morten Lund