Storm of the Light's Bane

1. At the Fathomless Depths

2. Night's Blood

3. Unhallowed

4. Where Dead Angels Lie

5. Retribution/Storm of the Light's Bane

6. Thorns of Crimson Death

7. Soulreaper

8. No Dreams Breed in Breathless Sleep

Tracks:

At the Fathomless Depths
Nights Blood
Unhallowed
Where Dead Angels Lie
Retribution - Storm of the Lights Bane
Thorns of Crimson Death
Soulreaper
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep

Tracks:

At the Fathomless Depths
Nights Blood
Unhallowed
Where Dead Angels Lie
Retribution - Storm of the Lights Bane
Feathers Fell
Thorns of Crimson Death
Soulreaper
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep
Nights Blood
Retribution Storm of the Lights Bane
Elisabeth Bathori
Where Dead Angels Lie (demo version)
Antichrist
Son of the Mourning

Album Description

The ultimate re-issue of this timeless majestic black metal classic. Absolutely essential!!!

Customer Reviews:

***VERY GOOD***.......2007-06-06

do not be put off by my 3 stars. I really like this album and i think it is definately worth owning if you are into black/death metal
The only reason i didnt give it 3 or 4 stars is because i cant help but compare it to bands such as borknagar who have so much more musical scope. However this album does what it sets out to do..it has an atmosphere, it is heavy, it has subtle melody. I like the vocals,. There is a couple of short acoustic passages etc... adding to the album. It is quite limited however and could do with a bit of a wider spectrum of inspiration. i like this album and is worth owning.

Grossly Overhyped.......2007-01-02

1995 saw the beginning of the end for the Norwegian black metal movement, which, after reaching its creative peak in 1993/94 headed into a period of decline as Burzum and Mayhem had their careers disrupted by the death of Euronymous and Varg Vikernes' attendant legal difficulties, and the temporary silence of DarkThrone, Emperor and Enslaved. Immortal soldiered on with the excellent Battles in the North: but coming on the heels of the all time classic Pure Holocaust, it was something of a letdown, and was certainly not enough to maintain the scene's forward momentum by itself.

It was into this void that Dissection was trying to step, bringing with them impressive technical skills, an encyclopedic knowledge of several generations of metal history and riffing, and the will, or at least the desire, to reinvigorate the flagging fortunes of black metal by expanding on the genre's latent melodic potential while reintroducing the technical discipline of death metal. Some of it even works.

Storm of the Light's Bane is all over the map stylistically - a careful listener will detect influences from Iron Maiden, to Kreator, to Morbid Angel to early Immortal. In some ways, this is a strength, the variation (mostly) keeps the band from falling into any sort of songwriting formula (a problem that plagues many technically astute artists). At the same time, it prevents Dissection from developing a consistent aesthetic or any conceptual unity. The album's best track "Night's Blood," reinvigorates what is basically ripping death metal in the style of early Morbid Angel or first album Deicide with a darkly melodic turn worthy of classic Immortal or Enslaved. Unfortunately, this experiment is a one off, and the rest of the album consists of more straightforward melodic black metal tunes.

The best of these songs (which are very good, but by no means great) - "Unhallowed," "Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane" and "Soulreaper" - make black metal of old school heavy metal by breaking openly harmonized riffs in the vein of Iron Maiden into longer phrases using black metal rhythmic technique. While they lack the inventiveness, classical phrasing and epic dynamic sense of Sacramentum or the expert pacing and clever use of texture found in the better works of late-model Immortal, these tracks are both successful and satisfying, at least on a superficial level. A couple of tracks, most notably the seemingly interminable "Thorns of Crimson Death," take an unfortunate detour into some of the worst defects of heavy metal and are dragged down by insipid, bouncy rock rhythms and sing-along kiddie metal choruses.

While Dissection display a mastery of a vast array of metal technique, Storm of the Light's Bane lacks any unifying concept beyond a surface aesthetic of stylized `complexity', as if the band never had any ambition beyond taking a basic black metal template and making it more technically aware. As a result, it has not stood the test of time as well as stylistically similar but more compositionally and conceptually expansive works like Sacramentum's Far Away From the Sun and Immortal's At the Heart of Winter have. Many will continue to praise this release out of nostalgia or ignorance, but it is perhaps better seen as a gateway to better music than as an essential pillar of the extreme metal pantheon.

A Classic Metal Album.......2006-12-29

Along with "The Somberlain", this record is simply one of the best extreme metal releases *ever* released. If you have never had a chance to hear Dissection, it can not recommend this record enough.

Great Melodic Death Metal.......2006-12-02

I picked this up because of the cover and the description from a metal music web site. I was not disappointed. The music is melodic yet chaotic, loud, obnoxious, speedy, all the good things one would expect from the genre including the "Cookie Monster" vocals. The bonus disc has a remixed version of the original release with an extra song thrown in, plus after the regular album plays, there are multiple bonus tracks. This is a great collection and introduction to their sound. The only problem is that their creative force just offed himself. He was released a while back after spending time in jail on a murder conviction. Made a sort of comeback, but abruptly stopped the band and killed himself. I can't help not thinking of all that crap as I listen to this. If that doesn't bother you, I recommend this as a great introduction to melodic death. Recommended.

Storm of the Light's Bane: Where Dead Angels Lie

Average customer rating:

Black Metal with complex guitarwork?!
Just brilliant.
Black Death en la cima
There will never be anything like it
Awesome CD

Storm of the Light's Bane: Where Dead Angels Lie
Dissection
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Somberlain
Reinkaos
Blood Fire Death
Pure Holocaust
Sons of Northern Darkness

ASIN: B000063TES
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Tracks:

At The Fathomless Depths
Night's Blood
Unhallowed
Where Dead Angels Lie
Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane
Thorns Of Crimson Death
Soulreaper
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep
Where Dead Angels Lie (Demo Version)
Elisabeth Bathory
Anti Christ
Feathers Fell
Son Of Mourning

Album Description

Includes the remastered album Storm Of The Light's Bane from 1996 and the EP Where Dead Angels Lie from 1997 added as a bonus. This re-release clearly demonstrates why Dissection are revered by metal fans all over the world as one of the most original and inventive Swedish bands of the early 90's. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

Black Metal with complex guitarwork?!.......2007-07-05

First off, thanks to Bjorn for convincing me to get this amazing album!

I don't mean for the title of my review to be misleading. I respect and like black metal, and I realize that their minimalistic ideals in their music are probably harder to compose than one would think. I'm not the biggest black metal fan, as I prefer the technical proficiency of death metal to the more atmospheric black metal. However, this black metal album stands out among the rest. Actually, this album is melodic blackened death metal, which probably explains the unusually complex guitar here. Jon's guitarwork rips and tears with a variety of riffs and melodies, ranging from technical death metal riffs, palm muted, crunchy thrash riffs, cold black metal tremelo picking, and melodeath style melodies that fall on the darker side of the genre, not to mention some breathtaking leads and solos. This may very well be the first blackened death metal album, and it's a classic album in both black metal and death metal.

Just brilliant........2007-05-07

This is the ultimate Dissection. The cream of their crop. My favourite songs are Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane and Thorns Of Crimson Death. Retribution is especially good to listen to at night when you're in a really dark mood.

Of course, all of the songs are great. This album is the hair on the balls of death/black metal. Jon (the frontman for those new to Dissection) may have made some disagreeable turns in his life, but he was a damn good musician.

Black Death en la cima.......2007-04-18

UN Gran album, con temas poderosos, en cuanto a los propiamente dichos del album, muy creativos, violencia, malevolencia y tecnicismo, nunca cae en el aburrimiento y la repeticion. Mi calificacion es por lo musical, porque despues la produccion del disco es muy pobre, horrible, ni siquiera un booklet, es una edicion Digipack, pero vienen el disco pelado, sin nada.
Finalmente los Covers finales bien ejecutados, no agregan nada nuevo, salvo un poco de variedad musical, y los dos ultimos, tomados de albumes viejos, el ultimo ppalmente es una version un poco mas tecnica y mas entendible que la original, que sin embargo suena mas poderosa. Las partes de piano son bien interesantes y le dan un aire a tanta violencia anterior. RECOMENDADO.

There will never be anything like it.......2007-03-31

With the unfortunate history of Jon aside, let us all gather in awe around this album. While many bands like Behemoth try there hardest to replicate this, nothing will ever come close. You ever heard of blackened death metal? Dissection created it, and perfected it on Storm of the Lights Bane. The riffs are freezing, shards of ice that swirl in your head for weeks, while the soft acoustic passages allow for you to reflect on the darkness that you are hearing. While bands try as much as they can to make there music sound evil, this is pure evil. The kind of evil that chills up your spine while your trying to sleep, the kind of evil that howls against the windows during a storm.

Yeah, I know, this review is cheesy, but this album is nothing short of perfection. I can tell you a boat load of bands that try to recreate this album, but until you actually listen to this, you probably wouldnt believe me.

Awesome CD.......2007-01-11

Every Dissection CD that I have heard is awesome. I'm glad I got to know them before Jon's passing.

Average customer rating:

Epic Black Metal Masterpiece!
Untouchable
Swedish Brilliance
My heart is as cold as ice...
Oh yeah..

Storm of the Light's Bane
Dissection
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Somberlain
Between Two Worlds

ASIN: B000000H13
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

At The Fathomless Depths
Night's Blood
Unhallowed
Where Dead Angels Lie
Retribution-Storm Of The Light's Bane
Thorns Of Crimson Death
Soulreaper
No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep

Customer Reviews:

Epic Black Metal Masterpiece!.......2005-03-20

Dissection employ a mix emphasizing reverb and slightly muddy guitars, although by all standards the production is loud and clear. Aside from the echoing toms, drums are mostly death-sounding, mostly due to the triggered bass. Nodtveidt's raspy vocals sound grim and nearly breathless, with reverb echoing for maximum creepiness. Lead guitar lines are slightly muffled, imbuing a forlorn, almost vocal quality. Linear melodies drift up from the deepest depths of depression, mingling in harmony that is both tragic and beautiful. Dissection also prove themselves to be adept musician, remaining cohesive and rhythmically tight throughout. The drumming in particular is stylistic and precise, supporting rhythms with both lightning blastbeats and well-executed kickdrum rolls. Lyrically, you should know what to expect when the grim reaper on the cover depicts with an hourglass and being on top of a black satin horse set against snow-covered mountains. Yes pure epic meliodic symphonic black metal.

Untouchable.......2005-03-10

When I first heard this album, I had no clue what black metal was.... I was still listening to Guns 'n Roses, Metallica, Megadeth, etc. A friend introduced me to it and I was completely blown away! I have never heard anything like, and come to think of it, nothing has even come close to this day! Jon's haunting vocals and the melodic guitar work make SOTLB so unique. And the fact that there is a huge debate over wether this is a black metal album or not, just makes this album so much more special. I'm not sure if this is black metal or not, but what I do know, is that SOTLB is my favorite metal album..... period!!!

Swedish Brilliance.......2005-02-18

Dissection is one of my favorite Scandanavian bands, and their two albums of the mid nineties still destroy most metal out today. Real heavy stuff, one great riff after another. The mood is immediately set with the fabuluous:

At the Fathomless Depths - an eerie intro to an amazingly fast speed driven album of death. Slow but a great mood setter.

Night's Blood - Immediately the sound of this band is upon you. Extraordinarily fast, yet very precise. Nice clean section in the middle, and riffs galore throughout. 95/100

Unhallowed - Nothing short of perfection. Evil riffs all over this, and once again, the sound of this band really pulls through. This is great music for listening to in the woods in the middle of nowhere. 98/100

Where Dead Angels Lie - Another melodic masterpiece, and the melodies pull through aamzingly on this song. Beautiful clean part in the middle. I just wish Jon could still write music like this today...their new EP song is terrible. 98/100

Storm of the Light's Bane/Retribution - driving song, is kind of forgotten between two greats, yet still typical Dissection and very enjoyable. 90/100

Thorns of Crimson Death - and 8 minute epic, well laid out, great riffs, great vocals, basically just great everything and definately the most overlooked song on the album. May take some time to get used to, but it quickly becomes a favorite. 98/100

Soulreaper - just listen to the first riff and you'll see how this song is: evil and insane. Chockful of everything this band is about. 93/100

Dissection is a melodic death act full of double bass beats, trem picking riffs, and more insanity. Highly recommended, one of the best albums of the black/death era. They really succeed in creating their own sound and style.

My heart is as cold as ice..........2004-01-23

Wow....this album is phenomal. I get chills just listening to it...they are so good at creating an icy atmosphere it makes you believe you're transported to the snow covered mountain tops of Norway. You have to love the way they can go from fast, bone chilling melodic black metal to a beautiful acoustic passage, it almost reminds me of Opeth in a way but not entirely the same...what also helps is that Ishahns vocals have an echoey sound to them adding to the effect of their music. Only way i'd categorize Dissection would be melodic death/black metal. On to the production , it is actually very clean unlike most black metal records, not saying this is really a black metal release though...
I'd say the best song would have to be Where dead angels lie but all of them are excellent. Also something to mention would be that the artwork is amazing!! One of the first things that drew me into this cd. This comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Oh yeah.........2003-11-18

Of course, i know Emperor is legendary and way more darker, and nobody else ( in metal anyway) has ihsaan's voice, Pleez don't burn my house. and the vocals of dissection are more raspy like someone said, rather than screamed. but still theyr intensely good. What the f..?! there's some European kids with long a^^ hair throwing gasoline on my door!

Average customer rating:

Great Swedish melodic Black/Death
Buy or Die
DISSECTION RULES!!!!!!!

Storm of the Light's Bane

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ASIN: B00005636J
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Customer Reviews:

Great Swedish melodic Black/Death.......2002-04-10

This is one of the all time classic Black/Death metal albums ever. If you enjoy Black/Death metal, this album will please you.The songs are all good and the musicianship is top notch as is thevocals. Definitely a must buy.

Buy or Die.......2001-01-25

DISSECTION IS DESTINY BUY THIS AND SHUT UP!!!! THIS ARE THE TRUHLY BLACK METAL GODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAIL SATAN HAIL DISSECTION

DISSECTION RULES!!!!!!!.......2001-01-16

BUY THIS OR DIE!!!!! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BM ALBUMS EVER!!! HAIL DISSECTION!!!

Average customer rating:

Storm of the Light's Bane
Dissection
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ASIN: B000KHVQ2Y

Product Description

Out of print first pressing from Japan, featuring one bonus track exclusive to the Japanese import (No dreams breed in breathless sleep) for a total of 9 tracks.

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