The Somberlain
by Dissection
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1993
- Label: No Fashion
- Country: Sweden
- Length: 45:39
- Community rating: 3.75/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Peter Palmdahl, John Zwetsloot
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The Somberlain' stands as a foundational monument of Swedish melodic black metal. Dedicated to Euronymous, the album seamlessly blends incredibly fast, heavy blast beats with dark, virtuosic dual-guitar harmonies, evoking an ominous, profoundly cold nocturnal atmosphere steeped in the occult.
Genres
Descriptors: occult, melodic, grim, atmospheric, swedish
Tracklist
- Black Horizons (8:12)
- The Somberlain (7:07)
- Crimson Towers (0:50)
- A Land Forlorn (6:40)
- Heaven's Damnation (4:42)
- Frozen (3:47)
- Into Infinite Obscurity (1:06)
- In the Cold Winds of Nowhere (4:22)
- The Grief Prophecy / Shadows over a Lost Kingdom (3:31)
- Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow (4:36)
- Feathers Fell (0:41)
Credits
- Dissection - primary artist, producer
- Peter Palmdahl - bass guitar, music by [june'92]
- Jon N枚dtveidt - cover [concept], vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, lyrics by [sept.'92], music by [oct.'92], lyrics by [december'91], music by [june'92], lyrics by [december '90], lyrics by [april '92], music by [april '92], lyrics by [december '91], music by [december '91], lyrics by [aug. '91], music by [oct. '91], lyrics by [may '91], music by [nov. '89], lyrics by [jan. '92], music by [jan. '92]
- Necrolord - cover [concept], cover [cover art]
- Ole 脰hman - drums [battery], music by [nov. '89]
- Dan Swan枚 - engineer
- John Zwetsloot - rhythm guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, music by [oct.'92], composed by [1992], performer [performed by], music by [april '92], composed by [1991], performer [performed by], music by [oct. '91], music by [jan. '92]