Storm of the Light's Bane
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Storm of the Light's Bane is the 1995 album release by Swedish black/death metal band Dissection
. That same year, Nuclear Blast released a Europe exclusive special digipak
version of the album limited to 500 copies, which upon unfolding formed the shape of a cross with the song's lyrics printed on the sleeves.
This would be the band's last full length album before Nödtveidt's 1997 incarceration for felony murder
.
It was re-released in 2002 again as a digipak
(catalogue number: NB 646-2), this time with the 1997 EP
, Where Dead Angels Lie
as bonus tracks. The album was re-released once again in 2006 by The End Records
in a two-disc set, and includes the Where Dead Angels Lie EP, an unreleased EP from 1994 featuring two songs from the album, and an "alternate mix" version of the full album, all remastered from the original master tapes by Håkan Åkesson at Cutting Room, Stockholm, and packaged in a slipcase
. This version is touted as the "Ultimate Reissue".
The Japanese edition features the bonus track The Feathers Fell as track 5, in between Where Dead Angels Lie and Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane.
As with the first album, Kristian Wåhlin
did the cover art.
Tracks 1-9: "Storm of the Light's Bane" unreleased alternative mix '95;
Tracks 10, 11: Unreleased demo '94;
Tracks 12-15: "Where Dead Angels Lie
" MCD
'96 remastered original mixes.
Dissection (band)
Dissection was a black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989, by Jon Nödtveidt. The band released its first EP in 1991. They disbanded in 2006, after Nödtveidt's suicide.- Band overview :...
. That same year, Nuclear Blast released a Europe exclusive special digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
version of the album limited to 500 copies, which upon unfolding formed the shape of a cross with the song's lyrics printed on the sleeves.
This would be the band's last full length album before Nödtveidt's 1997 incarceration for felony murder
Felony murder
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when an offender kills accidentally or without specific intent to kill in the course of an applicable felony, what might have been manslaughter is escalated to murder...
.
It was re-released in 2002 again as a digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
(catalogue number: NB 646-2), this time with the 1997 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Where Dead Angels Lie
Where Dead Angels Lie
Where Dead Angels Lie is an EP by the Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was first released as a shaped CD in the form of the Dissection cross in 1996 by Nuclear Blast Records...
as bonus tracks. The album was re-released once again in 2006 by The End Records
The End Records
The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...
in a two-disc set, and includes the Where Dead Angels Lie EP, an unreleased EP from 1994 featuring two songs from the album, and an "alternate mix" version of the full album, all remastered from the original master tapes by Håkan Åkesson at Cutting Room, Stockholm, and packaged in a slipcase
Slipcase
A slipcase is a four or five-sided box, usually made of high-quality cardboard, into which binders, books or book sets are slipped for protection. Special editions of books are often slipcased...
. This version is touted as the "Ultimate Reissue".
The Japanese edition features the bonus track The Feathers Fell as track 5, in between Where Dead Angels Lie and Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane.
As with the first album, Kristian Wåhlin
Kristian Wåhlin
Kristian Wåhlin is a Swedish musician, graphic designer, and album cover artist for many bands in the extreme metal scene worldwide. He is often credited under his pseudonym, Necrolord....
did the cover art.
Track listing
- "At the Fathomless Depths" (NödtveidtJon NödtveidtJon Andreas Nödtveidt was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection, which he founded in 1989....
) – 1:56 - "Night's Blood" (Nödtveidt/ZwetslootJohn ZwetslootJohn Zwetsloot is a Swedish guitarist who previously played with black metal band Dissection.-Dissection Years:In 1989, Dissection was looking for a final member to make the band a four-piece group. Mattias Johansson, their current rhythm guitarist was just a session player at the time and wasn't...
) – 6:41 - "Unhallowed" (Nödtveidt/Norman/SärkkäTony SärkkäTony Särkkä, who goes by the stage name It, is a Swedish-Gipsy multi-instrumentalist who has played in many black metal bands. He plays guitar, drums and bass guitar as well as doing vocals. He is joined by Jim Berger in many projects. His projects include Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur, Incision,...
) – 7:28 - "Where Dead Angels LieWhere Dead Angels LieWhere Dead Angels Lie is an EP by the Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was first released as a shaped CD in the form of the Dissection cross in 1996 by Nuclear Blast Records...
" (Nödtveidt) – 5:53 - "Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane" (Nödtveidt/Zwetsloot) – 4:51
- "Thorns of Crimson Death" (Nödtveidt/Norman) – 8:06
- "Soulreaper" (Nödtveidt/Norman) – 6:56
- "No Dreams Breed in Breathless Sleep" (Alexandra Balogh) – 1:26
2002 reissue bonus tracks
- "Where Dead Angels Lie" (Demo Version. Originally released on "War Compilation" compilation album) – 6:11
- "Elisabeth Bathory" (TormentorTormentorTormentor is a black metal band formed in 1986 in Budapest, Hungary. Tormentor was one of the first black metal bands using synthesisers to create a more atmospheric sound. They recorded their first album, Anno Domini, in 1988, but were unable to release it until the end of communism. The album...
Cover. Originally released on "War Compilation" compilation album) – 5:06 - "Antichrist" (SlayerSlayerSlayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
Cover. Originally released on "Slatanic Slaughter" compilation album) – 2:45 - "Feather's Fell" (from the Japanese issue of "Storm of the Light's Bane" album) – 0:53
- "Son Of Mourning" (from the Japanese issue of The SomberlainThe SomberlainThe Somberlain is the debut album by Dissection, released in 1993. It proved to be a highly influential release for both black metal and melodic death metal. The band dedicated the album to Euronymous, who was murdered the same year....
album) – 3:14
2006 reissue bonus disc track listing
- "At the Fathomless Depths" – 2:00
- "Night's Blood" – 6:43
- "Unhallowed" – 7:31
- "Where Dead Angels Lie" – 5:57
- "Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane" – 4:51
- "Feathers Fell" – 0:54
- "Thorns Of Crimson Death" – 8:07
- "Soulreaper" – 6:56
- "No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep" – 1:32
- "Night's Blood" – 7:14
- "Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane" – 5:12
- "Elisabeth Bathori" (TormentorTormentorTormentor is a black metal band formed in 1986 in Budapest, Hungary. Tormentor was one of the first black metal bands using synthesisers to create a more atmospheric sound. They recorded their first album, Anno Domini, in 1988, but were unable to release it until the end of communism. The album...
Cover) – 5:05 - "Where Dead Angels Lie" (Demo Version) – 6:10
- "Antichrist" (SlayerSlayerSlayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
Cover) – 2:44 - "Son Of The Mourning" – 3:13
Tracks 1-9: "Storm of the Light's Bane" unreleased alternative mix '95;
Tracks 10, 11: Unreleased demo '94;
Tracks 12-15: "Where Dead Angels Lie
Where Dead Angels Lie
Where Dead Angels Lie is an EP by the Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was first released as a shaped CD in the form of the Dissection cross in 1996 by Nuclear Blast Records...
" MCD
MCD
-Entertainment:*MCD Productions, an Irish event promoter*Michael Clarke Duncan, African-American actor-Historical:*Monument Class Description, a synthesis and summary of the archaeological evidence for a British ancient monument*1400 in Roman numerals-Physics:...
'96 remastered original mixes.
Dissection
- Jon NödtveidtJon NödtveidtJon Andreas Nödtveidt was a lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection, which he founded in 1989....
- Vocals, Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars - Johan Norman - Rhythm guitar
- Peter Palmdahl - Bass guitar
- Ole ÖhmanOle ÖhmanOle Christian Öhman is a drummer who played in Dissection but left the band after the album Storm of the Light's Bane was released in 1995...
- Drums
Additional Musicians
- With Alexandra Balogh - Piano
- Legion - Backing Vocal on "Thorns Of Crimson Death"
- Tony SärkkäTony SärkkäTony Särkkä, who goes by the stage name It, is a Swedish-Gipsy multi-instrumentalist who has played in many black metal bands. He plays guitar, drums and bass guitar as well as doing vocals. He is joined by Jim Berger in many projects. His projects include Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur, Incision,...
- Backing vocals on "Soulreaper"
Production
- Arranged & Produced By Dissection
- Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Dan SwanöDan SwanöDan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
- Håkan Åkesson: Mastering & Remastering (2006)
- Necrolord - Cover artwork
- Oscar Matsson - Photography
Further reading
- Black Metal Foundations Top 20: The First Wave. (2005). Terrorizer, 128, 42-43.