A black metal masterpiece that is almost completely unknown. Highly recommended!

Written by tuerda on 19.09.2011 at 06:21

A black metal masterpiece that is almost completely unknown. Highly recommended!

Awesome music!!! Why I haven't heard of this before??? Totally in my vein of BM!

A wonderful album known by a very few people. Must listen!

Just listened this through at the end of my work hours, it's a damn fine album! I'd say it's within the Top 3 obscure/melodic black metal of the '90s.

The Knell and the World is the best BM song of all time

Written by phanto on 22.10.2016 at 02:22

The Knell and the World is the best BM song of all time

Goddamn right

Pretty cool album. To Achieve The Ancestral Powers is a great interlude track that really adds another dimension to the album.

At some serious points when the vocals don't get tuned interrupting the way for the guitar assault, this becomes In The Solarside Eclipse.

[edit] If anything, this deserves a lot more attention here than it has so far but I find Sacramentum has the better songwriting and production blended to back up Far Away From The Sun's impenetrable and I mean IMPENETRABLE flow. Dissection at the core was Melo-blackened worshippers of the NWOBHM style at heart hence having the majority of mid-pace sections of them all.

What Dawn had both of them beat at was they along with Necrophobic had the most outstanding logo designs and art.

Deserves the recognition and respect that Dissection gets

My top 3 meloblack albums:

1. Storm of the Light's Bane
2. Slaughtersun
3. Far Away From the Sun

Written by sgtrobo on 25.11.2021 at 05:29

My top 3 meloblack albums:

1. Storm of the Light's Bane
2. Slaughtersun
3. Far Away From the Sun

You're a fan of Dan Swanö's production then?

Written by nonZero on 31.01.2022 at 14:58

Written by sgtrobo on 25.11.2021 at 05:29

My top 3 meloblack albums:

1. Storm of the Light's Bane
2. Slaughtersun
3. Far Away From the Sun

You're a fan of Dan Swanö's production then?

just a bit

This is in a league of its own

Finally listened to this album - very good black metal indeed! And I just realized that the "slaughter-sun" on the cover is a nuclear explosion - awesome idea!

A little one-dimensional IMO. Does the meloblack sound very well but is hindered by the linear songwriting (especially the drums) and production.

A good album for the genre, worthy of listening. Definitely not as good as Dissection imo.

Enjoyed "The Knell And The World", "Falcula", the instrumental "To Achieve The Ancestral Powers" and the great riffs of "The Aphelion Deserts". The cover is iconic, it should be praised as well.

I always thought this was a touch better than Dissection, honestly.

Written by A Real Mönkey on 14.01.2024 at 17:54

I always thought this was a touch better than Dissection, honestly.

Very bold statement right there, I'd say it's better than The Somberlain (and Reinkaos obviously) but not quite as good as SOTLB

As a huge Dissection fan, I am surprised this one didn't hook me more - especially given its rating here.

Will have to have a few more spins to see what's what.

7.5