Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

9.1 | 1180 votes |

Release date:	November 1995
Style:	Melodic black metal, Melodic death metal
Owners:	1347 have it 158 want it 1 trades it

Disc I
01. At The Fathomless Depths
02. Night's Blood
03. Unhallowed
04. Where Dead Angels Lie
05. The Feathers Fell [Japanese bonus]
06. Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane
07. Thorns Of Crimson Death
08. Soulreaper
09. No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep

Disc II [2006 Re-release bonus]
01. At The Fathomless Depths [alternate version]
02. Night's Blood [alternate version]
03. Unhallowed [alternate version]
04. Where Dead Angels Lie [alternate version]
05. Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane [alternate version]
06. Feathers Fell [alternate version]
07. Thorns Of Crimson Death [alternate version]
08. Soulreaper [alternate version]
09. No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep [alternate version]
10. Night's Blood [unreleased demo '94]
11. Retribution - Storm Of The Light's Bane [unreleased demo '94]
12. Elisabeth Bathory [Tormentor cover]
13. Where Dead Angels Lie [demo]
14. Antichrist [Slayer cover]
15. Son Of The Mourning

Top 20 albums of 1995: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 19

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Additional info
Produced by Dissection.
Composed and arranged during hours of darkness in 1993-95.
Recorded between the 17th and 30th of March 1995 at Hellspawn/Unisound Studios, Sweden.
Recording engineer: Dan Swanö.
Remastered from the original master tapes by Håkan Åkesson at Cutting Room.
Cover art by Necrolord.

Staff review by
KwonVerge

Rating:
9.5

Dissection is a cult name in the world of extreme metal. In a time when Euronymous and the Inner Circle had declared war to false black and death metal, "The Somberlain" and the first demos of the band exploded like dynamites in the underground scene combining the groove and aggression of death metal with the essence and grim feeling of black metal. Jon Nodtveidt and his nocturnal companions had achieved something extremely difficult for the current time, they had become acceptable by both the death and black metal audience shaking the underground scene.

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Pauleto Account deleted	Permalink 06.04.2010 - 10:23 Pauleto Account deleted Album "Storm Of The Light' Bane" plus "The Somberlain" are best scrapbooks DISSECTION. DISSECTION is unfeigned jewel Swedish Melodic Death Metal! Loading...
Got Mayhem? Posts: 767 From: USA	Permalink +3 26.06.2010 - 19:02 Rating: 10 Got Mayhem? Posts: 767 From: USA Truly one of the greatest albums of all time. Every aspect of this album puts forth incredible emotion into the listener. Quite possibly as close to a flawless album as anyone will ever get. If you haven't heard this, you need to. Right now. ---- Loading...
Aetherius Posts: 219 From: USA	Permalink 13.08.2010 - 09:07 Rating: 10 Aetherius Posts: 219 From: USA It is amazing. Loading...
Misanthrope Posts: 21 From: UAE	Permalink +1 14.09.2010 - 12:43 Rating: 10 Misanthrope Posts: 21 From: UAE This album is Melodic, aggressive, pounding, and extremely amazing. This album has all the elements from every genre almost. Hail Dissection and Jon ! Loading...
JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA	Permalink 25.01.2011 - 05:44 Rating: 10 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA Damn japanese strike again.... Loading...
MechanisT Account deleted	Permalink +4 06.03.2011 - 19:48 MechanisT Account deleted THE black metal album, for me. Loading...
BeastOfMetal456 Account deleted	Permalink 12.08.2011 - 14:54 BeastOfMetal456 Account deleted From one track till now, it sounds very epic. With great vocals too. And good production. Loading...
K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2570 From: Czech Republic	Permalink +1 12.08.2011 - 15:09 Rating: 9 K✞ulu Seeker of Truth Posts: 2570 From: Czech Republic Written by Guest on 06.03.2011 at 19:48 THE black metal album, for me. I agree. ---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy Loading...
moben Posts: 5 From: Guyana	Permalink 11.10.2011 - 21:27 moben Posts: 5 From: Guyana Awesome album! Loading...
FreddeSwede Posts: 126 From: Sweden	Permalink +2 17.10.2011 - 20:03 Rating: 10 FreddeSwede Posts: 126 From: Sweden Problably the best black metal album (and band) ever. Loading...
begunia Posts: 5 From: Djibouti	Permalink 14.11.2011 - 00:06 begunia Posts: 5 From: Djibouti This is amazing album. I like every song of it. Loading...
Cuca Beludo Account deleted	Permalink +1 03.02.2012 - 18:35 Cuca Beludo Account deleted Great piece of melodic black metal. I am enjoying every second of it. Loading...
pyrz Posts: 88 From: Germany	Permalink 28.04.2012 - 02:59 Rating: 10 pyrz Posts: 88 From: Germany Very intense album. Loading...
CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1364 From: USA	Permalink +2 13.06.2012 - 06:25 Rating: 9 CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1364 From: USA One of the best albums of its era, One of the biggest pieces of my CD collection, Storm of the Light's Bane is one of the greatest albums ever made in extreme metal. ---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu). Loading...
?apleee Mouthcrab Posts: 260 From: USA	Permalink +1 12.10.2012 - 22:53 ?apleee Mouthcrab Posts: 260 From: USA This and At The Heart Of Winter are easily my favorite black metal albums of all time. ---- "Without judgement, perception would increase a million times."~Chuck Schuldiner Less coherent than Anal Cunt. Eric Brecht once liked my Facebook comment. Therefore, by the translative property, Chuck Schuldiner like my comment. Loading...
In_tallica Posts: 151 From: Sweden	Permalink +2 06.11.2012 - 22:58 Rating: 10 In_tallica Posts: 151 From: Sweden Unquestionably the best album ever created. Magical, spritual and utter destructive, yet so magnificant and beautiful. Loading...
popmik Posts: 38 From: UK	Permalink +1 05.04.2013 - 17:44 Rating: 10 popmik Posts: 38 From: UK Blew my mind away! a black metal release that's so packed with emotions and yet so brutal deserves a 10 totally! Loading...
Sean 79 Posts: 218 From: Ireland	Permalink +2 05.04.2013 - 19:14 Sean 79 Posts: 218 From: Ireland One of the greatest metal albums ever. The epitome of epic! When i saw Dissection live, every hair on my body stood on end during Thorns of Crimson Death. Absolute masterpiece. Loading...
tludmetal Posts: 15 From: Spain	Permalink 20.02.2014 - 02:29 Rating: 10 tludmetal Posts: 15 From: Spain Best album ever! Loading...
Lit. Account deleted	Permalink 07.04.2014 - 19:22 Lit. Account deleted Written by ?apleee on 12.10.2012 at 22:53 This and At The Heart Of Winter are easily my favorite black metal albums of all time. This, along with Nemesis Divina and The Work Which Transforms God for me. If this album is THE black metal album, then Where Dead Angel Lie is THE black metal song for me. Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 From: UK	Permalink 11.06.2014 - 22:08 Rating: 9 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 From: UK I love the band's debut album as well, but I prefer Storm of the Light's Bane by a margin. This album basically has one of my favourite ever extreme metal songs ("Thorns of Crimson Death", which I instantly found memorable, and the others are almost just as brilliant too. Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink 12.08.2014 - 20:05 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 After listening to this album so many times in so many years...I still think this album is damn overrated ! Loading...
raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 11:16 Rating: 8 raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal Written by Dr. Strawberry on 12.08.2014 at 20:05 After listening to this album so many times in so many years...I still think this album is damn overrated ! Sounds like Accept and all the other Teutonic Thrash bands am'i'right? Loading...
Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 12:53 Rating: 8 Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698 Written by raveneffect on 13.08.2014 at 11:16 Written by Dr. Strawberry on 12.08.2014 at 20:05 After listening to this album so many times in so many years...I still think this album is damn overrated ! Sounds like Accept and all the other Teutonic Thrash bands am'i'right? When I first started listening black metal 15- 20 years ago it was a precious masterpiece to me, I was really proud of having this album resting on my CD rack. This album became very average to me after listening more than few hundreds of black metal through these years. What can I say...competition and elimination. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink +1 13.08.2014 - 14:17 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Shame this album is more melodeath than black metal then, eh Loading...
raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 15:42 Rating: 8 raveneffect Posts: 541 From: Portugal Written by Guest on 13.08.2014 at 14:17 Shame this album is more melodeath than black metal then, eh Completely agree. Never saw this as BM when I discovered it. Loading...
Lit. Account deleted	Permalink +1 13.08.2014 - 18:40 Lit. Account deleted ...And that makes any difference? It'd still blow most bands within its genre out of the water. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 19:09 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Guest on 13.08.2014 at 18:40 ...And that makes any difference? It'd still blow most bands within its genre out of the water. My comment was aimed toward Mr. Genre Revisionist, God Buster. Loading...
Lit. Account deleted	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 19:12 Lit. Account deleted Written by Guest on 13.08.2014 at 19:09 Written by Guest on 13.08.2014 at 18:40 ...And that makes any difference? It'd still blow most bands within its genre out of the water. My comment was aimed toward Mr. Genre Revisionist, God Killer. I am aware of that. Would it make my statement any less true if I weren't? Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 13.08.2014 - 19:17 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by Guest on 13.08.2014 at 19:12 I am aware of that. Would it make my statement any less true if I weren't? Well it's, like, discussion you know? I think it's an interesting point that one of the most revered black metal albums in history is actually more of a melodeath one. Loading...