Dissection

 Today in 1995 Dissection released the album Storm of the Light's Bane

Strömstad (early), Stockholm (later),Swedish Melodic Black/Death Metal (early), Melodic Death Metal (later)

Status:Split-up

Years active: 1989-1998, 2004-2006

Dissection is heralded as one of the founders of the so-called Gothenburg sound, which basically adds a melodic touch (often in the form of Maiden-ish twin guitar riffs) to death metal. Both of their albums are regarded as death metal classics, with Storm Of The Light's Bane getting the nod as the better of the two. Though the band's popularity was still rising, by 1997 internal strife amongst the band members led to most of the band leaving the band for one reason or another (two of them, Johan Norman and Tobias Kellgren, eventually formed Soulreaper), leaving founder Jon Nödtveidt bandless. Later, in 1998, Nödtveidt was convicted of murder and sentenced to prison, effectively putting Dissection on indefinite hold.

With Nödtveidt's release in 2004, Dissection was put back in action. Former Emperor drummer Bard Faust briefly joined Nödtveidt to form the nucleus of a new lineup, but he left after only a couple of months. A new lineup eventually stabilized, and the comeback album, Reinkaos, was released in the spring of 2006. Rather abruptly, however, the band announced that a concert in late June would be their last, and later that year (August) came the sad news that that Nödtveidt had committed suicide, thus marking the official end of the band.

Nuclear Blast

Jon Nödtveidt (R.I.P. 2006) Guitars (rhythm, lead, acoustic), Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1-7), Lyrics

Johan Norman Guitars (rhythm), Songwriting (tracks 3, 6, 7)

Peter Palmdahl Bass

Ole Öhman Drums

Guest/Session

Dan Swanö Vocals (screams)

Legion Vocals (backing) (track 6)

It (R.I.P. 2017) Vocals (backing) (track 7)

Alexandra Balogh Piano (track 8)

1. At the Fathomless Depths (1:56)

2. Night's Blood (6:40)

3. Unhallowed (7:28)

4. Where Dead Angels Lie (5:51)

5. Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane (4:50)

6. Thorns of Crimson Death (8:06)

7. Soulreaper (6:56)

8. No Dreams Breed in Breathless Sleep (1:26)

Total Time: 43:15

Produced by Dissection.

Composed and arranged during hours of darkness in 1993-95.

Recorded at Hellspawn / Unisound Studios between the 17th and 30th of March 1995.

Initial vinyl versions were LP in black vinyl and PicLP, the LP in blue vinyl came in January 1996

European first press CD came as a Digipak fold out with a sticker on the front.

The Japanese edition features the bonus track 5. The Feathers Fell, in between Where Dead Angels Lie and Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane.

Re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2002 as digipack with the EP "Where Dead Angels Lie" as bonus tracks.

09. Where Dead Angels Lie (Demo Version)

10. Elisabeth Bathory

11. Anti Christ

12. Feathers Fell

13. Son of Mourning

Re-released on 2xCD and limited 2xLP in June 2006 by Black Horizon, The End Records & Norma Evangelium Diaboli.

Remastered from the original master tapes at Cutting Room.

CD2- LP 2: BONUS DISC

STORM OF THE LIGHT'S BANE

(UNRELEASED ALTERNATIVE MIX '95)

01. At the Fathomless Depths (2:00)

02. Night's Blood (6:43)

03. Unhallowed (7:31)

04. Where Dead Angels Lie (5:57)

05. Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane (4:51)

06. Feathers Fell (0:54)

07. Thorns of Crimson Death (8:07)

08. Soulreaper (6:56)

09. No Dreams Breed In Breathless Sleep (1:32)

UNRELEASED DEMO '94

10. Night's Blood (7:14)

11. Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane (5:12)

WHERE DEAD ANGELS LIE MCD '96

(REMASTERED ORIGINAL MIXES)

12. Elisabeth Bathori (5:05)

13. Where Dead Angels Lie (demo version) (6:10)

14. Antichrist (2:44)

15. Son of the Mourning (3:13)

Storm of the Light's Bane is the 1995 album release by Swedish black/melodic 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 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