DISSECTION (Sweden) - The Somberlain (sealed 2XLP copy) (2020 Black Lodge Records (Sweden) re-issue on Double Black vinyl - issued in a single pocket jacket, including two printed inner-sleeves & etched illustration on Side D).
In the early 90’s Swedish Death Metal was at its popular peak. Entombed, Grave, Dismember, Unleashed and co. were pounding out slabs of thick and heavy demise for the ears of their minions. This gory scene laid the foundation for the genre’s evolution into even darker realms, into spheres of sophistication and the occult, into haunting melodies and epic soundscapes, into the magnificent world of the likes of Unanimated, Necrophobic, Decameron and of course the almighty DISSECTION. 
“The Somberlain”, their debut full-length album (originally released on December 3rd, 1993), was one of the first and is still one of the best examples of quality melodious Swedish Death Metal with a blacker atmosphere than the all-out death of the forefathers mentioned at the top. 
This album is as much a classic as “Left Hand Path” or “Like an Everflowing Stream”, as this record took the Extreme Music scene on a walk along a path never trod before, and it was the first full chapter of the transcendent testament Jon Nödtveidt’s genial abyss of a mind forged and left for us mere mortals to perceive.  --  Black Lodge Records – BLOD018DLP, Sound Pollution – BLOD018DLP