NECROPHOBIC (Sweden) - Darkside (sealed LP copy) (2022) Century Media (re-issue) on 180gram Black vinyl - includes LP-sized booklet & poster. 
Fully remastered, by Dan Swanö sounding bigger than ever before, with album artwork faithfully reconstructed. “Darkside” is the 2nd full-length studio album from Necrophobic. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, this classic album is one of
 the most overlooked masterpieces in the Black/Death genre to be encountered. 
As 
“Black Moon Rising” begins, one hears that the Satanic Death Metal sound
 from “The Nocturnal Silence” has evolved into something more dark and 
sinister. The guitars are more piercing, the tempo is faster and the 
sound is all around more raw and dark. This is Swedish Black Metal at 
it’s best. 
This album, more than any other you might have heard, really 
seems like a tribute to the night, to the full moon, blood, darkness and
 evil. The guitar sound is not only cold, it also carries a very 
nocturnal feel to it. 
The solo work is also very well 
done and fits in with the music incredibly well, working to accentuate the 
riff rather than some throwaway solo that serves no purpose. While some 
could make comparisons to Dissection and Dark Funeral (mainly due to the
 guitar tone/player and little else), this really stands on its own. It 
shares small similarities in sound, technique and atmosphere, yet 
creates something here that I find to be wholly unique. 
This is Cold 
Nocturnal Black Metal, and it is something that I recommend very highly,
 especially to fans of old Dissection, Dismember, Dark Funeral, Entombed and Grave.  --   Century Media – 19439995721