Albums currently kicking your ass

[Phylactery]

What is it that makes you think Storm of the Light's Bane isn't a great album? There are a few tracks on there that make me rate it lower than I otherwise would, the biggest offender being "Where Dead Angels Lie" which I pretty much always skip.

 

[Vilden]

It was indeed my outrage about the claim that SOTLB is not a great record!

 

[Slayed Necros]

I think they're both timeless albums and after 15 years of going back and forth and pretending that I prefer one to the other I now rate them fairly equally.

 

[Phylactery]

I almost didn't want to post this for fear it might start an argument between Sacramentum and Dissection, but fuck it



This thing is hitting hard right now, as it always does.

 

[Omni]

Far Away from the Sun is definitely the best album in that general vein.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i doubt many people will argue against sacramentum's superiority here. not really fair for anyone to criticise dissection for not being sacramentum though. that's a ridiculously high bar.

idk guys, i've always found SotNB fun but too easily digestible and theatrical for greatness, or at least consistent greatness. i actually like pretty much every song iirc to varying degrees, just wouldn't rate it as some kind of masterpiece. it's been a while though, if you guys insist i'm wrong i think i'll revisit it today.

 

[Phylactery]

Well actually, I've never really understood opinions that the Sacramentum album is a rip off of Dissection's sound; beyond superficial similarities they don't sound much alike to these ears. For that reason I can understand people who prefer what Dissection were doing.

 

[Krow]

 

[Vilden]

Both The Somberlain and SOTLB are better than Far Away From the Sun imo. I actually think that album is really overrated around here, it IS great but yeah Dissection is just obviously better imo.

I can understand the argument against SOTLB in that it is very catchy and easy to get into which also can make it more shallow and less feel rewarding in the long run. I do disagree though because it is just on a so high level that it is both as good on the first listen as the 100th.

 

[no country for old wainds]

FAR AWAY FROM THE SUN is like, close to my musical ideal. just pure spinetingling magic particularly in the second half. takes a while to really get into though i think, gotta find that eye in the storm.

 

[Slayed Necros]

I discovered both albums when I was still really young and they've been monumentally influential on my taste ever since. At this stage I'd struggle to choose between them too, but Far Away From the Sun might have the edge; it's still a total wet fucking eyes album. I can remember when Sacramentum were better known for The Coming of Chaos and were widely considered an inferior Dissection clone, something I vehemently disagreed with then and now.

 

[Omni]

Dawn and Vinterland also have pretty notable works in the style. I'm not sure how I would rank all of the albums, but Far Away from the Sun would be the top of the list.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Yeah, I especially love Dawn's Sorgh på Svarte Vingar Fløgh EP.

 

[Phylactery]

At this stage I'd struggle to choose between them too, but Far Away From the Sun might have the edge; it's still a total wet fucking eyes album.

Glad I'm not the only one! I don't see many people admitting an album almost reduces them to tears, but this one definitely does.

The Sacramentum demo songs are available on YouTube these days if anyone hasn't heard them. Interesting stuff.

 

[Vilden]

Slaughtersun is definitely one of the highlights of this style and I think it is better than all Dawns earlier works.

What do you guys think of Unanimated? Not really on the level of the bands mentioned here earlier but Ancient God of Evil isn't bad at all imo.

 

[Phylactery]

I like both In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead and Ancient God of Evil by Unanimated. I've not heard their newest one since they reformed though.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Ancient God of Evil is great. I like their latest album quite a bit too.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Glad I'm not the only one! I don't see many people admitting an album almost reduces them to tears, but this one definitely does.

That would never happen to me, no sir. But, some albums are, uh, good onion chopping music.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

As good as Far Away Form the Sun is, it just dosnt stack up against either of the two classic Dissection albums. Doesn't even come close tbh.

re:Unanimated - I have Ancient God of Evil in my collection, but i just never really got into them, found most of their shit to be quite boring tbh.

 

[no country for old wainds]

never got into unanimated really. love dawn and to an extent vinterland though.