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After five years
in existance and three demos recorded the Italian label Scarlet Records
finally found the Swedish band Nightshade worthy of a three album record deal.
Imagine mixing the well-known Swedish melodic death metal sound with newer Old
Man's Child and add a few folk music influences and you get the picture.
"Wielding The Scythe" is one of the best debut albums I've heard in a long
while now and this time Scarlet has managed to unveil one of Sweden's best
hidden treasures. Except for the foolishly sounding "Sanctum" this album is
full of great metal riffs, haunting lyrics and beautiful melodies that will
bring joy to many metal souls all around the world. Fans of both black and
death metal should be able to appreciate the beauty of this release as should
most fans of metal of any kind. Swedish metal seems to be standing rather
still at the moment with very few new interesting bands but now there is
finally a new star on the rise. This is no masterpiece to kill for but as far
as melodic death metal goes it is a very good album indeed. The production is
excellent as well thanks to Pelle Saether at Studio Underground. The artwork
is also well done and the man behind the scary reaper is no other than Joe
Petagno (Motörhead a.o.).
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1. Lacrima |
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Caelestis 2. Limbonized 3. Sanctum 4. Moonlight In Chaos |
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Shone 5. Possesor 6. Exile 7. Natthymn 8. Black |
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Blood Deliverance |
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