Description

2010 re-issue in digipak with the Tormentor 1998 EP as bonus

Svartsyn are considered one of the most relevant bands in the Swedish underground scene, and, among the likes of Dissection and Watain, responsible for the development of the now-hailed orthodox Swedish black metal scene as it has become today. Svartsyn looks across its frozen border to the land that spawned the modern black metal sound—Norway. Bands like early Mayhem, Darkthrone and Gorgoroth are looked to for inspiration. A soup filled with human flesh is a nice description of their production, which has long been known as necro. The production is fairly clear in the first part of the album, but gets murkier near the album’s end. This type of production adds a good deal of atmosphere to the occult-themed songs, but sometimes drowns out the vocals. Samples that sound like really old movie clips or antique records fit really well with this type of cryptic climate. Titles like ‘Great Mysteries of Death’ and ‘Witches Dance for Satan’ are two examples of bloodcurdling sound clips, which set a creepy tone for the blasting, blasphemous chaos that follows. Ornias guitar tones are so raw they will leave the listener feeling like a motorcycle crash victim. Mandatory for fans Watain, Ondskapt, Funeral Mist and Ofermod.

Track listing:
1. Terrordemon
2. Bloodline
3. Vampyric Sleep
4. Upon The Throne
5. Great Mysteries Of Death
6. Starcursed And Dead
7. From Haunted Depths
8. Witches Dance For Satan
9. Waves Of Eternal Darkness
10. Goatthrone
11. Throne Of The Antichrist