Description

Green vinyl with an 8 panel foldout insert. Limited 333 copies

Originally going by the name Tumulus when they started out in late 1990, Nisse Karlen (bass/vocals), Anders Brolycke (guitar) and Nicklas Rudolfsson (drums) eventually made the transformation to Sacramentum after recording their Finis Malorum EP in 1992. And in the wake of their extremely well-received reunion in 2019 and the successful reissue of their albums. The band have now carefully been working on reissuing their very first recording, the Sedes Impiorum, demo. After two years as Tumulus the two founding members Nisse Karlén and Anders Brolycke vowed to distance themselves from the Stockholm death metal sound to follow the left hand path. The first songs resulting from this realignment can be found on this rough recording from December 1992, done in a small studio in Falkoping, Sweden. Although traces of their former style can be found here and there, the emphasis here is on creating the most evil sounding atmosphere possible. Of course we’re still quite far away from the intricate and complex arrangements filled style that will soon be theirs but it remains overall a fascinating early document of a band still finding their feet yet already determined not to follow the cattle. Now we can finally re-discover this early demo, as a vinyl single. And its a piece of Swedish extreme metal history as this is where it all started and it would lead up to the recording of their debut album, Far Away From The Sun. A black metal masterpieces such as De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, Under The Sign Of The Black Mark, Dissection’s first two albums, and A Blaze In The Northern Sky. A must for fans of Swedish black metal

Track listing:
1. Intro: Sedes Impiorum
2. Stormbringer
3. Seasons Of Dark Souls
4. Nocturnal Flame
5. Within Thy Circle