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White vinyl with gatefold cover. Limited 250 copies

Whilst the use of the number 8 ½ may seem a little strange to denote what would effectively be a ninth full-length album from the band, its use is deliberate because 8 ½ – Feberdrommar I Vaket Tillstand is a rather special beast from Shining, consisting as it does of six songs from the Livets Andhallplats and Angst era in their original pre-production versions but with the addition of newly recorded bass and guitars, as well as Lars Fredrik Froslie’s keyboards which the band didn’t start using until their sixth album. Vocals on each of the six tracks are performed by six different vocalists, including Niklas Kvarforth himself, who have added their own interpretation and given a totally different dimension to all the songs. 8 ½ – Feberdrommar I Vaket Tillstånd is an album project that the Shining founder and frontman Niklas Kvarforth has wanted to do for many years now, and it is also serves as a kick in the teeth to all the bootleggers who have tried to illegally earn money for themselves off the back of the band’s hard work and creativity.

Track listing:
1. Terres Des Anonymes-vocals by Famine from Peste Noire
2. Szabadulj Meg Onmagadtol-vocals by Attila Csihar from Mayhem
3. Ett Liv Utan Mening-vocals by Pehr Larsson from Vinterland
4. Selvdestruktivitetens Emissarie-vocals by Gaahl from Gorgoroth
5. Black Industrial Misery-vocals by Maniac from Mayhem
6. Through Corridors Of Oppression-vocals by Niklas Kvarforth from Shining