Dan Swano talks about producing DISSECTION The Somberlain and Storm Of The Light's Bane 

Yeah dude, I mean he wrote Eaten for Bloodbath, that has to be enough recognition but I guess people is dumb

Swano is THE man! I've always loved his stuff. Real likeable guy!

His band or releases are fairly well-known to anyone who is not a newbie and might even listen to a metal podcast. He is just around the corner from Opeth, for example.

He made some of the greatest metal ever in pan.thy.monium

Probably the best album ever

duh.

correct

The Somberlain is better. Get your ears checked.

That system still exists! Bands can sign up for rehearsal spaces (equipped or unequipped), and as long as they log their rehearsal hours, they can get a few hours in a recording studio for a demo etc. It’s pretty neat, as it helps new musicians and bands get some momentum going. This system is also most likely part pf what makes Sweden so successful when it comes to exporting music, both within metal and pop.

Yes- for his work with Bloodbath alone he became a legend

@@polarblade1159 Edge of Sanity

Got to see them live in 2004 and met Jon. They were fucking epic

Melodic blackened death...to be precise.

@@Ichnos76 there is no death metal in their first 2 albums (definitely not the vocals, probably a few riffs in an album). for reinkaos, I don't get why it's labeled melodic death metal, I feel like it plays with genres but isn't completely loyal to one. it's just a sort of melodic metal with harsh vocals that don't conform to death metal or black metal vocal styles. so, it isn't melodic blackened death, it's just melodic black (for the first 2). their early demos had lots of death metal tho.

@@Ichnos76 No. It doesn't matter anyway. There are elements of heavymetal and thrash too in there, i also did refer to them as (melodic)deathmetal in the past but it's really a league of their own. (Catch my drift?)🤘😉

@@gillaliglaou2840 Yes there's some Swe. style deathmetal going on on The Somberlain, but anyway i hate labelling (especially)Dissections music, see other post. Maybe one day you'll understand

​@@gillaliglaou2840which is funny because they themselves say it is death metal (in the booklet on the last page)

Cool, dude

I agree with the cool dude

Storm is maybe THE best

@Douglas Heeren as I said, makes sense. Why are you being so sarcastic? Not everyone knows Swedish grammar :-/

Upon is Vander sloot guy

Yoon is Vander sloot the guitar other one

The "o" in Norwegian and Swedish (can't vouch for Danish 'cause it's on another level) does sound like the English "oo" as in "cool".

I pronounce it like 'Yon' not Yoon but I'm american

R.I.P. to your generation who have never heard of Dissection's music, kudos to you

Reminded me of King diamond

Reinkaos is my least favorite although I listen to it often enough. It may have been Jon's favorite at the time he created it but things change. What's the word I'm looking for, maybe he thought it was his best "masterpiece" at that time. The Reinkaos musicianship is outstanding, the guitar work is so incredible that it's beyond words. However, I prefer the first two Dissection albums. As far as anything else with melodic elements, I would say my favorites are Bathory (Sweden) and Emperor of Norway.

I love all their stuff including Reinkaos. My favorite Dissection record is probably live from Stockholm 2004.

I was a sucker for SotLB at the time and was hugely dissapointed when Reinkaos came out, but it grew on me over time. It has some of the catchiest melodies Dissection has ever written and when i got over the fact it's not fast anymore(read: i matured and learned to appreciate different music and ways to approach it) there's actually better songwriting, coherence and catchiness overall going on! Edge of Sanity and Dissection are equally legends!

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Yes.

Eleven as One lol

Well there's your "in".... Grab an axe, find some guys and as I read above Sweden supports young bands with rehearsal space, etc, make your dream band, with good dedicated ppl who have metal hearts, and once you start gigging and hooking into the gigging circuits and feel your material is something worthy of tracking, use what us old musos never had, besides global tape trading, that is, and hook into social media. A lot of comments talk of Mr Swäno's passion for his art, and this is a great way to hear he might even give a mobile phone band practice on a CD that he may listen to, and soak up the older metalhead generations' stories, etc. He might be blown away that he remembers your mom, see if he would let you record a track off crimson or purgatory afterglow, even if you get his latest album signed and you stay in contact, he might know musos or promo, artists, etc. Even if you are not into playing in a band, the world of metal has so many dedicated ppl whom live for metal, and do art, print shirts, run a venue... that's why the best thing in my world is without a doubt the music and all the clever, intelligent, and awesome people that make our music the most innovative, creative music that is at the pinnacle of future developmental evolutions, and the people that appreciate the work put into the various helping demons that do it for the appreciation of all. A bit of a novel, man, but follow your dreams, creativity is good for the soul, pumping gas might feed and clothe you, but follow your Dreams!! I used to take a hiking stereo vcr recorder and line out of the desk, I have maybe 60- 80 full tapes w a gig on it, 2-3- 4 bands, some great mixes. I'm going to be converting them and want to put out comp disc's of some of maybe 15- 20 different bands we played with, around nz, local mates bands.. kATIPO_mEDIA is the label, we could distribute disc's to each other or something. @ntiCHRIS Goats up 🤘 from New Zealand.

Thx for the tip!

I've noticed as well most tabs I find of Dissection are always in E standard. Which somberlain was not standard. It is quarter step I like to call it. In between E standard and half step up. I feel like the speed up has a lot to do with that. The tune is sharper.

I only skip the title track, I like all the others. Maybe try this: listen to soulreaper in a really windy place, like on a ferry or in a storm, the song feels like the essence of wind, I don't know how they managed to do that.

Ask Vlad Draconi

Glad that I have it. Jon Nodtviedt was underrated here. Probably everywhere. Tack, this is fascinating.

Eww, pineapple.

@@SDMF20 pineapple is amongst the few truly elite fruits

Pineapple has to go.. It poisoned enough otherwise good foods(pizza hawaii..🤮) Bacon cheese with sriracha ftw!

When i was a teenager once i met a guy who told me he only liked The Somberlain because "it sounded more unique",he didnt like too much Storm of The Ligth's Bane when the record came out back in 1995,he felt the band ended sounding like a average Black Metal from that era

I don’t think they are THAT different of albums. Reinkaos yes

@@ReaperMetalProductions I mainly prefer the re issue of Somberlain with all the demo tracks , as opposed to the Storm of the Light's Bane which offers an alternate recording of the same album . Didn't really care for the Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness bonus live DVD which contained the band performing only Altars of Madness ( which is chopped up with no stage banter , and other than a short Trey Azagthoth contains nothing that isn't on the album ) . At least on Entangled In Chaos the vocals are different than the Altars of Madness LP ( allbeit inferior ) . That album really sucked for not playing my favorite song Chapel of Ghouls in it's entirety , cutting out the best parts of the song . I don't care for CDs that include instrumental versions or alternate mixes of the same song , maybe I would appreciate Storm of the Lights Bane a bit more if I hadn't burnt myself out on it trying to differentiate the normal studio album from the alternate mix .I have no one but myself to blame , even though Jon Nodtveidt did tell me after 200 consecutive listens I would come to know the difference between the recordings . Anyway Somberlain has 2 or 3 songs that are a bit rawer ( still pretty slick and melodic for Black Metal ) and Heavier than the Storm of the Lights Bane , and I just really enjoyed the title cut Somberlain more than anything Dissection have recorded

I overall like the first album more but where dead angels lie is my fav dissection tune

@@flatterswhite I agree Where Dead Angels Lie is a brilliant song