Sacramentum




1994 Adipocere Records

Finis Malorum

  1. Moonfog
  2. Travel With the Northern Winds
  3. Devide Et Impera
  4. Pagan Fire
  5. Finis Malorum (outro)

Line-Up

Anders Brolycke - Guitars
Nisse Karlen - Vocals, Bass
Nicklas Rudolfsson - Drums




1996 Adipocere Records

Far Away from the Sun

  1. Fog's kiss
  2. Far away from the sun
  3. Blood shall be spilled
  4. When night surrounds me
  5. Cries from a restless soul
  6. Obsolete tears
  7. Beyond all horizons
  8. The vision and the voice
  9. Outro - Darkness falls for me/Far away from the sun (Part II)

Line-Up

Anders Brolycke - Guitars
Nisse Karlen - Vocals, Bass
Nicklas Rudolfsson - Drums





1997 Century Media Records

The Coming of Chaos

  1. Dreamdeath
  2. ...As Obsidian
  3. Awaken Chaos
  4. Burning Lust
  5. Abyss of Time
  6. Portal of Blood
  7. Black Destiny
  8. To the Sound of Storms
  9. The Coming of Chaos

Line-Up

Anders Brolycke - Guitars
Nisse Karlen - Vocals, Bass
Nicklas Rudolfsson - Drums





1999 Century Media Records

Thy Black Destiny

  1. Iron Winds (intro)
  2. The Manifestation
  3. Shun the Light
  4. Demonaeon
  5. Overlord
  6. Death Obsession
  7. Spiritual Winter
  8. Rapturous Paradise
  9. Weave of Illusion
  10. Thy Black Destiny

Line-Up

Anders Brolycke - Guitars
Nisse Karlen - Vocals, Bass
Nicklas Rudolfsson - Drums




I really like the idea of Sacramentum, technical guitars, precise drum work, brutal vocals, etc... My only problem with the band is they still sound too much like Dissection to ignore. Why I'm more lenient with some bands (i.e. Soilwork) I don't know, maybe it's because Thy Black Destiny also sounds a hell of a lot like their previous release, The Coming of Chaos. Granted, the sound is a little tighter, and the material's faster, but the whole thing exudes this whole "been there, done that" vibe that seriously detracts. Some lead work does surpass the one dimensional Dissection clone status, but overall, not something I'll be grabbing first in the stack. Too bad, as there's some cool stuff here, but I just can't justify getting this over something else, unless you really want everything that comes from Sweden. Cool artwork nonwithstanding, go for Defleshed as the NWoSDM pick.
6 out of 10


Links

Dawn of the Apocalypse Home Page for Sacramentum

Reload Main Page (with Frames)