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mercilessonslaught
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:00 am 
 

Dissection was one of the first black metal bands I was able to get into, due to their melody and clean production on Storm of the Light's Bane. I've always liked melodic metal. I was always into traditional metal since I was about 5 years old. My father was into metal and I grew up with the likes of Judas Priest, UFO, Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc. So, I was very into traditional metal for a while and couldn't really get into death/black metal until later on in life. One of the first bands that I got into was Hypocrisy, and then albums like Dark Tranquility's Damage Doneand Intestine Baalism Banquet in the Darkness came into my life and I started to like the more extreme styles of metal with melody. Then, of course, Storm of the Light's Bane came into my life and I LOVED it. It has a sort of special meaning for me, as it was one of the first albums that really got me to "understand" harsher music.

So, seeing as I have a taste for harsh yet melodic metal, can anyone recommend me some albums that are similar to Storm of the Light's Bane? I have been recommended Windir, and I have listened to 1184, but I could not get into it. Maybe I didn't listen to the right album? I've listened to The Somberlain by Dissection and I like it, but it's not as good as SOTLB in my opinion. I really like the production on SOTLB.

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IamDBR
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:36 pm 
 

Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun
Blaze of Perdition - Necrosophist
Dark Ages - Their guitarist has some history with Jon, auditioning/ jamming & stuff. They've only have a couple of demos & an EP so far.
Perhaps some Thulcandra & Watain if that's not too obvious.

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joppek
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 2:59 pm 
 

not sure i'd call these all that similar, but some of the more or less melodically inclined bm i like, off the top of my head (most of these might be way too obvious):

old man's child - pagan prosperity... one of the first black metal albums i really got into - likely largely because of the heavy... melodicity? melodicality? (what's the actual word for that?)
rotting christ - first four albums are my favourites - i think triarchy... would be closest to what you're looking for - late era is more chanty
naglfar - vittra
thou art lord - the regal pulse of lucifer
satyricon - nemesis divina
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Xymosys
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:09 pm 
 

I would suggest Nightwork by Diabolical Masquerade.. worth a try..
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tomcat_ha
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:08 pm 
 

The obvious recommendation is Unanimated the biggest influence on Dissection. They even stole a riff or 2 from them.
The wider swedish melodic black/death scene fits into this as well with stuff ranging from Lunar Strain by In Flames to Sacramentum.

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mercilessonslaught
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:25 pm 
 

IamDBR wrote:
Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun
Blaze of Perdition - Necrosophist
Dark Ages - Their guitarist has some history with Jon, auditioning/ jamming & stuff. They've only have a couple of demos & an EP so far.
Perhaps some Thulcandra & Watain if that's not too obvious.


The Sacramentum album is EXACTLY what I was looking for! It sounds great, I previewed it on Youtube, can't wait to really give it a listen! Still have to check out the other stuff.

Thanks everyone for the recs!

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Bishop_Drugsalot
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:47 am 
 

Dawn - Slaughtersun

In the same vein as Storm, only better.

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TheCowMan
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:17 pm 
 

If you haven't listened to them yet I think Vinterland's Welcome My Last Chapter and Hyperion's Seraphical Euphony might be worth a try.

Vinterland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLw4sXFK5Fo

Hyperion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0ggx706N4

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AlienZombie
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:47 am 
 

Thulcandra is toal Dissection worship. Their albums don't vary greatly, but "Under a Frozen Sun" is probably my favorite by a hair.

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TheStormIRide
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:15 am 
 

Everdying might be one to look into. While it's not pure Dissection worship, it crosses a lot of the same T's and dots the same I's.

http://everdying.bandcamp.com/
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carlba
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:17 am 
 

Funny, my story is almost identical to yours. For years and years i could only listen to traditional heavy metal.
Although from there it was bands like Be'lakor and Amon Amarth that kinda introduced me to harsher vocals.
I never quite gotten in to Black Metal because of the bad production, Dissection was the first black metal band i could listen to aswell but i still prefered Reinkaos.

I guess you've heard Ensiferum, Eluveite, Wintersun etc?

Bands a lil' closer to the genre you're looking for would be Aether Realm and Demonaz

Hope you'll like it :))

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AcidWorm
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:54 pm 
 

Try Mork Gryning.


Infinity reminds me of them as well.
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flexodus
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:48 pm 
 

carlba wrote:
Bands a lil' closer to the genre you're looking for would be Aether Realm and Demonaz


I still haven't heard Tarot yet but idk if Aether Realm is really gonna do it as far as Dissection vibes go... BUT, Jake did play bass for a cool meloblack band called Oubliette. They even covered Thorns of Crimson Death!
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Gunslinger21
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 6:30 am 
 

Yes. Check out a band called Thulcandra.

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Thulcandra/126757

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:30 pm 
 

Kvist, they only did one album I believe, slightly less polished production wise, but very much in the same style.
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miskatonic79
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:38 pm 
 

Don't forget In Aeternum - Forever Blasphemy.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:10 am 
 

Nazghor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2A_hAl2gEw
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TooBrute
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:33 pm 
 

Antestor - The Forsaken

Supposedly they're a "Christian" band but I really don't see anything christian related in their lyrics to be honest

This album in particular features Hellhammer on the drums (Arcturus, Mayhem, Ex-Dimmu Borgir, Ex-Shining)

Either way, it's an amazing album and something I think any fan of Dissection would enjoy


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:44 pm 
 

Abazgorath



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The Ardbeg Wizard
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:48 am 
 

Ophthalamia's 'Dominion'
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CrimsonTowers
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:44 pm 
 

Definitely this group called Necrophobic and which exists since 1993 is one of the big forgotten on this list. Often much less melodic than Dissection, sometimes reminiscent of Dark Funeral this group deserves a little detour. Especially for the 1997 Darkside album - [youtube]https://youtu.be/I83DpVvRui0[/youtube]
Cheers!

Other group that worship dissection we have:
Bane - The acausal fire - [youtube]https://youtu.be/7Zc14HLU8sw[/youtube]
Stortregn - An evocation of light - [youtube]https://youtu.be/JaflSI0QZ_4[/youtube]
Death Tyrants - Opus De Tyranis - [youtube]https://youtu.be/-8xjXDevPN8[/youtube]
Cardinal Sin - Spiteful Intents (Full EP) - [youtube]https://youtu.be/Tv_b3UCK5Sg[/youtube]

And to return to the groups already named on this page:
Big # 1: THULCANDRA - Fallen Angel's Dominion - [youtube]https://youtu.be/Qm5pRkmsybw[/youtube]

Other essentials:
Mörk Gryning - Maelstrom Chaos - [youtube]https://youtu.be/f2U-gTCOn2I[/youtube]
Sacramentum - Far away from the sun - [youtube]https://youtu.be/cQXEoGoiQfs[/youtube]
Unanimated - In The Light Of Darkness - [youtube]https://youtu.be/ge2K5ppews8[/youtube]
NAGLFAR - Diabolical - [youtube]https://youtu.be/zmNYbbmgdbI[/youtube]
Watain - Opus Diaboli - [youtube]https://youtu.be/sVtPKrhM72o[/youtube]
Blaze of perdition - Reincarnations - [youtube]https://youtu.be/WEX_ExM5Gug[/youtube]

Heil , Heil, Jon Nödtveidt! All salutations to thee, Into chaos set us free!

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The Ardbeg Wizard
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:51 am 
 

AlienZombie wrote:
Thulcandra is toal Dissection worship. Their albums don't vary greatly, but "Under a Frozen Sun" is probably my favorite by a hair.


A blatant ripoff, to be fair. Even the artwork. I can't even listen to it.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:23 am 
 

while certainly more obscure than thulcandra, the most blatant dissection ripoff, however, is unhallowed's s/t MCD. it actually does out-dissection thulcandra, a look at the MA entry should say enough:

https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/U ... wed/140401
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Damballah
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:06 am 
 

The Spirit obviously




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SafassThin
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:01 pm 
 

You also have Blood from Stone by The Moaning.

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Damballah
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:11 am 
 

Found this GEM lately


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Xenophon
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:31 pm 
 

Damballah wrote:
Found this GEM lately


Just stumbled upon this like two days ago myself. Fun stuff. I'm looking forward to the physical release.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:59 am 
 

Fully agree with the previous Vinterland and Watain recommendations.
Check out:
Sentenced “North From Here”
At The Gates “The Red In The Sky Is Ours”

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Jon_aeurtum
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:51 pm 
 

I've been jamming UADAs album Cult of a Dying Sun recently and there are a lot of moments where the guitar is very reminiscent of earlier Dissection. The vocals are much more aggresive/varied, but it has that same sort of atmosphere to a certain extent, for me at least.

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Dudeguy Jones
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:06 pm 
 

Thats a cool album.

I came to see that Hyperion was mentioned. 2017 apparently!

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vindfukk
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ChaosSworn
highly in the vein of The Spirit

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Raped Christ
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:39 pm 
 

Have you tried Empreror's first two (especially "Anthems to the welkin at dusk"), or Cradle Of Filth's "Dusk and her embrace"/"Cruelty and the beast"?
Swordmaster "Wraths of time" EP rules, some members played with Dissection after "Storm of the light's bane", incl. Jon's brother on guitar. Immortal "At the heart of winter" is another great album in a style comparable to "Storm...".

Also I second Sacramentum "Far away from the sun" (check out "Finis malorum" EP too), Vinterland "Welcome my last chapter", Dawn "Slaughtersun" (also great "Sorgh på svarte vingar fløgh" EP) and Satyricon "Nemesis divina" recommendations.

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Rottur
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:35 pm 
 

Nifelheim first two records jon himself played on

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Rottur wrote:
Nifelheim first two records jon himself played on


Doesn't mean it sounds ANYTHING like Storm Of The Light's Bane. You may as well mention he was a member of The Black.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:21 am 
 

Endarkening wrote:
Rottur wrote:
Nifelheim first two records jon himself played on


Doesn't mean it sounds ANYTHING like Storm Of The Light's Bane. You may as well mention he was a member of The Black.


Nifelheim's "Envoy of Lucifer" album though! Doesn't have Jon on it, but stylistically way closer to what the OP was looking for, all around very enjoyable and has that brilliant song, "Storm of the reaper".

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Rottur
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:41 pm 
 

Endarkening wrote:
Rottur wrote:
Nifelheim first two records jon himself played on


Doesn't mean it sounds ANYTHING like Storm Of The Light's Bane. You may as well mention he was a member of The Black.
same soul on the leads...literally... witchffuck's and devil forces leads are totally in that vein

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Rottur
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:57 pm 
 

check out kvist...the only album they put out...its lighter on the leads but similar vibe

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Rowolta
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:22 am 
 

Checkout Swedish In My Embrace's album Black Waters Deep.

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AcidWorm
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:25 am 
 

Interesting that this thread is near the top right now. I am listening to Vampire - Rex right now, and that album takes a lot of influence from Dissection. Death/thrash, but they have a lot of melodic leads very much in Dissection's style.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:09 am 
 

check out cardinal sin, jon zwetsloot's band after he left dissection. recorded one great EP then broke up.


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