RETRO REVIEW: DISSECTION (ALL 3 ALBUMS & OF COURSE THE CRAZY, CONTROVERSIAL STORY OF THE BAND)

[@tyler1664]

Storm of the Lights Bane is the best black metal albums ever written imo. I'm really happy to see Y'all reveiw this.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I totally agree and believe me I glow that album up quite a bit. It's been one of my favorite black metal albums for years.

[@ilves6664]

​@@thrallsofmetalI got Storm lights bane 2lp on vinyl. Black Metal classic album my opinion 😮😊

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

@@ilves6664 nice, i'm a collector and have the Album in the original Digipack not the re-release Version with the Where dead Angels lie EP. That one i own as CD and Shape.

[@joerg721]

Shredlord's cool. He should be on ToM more often.

[@spencergrady736]

I hate him, he smells of ham.

[@lutfimakarim8258]

So should Rin

[@ashleybrown4754]

@@spencergrady736 That just makes me like him more. Ham is fuckin' delicious.

[@Oldy-Sepulchre]

I make love to a ham every Christmas

[@spencergrady736]

@@ashleybrown4754 That's true, I wasn't thinking straight. More Shredlord!!!!

[@AutumnReaper23]

I'm in the minority that I love Reinkaos as much as the other two classics Looking forward to this retro review!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I know that Reinkaos has it's fans... but I'm not one of them lol.

[@danielflorio4739]

Reinkaos is basically a melodic death metal album. Fans didn’t know how to react to it but years later it’s pretty good.

[@Oldy-Sepulchre]

I don't love it as much as the first two, but I do enjoy it a lot. I've always never understood why people either love or hate it. It's nowhere close to being a bad album.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Great album.

[@hnorrstrom]

I grew up listening to their first tracks back when they were brand new. But then Reinkaos was released and everyone hated it. So I didn't listen to it until much later. What a miss. Reinkaos is clearly their best album.

[@shaymizrachi1]

yeah, thanks for this, really enjoyed the video Reinkaos kind of grew on me over the years, dont think its that of a bad album 😅

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, I've tried so many times with Reinkaos but I still can't help but to feel disappointed by that one.

[@erykdudka6820]

This is practically exactly what I wanted when I requested a mini ranking for Dissection. All hail Thralls!

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

great review and bio. I didnt know all that about the band

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, this band's story is something else.

[@martinnapier6286]

The Somberlain is one of my favourite albums ever. Storm of the Lights Bane is also a masterpiece. Reinkaos while a step down is also great.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Those first 2 are flat out masterpieces in my mind. Reinkaos... well... it exists.

[@LeopardRhinoceros]

Great video, only one thing: Eric Danielson played with them on their last tour and in a lot of ways his band Watain continued the Dissection sound.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Honestly, I didn't know that. I ended up pretty fixated on all the criminal details in my notes but that's pretty cool and you can definitely hear Dissection's impact on Watain's sound for sure.

[@Aioueiueaoueioaeoaiuoauei]

This is the first time I saw an album get 5 stars in the almost four years I've been subscribed here! I actually have Storm of the Light's Bane on my Watch Later playlist, so I guess I'll give it a listen sooner or later :)

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Yeah, I'm stingy with with 5's lol. Storm of the Light's Bane deserves it though. That album is practically perfect and still holds up as one of my favorite black metal albums ever.

[@Blue_Sentinel]

Great review, and love those new logos!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@destinybennett666]

Holy shit this is going to be good. Emperor and Dissection are the reasons why I got into black metal.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- This one was one I've been wanting to do for awhile. Those first 2 albums are still so fucking amazing.

[@proudhammer62]

Have the Somberlain now gotta get Storm of the Lights Bane. Great review guys!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@spencergrady736]

Some great retro picks from you guys - excellent subjects. No need for trigger warnings.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I did that partially because I knew we were getting into some dark subject matter/ true crime on this and partially just because I wanted to make a joke about 2 wave bands needing felonies to be "trve" and "kvlt".

[@spencergrady736]

@@thrallsofmetal haha, anyhow you guys are smashing it (again)

[@lawrencefine5020]

I heard my first Dissection song on Great Measures KZbin channel. (My SECOND favorite KZbin Channel) Loved what I heard. It's too bad what happened to this band, but it shouldn't detract from what they put out before they went off the deep end. I'll give these a listen. It's never too late for great Metal. Great Retrospective ToM. OH, congrats on 20k!!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I'm reasonably sure I heard Night's Blood on a Nuclear Blast sampler back int he day and that song simply blew my mind. Yeah, Jon was a brilliant songwriter but I'll never defend him as a person. What he did was vile and it'll sadly always taint the legacy of the band.

[@ndfnq7811]

Shred is channeling his inner Jammin "I've never heard this before" Jon

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- As much as Shred loves Immortal's "At the Heart of Winter" I was kinda surprised he hadn't jammed any Dissection. That needed to be corrected.

[@Joe.888]

Great video. Looking forward to more like this.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@FaerieGoatmother]

Reinkaos is THE mandatory melodeath record, and i will, upon request, defend that statement at great length and surprising depth.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It's pretty Metallica's Black Album if you feed it after midnight.

[@smote_his_ruin]

Nah... The Jester Race and The Gallery destroy it.. so does In the Halls of Awaiting.

[@FaerieGoatmother]

Oh ♥, a taker.. @@smote_his_ruin, if we are listening to metal for anything of musicianship, the contention barely applies. Reinkaos is not an exceptional album in its musical niche. That is a valid enough reason to enjoy heavy metal, I suppose. We all come from different places. And there are a lot of times when I'll think, "I did NOT even hear that the same as Nick and the Thralls.." But they are themselves musicians. I know they're listening for elements that fly right under my radar. Now let's turn to Slayer for a minute. People kvetch about Stain of Mind for being nü tinged. Which is the *wrong* approach. With Stain, and moreso Love to Hate (which nobody ever even mentions - are you guys listening to that album past track three?) Slayer legitimizes jump riffs. It's not the jumpdafuckup that sucks, it's the whole mall ready packaging that perfectly good jump riffs are being wasted on. So what makes Reinkaos THE mandatory melodeath is that, even for crusty punks like yours truly, someone who we all know is ‐ was- one of the real and dedicated has sanctioned the genre. We are all now free to take seriously such things as Dark Tranquility or .. or .. well, I don't keep track of who knows their scales and modes. But we are certainly in a better place to understand why cats like Nick even bother with an Inflames. Without Jon, or someone equally TF off the rails, bestowing a blessing, a lot of us would be forced to assume they're just here cos Dream Theater have those haircuts. I'm still working on figuring out the metalcore angle. I don't THINK Nick -or apparently even Jon- is a whole lot younger than me. Not sure how they didn't know to write all that stuff off immediately.

[@FaerieGoatmother]

I was not even kidding about length and depth.

[@smote_his_ruin]

@@FaerieGoatmother Proceed then.

[@DOROHEDOROFAN]

Yeah I’m not too big on black metal but dissection and Bethlehem will always have a special place in my heart

[@rasricksmith]

Same here

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I prefer my black metal riffy and those first 2 Dissection albums are a big reason for that.

[@UberNoodle]

I hope I'm not the only one who detected a distinct Dissection influence in the band Shylmagoghnar, especially the first album. As a fan of the first two Dissection albums, that made me happy.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I still need to check out that band but if they're comparable to Dissection (first 2 albums of course) then I'm interested.

[@UberNoodle]

​@@thrallsofmetal It's clearly an inspiration. It's the overlaying and interlocking guitar melodies that recall Dissection for me, especially on the first album.

[@METALBENSCHRONICLES]

Great retrospective on dissection The Somberland and Storm Of The Light Bane are such classics. Soul Reaper is my all time favorite Dissection song. The last album I could n̈ever get into much.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Hey! Thanks, Ben! I am such a fanboy of the first 2 especially Storm of the Light's Bane. In terms of melodic black metal that is the standard for me. Soul Reaper is a thrashy banger for sure. I'm still partial to Night's Blood since I'm pretty sure that was the first Dissection song I ever heard. Nothing but the finest riffs on that one. Yeah, I still can't get into Reinkaos but it certainly wasn't for a lack of trying. I come back to that one every now and then and I always leave that listen disappointed.

[@mightygirl17]

Great review "we" love your show!!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Hey! Thank you once again, Magaly! I'm glad both of you dug this one!

[@BrandonM.N]

Great insight

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@cbn6635]

Ole Öhman really needs to get almost as much credit as Jon himself on SotLB especially; what an excellent drummer! 🤘👌 ..and I agree with Shredlord; 'Thorns of Crimson Death' is also definitely my favorite Dissection track.. 🤗

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Excellent song!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- His drum work was sick as hell on those early albums for sure.

[@zer0ed779]

NB, even in the mid '90s, was a fairly large metal record label. Many of their releases could be purchased in stores by mid '90s. Some much earlier, depending on store and personnel. Was lucky enough to see them live with Morbid Angel on their tour in the States for Storm... Great show. Fantastic reviews, guys!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I wasn't sure about Nuclear Blast because I knew they started off as a mail order label but I wasn't sure how big their distribution was. I didn't start snagging stuff from Nuclear Blast until the early 2000's at places like Media Play so I was late to the game. Never got to see them live but I can imagine they were amazing.

[@dsiii98]

Love to see some black metal on this channel, i think the somberlain may be the best second wave black metal album.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! This one was long overdue in my opinion. I'm a big fan of The Somberlain but it's hard to top Storm of the Light's Bane for me.

[@tilman9506]

So happy yall did this. Storm of the lights bane is one of my favorite albums ever. Iron Maiden+ second wave black metal done so well

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Same here. That album has been one of my gold standard albums in black metal for years.

[@KevinB-nj1up]

Excellent Review!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@Deathmetallad]

One of the best bands ever!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'm a huge fan of their music... well... most of it at least.

[@armandoarrojo9841]

Would LOVE to hear you guys talk about Leviathan. Scar Sighted is my favorite BM album of all time!

[@PadanFain-yp2yz]

Agree....just not on your album choice LOL. I gravitate heavily toward Tenth Sublevel and Grand Conspiracy \m/

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I only own Scar Sighted and if they have more than 4 albums then we just do a ranking for it. I'm not sure how many albums they have but I'll look into it.

[@PadanFain-yp2yz]

@@thrallsofmetal Wrest (it's always been a one man band) basically recorded 5 studio albums over time. With Scar Sighted being his last, and fans have been waiting patiently for a follow up for years.

[@armandoarrojo9841]

@@PadanFain-yp2yz Tenth Sublevel I love just about as much as Scar Sighted... Massive Conspiracy I love too

[@armandoarrojo9841]

@@thrallsofmetal Leviathan is Jef Whitehead's project! He has released 6 studio albums (7th on the way). He also has the "Lurker of Chalice" persona, with the self-titled album regarded as one of the greatest USBM / Dark Ambient albums ever!

[@beaniedogz]

Great vid guys! You should cover The Bakerton Group next 🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! That one is actually on the list so we'll get to it at some point. That album is one smooth, stoney jam for sure.

[@wheelsofmercury]

This will be a very interesting retrospective! Haven’t listened to Dissection in a long time (you can probably guess why), but with the historical context of when each record was released, I might revisit the first two albums.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- This was one I've been wanting to do for years. The first 2 albums are among my favorite black metal releases ever but with Jon's history (which we definitely go into) it's a very tarnished legacy.

[@sam-koudriavtsev-piano-key4559]

Great video, guys. I realized Dissection inspired one of my favorite bands Gates Of Ishtar. I think, you would enjoy reviewing them too. Cheers! 🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I've only heard a bit of Gates of Ishtar so I can't say much about the comparison. I may need to jam more and since they only have 3 albums they're in that sweet spot for a retro review.

[@sam-koudriavtsev-piano-key4559]

@thrallsofmetal Gates Of Ishtar is one of my favorite bands. Their debut "A Bloodred Path" has the strongest Dissection influences: icy tremolos, thrashy parts, effective melodic tasteful solos, elegant harmonies. "The Dawn Of Flames" and "At Dusk And Forever" are also awesome! Gates Of Ishtar reunited as will play in Maryland Deathfest next year. Cheers! Stay metal. 🤟

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Gates of Ishtar are one of my favorites too. The Dawn of Flames is my favorite.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

@@thrallsofmetal Abyssos would be great too since they only have 2 albums. A band that was very good at melodic black metal in the 90's and just kinda disappeared.

[@proudhammer62]

Have the Somberlain now gotta check out Storm of the Lights Bane. Thanks guys!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@mattw4461]

One of my favorite bands. Basically got me into Black metal

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Same here, man!

[@WolvesInferno]

Excellent review of this band. I first heard Dissection on a Blackend: The Black Metal Compilation Volume 2. The song of course was 'Unhallowed'. It blew me away with it's complicated riffs and that awesome soaring guitar solo in the middle. I agree Jon was POS for murdering that gay man, and I'm not a fan of the whole satanist thing. Although Dissection wrote quite a lot of incredible songs, I prefer bands that didn't have any part in murders or church burnings such as Immortal, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir, Mactatus, Old Man's Child, Darkthrone, Enslaved, Moonspell, Mercyful Fate, Bathory etc. I also subbed you.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Welcome to the channel! I'm reasonably sure I heard "Night's Blood" on a Nuclear Blast sampler years ago and much like your experience with "Unhallowed" I was also blown away. Jon was legit a brilliant musician but he was also a pretty vile human being in my book. I'm not religious in any sense that's often reaffirmed when I see horrible things done in the name of it. I have no problem with people believing what they want but when those beliefs come at the expense of others it becomes toxic and in some cases very dangerous. I do like some bands with questionable pasts but while I might appreciate the music, I don't hold back on how I feel about the musicians as people.

[@Zentrixu]

I also liked the Reinkaos Album since Day One. I judge every Dissection Album as a different Beast. Yes the last Album was controversial discussed but as the years goes by more and more people like it

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I know Reinkaos definitely has it's fans but I've never been able to get into it. To me it's just a bland album.

[@Zentrixu]

@thrallsofmetal I can understand that coming from Storm of the Lights Bane but for me Reinkaos is one of the Best Melodic Death Metal Albums, better than any In Flames Albums. I can remember when they released Reinkaos in German Metal Magazine Rock Hard their was a Plus Minus Review, one of the writers loved it the other one does not liked is calling it bland. Guess that Album will play that Role in years to come. Thats made it so intresting i guess On one Hand you have abominations like St.Anger, illud divinum, Cold Lake and on the other Hand some Albums which are controversial. That List would be intresting a collection of Controversial Albums, their comes in my Mind Queensryche Promised Land

[@EnemyKnown]

I'm not a black metal fan but I do like the first 2 albums, Dissection is the exception, (nice rhyme huh?) they blended melodic death metal and black metal and came up with a pretty unique approach and sound. I just got into them after my friend blind played them for me and I was blown away. Great review and history lesson on this band.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- LOL! Good one on the rhyme skeme there. Honestly, I think the riffs and song structure on the first 2 definitely appeal to people that aren't necessarily black metal fans. There's a ton of melody, the guitar harmonies are very classic sounding and there's a ton of thrash and death metal elements to their sound as well. I'm glad you dug the review, man. This one was well overdue for us.

[@Brunetto46]

You guys should check out Cardinal sin 96 ep, it sounds like meloblack Somberlain part 2 it has ex members of Dissection exit in 94

[@SatanBled]

Storm of the lights bane-fucking classic 5/5!

[@tomasjonsson7141]

Its a good evil trilogy of albums for sure, i even like rainkaos 🐐🐐🐐

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- The first 2 are classics for sure... I just can't with Reinkaos though.

[@Vitsi5935]

A physical copy of Storm of the Light’s Bane was a difficult one to track down, but one day it was in the used section of the record shop. Bought it pretty much immediately.

[@bmoremetal]

I'm glad to have the original CD version.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I have a special edition of that one from years ago. I didn't realize how difficult these albums have become to get a hold of. I assumed there'd be tons of reissues out there honestly.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Great band, wish things went differently and we had more albums to enjoy from them but glad we have the first two masterpieces and even Reinkaos which I've grown to like more over the years.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Yeah, it's one of those things where if Jon hadn't done what he did and kept focusing on his craft then who knows what else they could have churned out.

[@c4gam1ng12]

Loving these retro review videos. While their first two albums are the best, I do think Reinkaos is overhated. There’s some good songs on there.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I still can't shake the disappointment and just flat out bland nature of Reinkaos. I've given it a lot of chances over the years but every time I'm just left going "man... this is terrible". That's just me though and I know that album has its fan for sure.

[@Swullmark]

As someone who's still getting into Death Metal (I've enjoyed Obituary, Death, Morbid Angel, Edge of Sanity, a few others), and has never got into Black Metal... Storm of the Light's Bane is the ONLY black metal album I have ever enjoyed. It's Thrashy and thanks to your background information on the band it makes sense why! I love the acoustic bits, I actually enjoy the vocals too which is rare in black metal for me. Still need to listen to the debut though!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, if this is your gateway into the whole black metal sound you picked a damn good album to start with. You'd be surprised how many bands out there emulate this band (sonically at least) or just have a similar style. I strongly recommend checking out Thulcandra, Necrophobic and The Spirit as well. You'll find a lot of similarities to this band's sound for sure.

[@Swullmark]

​@@thrallsofmetal hey man, first off I appreciate the reply, it's awesome that y'all reply to pretty much every single comment with a thoughtful response! Second, this definitely is my first black metal album (unless stuff like early Sepultera and Sodom counts, but I look at those as Thrash more than anything). Definitely will look into those suggestions, greatly appreciated as I honestly had no idea where to go from here, been a few months that I've been jamming this one, with it growing in me more each time. Think it's high time I dig deeper into Black Metal and now I know where to start. Cheers man!

[@FalseNi9e]

Dissection are one of the most important bands in extreme metal. Storm of the Lights Bane is a 10/10!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed on both accounts.

[@alekiscool555]

Storm of the light's bane is easily one of the greatest black metal albums! I'm really glad y'all reviewed this!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@RBProductions1988]

Storm of the Light’s Bane is a top 3 all-time metal album for me. Flawless masterpiece. The Somberlain is also incredible, and I’ve never understood the hate for Reinkaos. I think it’s a great listen as well. So glad you guys did these reviews. Dissection simply doesn’t get talked about enough for how incredible they were at their peak

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- On an all time list I have no idea where it would fall but I can say it's easily one of my favorite black metal albums ever. The Somberlain is close too but it's hard to beat the songwriting on Storm of the Light's Bane. Yeah, I just don't like Reinkaos. I think it's a bland album from a band that was clearly punching below their weight.

[@Masterdebater1313]

Now I kinda wanna see you guys do a career retrospective/trolling of the merry men of Mayhem and their Satanic shenanigans, and if there's time, their "music" I can't be alone in this.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Well, since they have more albums to go over we'd do a full on ranking for those. We save the retro review/ retrospectives for the bands with the shorter discographies. We'll have to wait as we have a full docket of rankings coming but we'll have some black metal in the mix with Immortal in this batch.

[@ThatOneMetalGuy200]

So sick you guys are doing so many retro reviews as of late, I would love to see you guys do one for all three Intestine Baalism albums. 🙏

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, around this time or at least during months where there aren't a tremendous amount of new releases we try to work in a fair amount of these. I think Intestine Baalism is supposed to release a new album this year so we may have to wait on that one now.

[@ThatOneMetalGuy200]

@ This is the first time I’m hearing about new music from them holy shit!

[@44DoubleZer00_Studios]

YO HOLY FREAKING CRAP, LET'S GOOOO !!!!!! Storm of the Light's Bane is in my list of favorite albums of all time. It's such a cold, melodic death, black metal MASTERPIECE!!! Also tha thumbnail says it all, Nick's favorite is definitely Reinkaos 😂😂 Ans I'll even say it, Reinkaos is not that bad of an album, but compared to the other 2, yeah it just wasn't that good...

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Yeah, this one has been long overdue. 2 of my favorite black metal albums ever... and then the other one which exists lol. I'm not going to spoil it but there's definitely a rant coming on this one lol.

[@Spur1Denmark]

Where Dead Angels Lie was one of the first extreme metal songs I ever heard, along with Hypocrisy's Apocalypse. Couldn't have asked for a better start! \m/ To me, a well done review and recap, thank you for that! I agree with everything said relating to Dissection's music and their members, for sure!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Unless we're talking about Reinkaos then it's hard for me to say which songs by this band I don't like honestly.

[@Spur1Denmark]

@ Absolutely!

[@zacharyseibert6788]

Jon Nodtveidt, is up there with, Hetfield, Hanneman, Schuldiner, Azagthoth, Iommi, as one of the greatest riff/songwriters in metal history in my book.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, I really can't argue with that. He really was on that level and much like all of that Mt. Riff-more list you have, Jon's work became massively influential in metal.

[@KevinTarrant-by3fi]

One of my all time favorite bands! Storm Of The Lights Bane is a fuckin masterpiece!🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

thnx

[@mindful2864]

Awesome retrospective on one of the greatest metal bands of all time, Dissection. Yes, Jon Nödtveidt was a controversial and troubled individual which is unfortunately common in black metal; but if you could look past that he was a highly talented songwriter and guitarist. Dissection was one of the leading bands that combined the accessibility of melodic death metal with the bleakness and harshness of black metal. Reinkaos was a disappointment minus a few songs. However, Storm of the Light’s Bane was a 10/10 masterpiece that I can listen to constantly and the Somberlain was an incredible debut. Truly a legendary band for their 90’s albums.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Definitely a tarnished legacy with this band and while I love the music that Jon crafted (well, the first 2 albums anyway) what he did/ was accomplice to was flat out vile.

[@NocturnalSummoning45]

I have the first two albums and the compilation titled The Past Is Alive : The Early Mischief. Consisting of demos. The Somberlain is my favorite. I like the more rawish sound it has. Like Marduk's album Those Of the Unlight. Which also was released in 93. Storm of the light's Bane is great too. That's my cutoff point.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I don't have the demo collection. I may still pick it up but for me the albums were the essential pick ups. I love The Somberlain especially the fact that I think it's sonically a bridge between melodeath and black metal. Kinda similar to early Marduk too since they even had some death metal in their early stuff but I think Dissection's sound was way more refined. Yeah, after the magnum opus that is Storm of the Light's Bane that's pretty much where I stop... outside of the random times I try to come back to Reinkaos and find something redeemable about it lol.

[@TheStrappingOldGrumpyLad]

Here's two stories related to Dissection! I was in Gothenburg last year to see Sabbat and me and my friend arrived a day early and out of boredom and to make time go by we went to the Keillers Park, just to look around there. It is a very large park and quite outside the city center and a nice looking one too but at the same time eerie to be there considering what happened there. After some hours walking around there we found the spot where it happened and I can tell you it's the perfect place for a murder especially with the amount of trees and how secluded it is around. And my second story is. There was this one time I was at the pub and I had my Somberlain hoodie on me and some guy came up to me and started talking to me. And long story short we got talking and it ends with him calling me a stupid poser for not being a satanist and not supporting what Jon and Vlad did. I just laughed at him and finished my beer and walked away and came home safely.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I've been to Civil War battlefields and old prisons and there's something about the atmosphere where you know people have died. That's wild you found that spot in the park it happened. I can imagine they don't put that in the tour guide for the part lol. It still blows my mind that there are fans of this band that take the whole Satanist angle seriously and worse yet condoning what those 2 did just for the sake of being "kvlt" and "trve". That's just dumb. I'm glad dude wasn't such a fan that he tried to hurt you or anything.

[@TheStrappingOldGrumpyLad]

@thrallsofmetal Yeah I went both by Google images search and even by this clip from a swedish police tv program direct from the crime scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX6yaqBsltqGiLssi=lfXKWIHRr8GCzfQ5

[@lutfimakarim8258]

So this is what you mean when you said the next one will be a special episode

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- You bet.

[@Ashen_one90]

First two albums undeniable classics, but finally two people that feel the same way about Reinkaos. My friends love it but I never understood why.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed on both accounts. I've definitely run into big fans of Reinkaos but I never got it. Even when I was a huge melodeath fan that album just sounded flat and uninspired as hell.

[@wolflust9718]

Dissection is easily in my top 10 favorite black metal bands. The Somberlain and Light's Bane are both masterpieces in their own right. Reinchaos tbh I always forget about lmao

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Same here. Those first 2 albums are god tier in my mind when it comes down to black metal. Reinkaos... I wish I could forget it... but I own it lol.

[@neugey]

Awesome show. My rankings are: - The Somberlain - 3 1/2 - great riffs but the structure and the quality of the writing weren't quite there. Favorite track is In The Cold Winds of Nowhere. - Storm of the Light's Bane - 5 - Night's Blood is an amazing opening track. Where Dead Angels Lie is so evil and awesome. Thorns of Crimson Death is the For Whom The Bell Tolls of black metal. If you need a bridge to get from thrash metal to melodic black metal this is the fucking Golden Gate. - Reinkaos - 2 - The awesome riffs and leads are gone. It does get boring so fast. It's adequate background music I guess. Did AI somehow generate this album and send it 19 years into the past?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I appreciate that! Dude, I think you're spot on with the AI refence on Reinkaos especially. It really does sound like some one prompted an AI program with black metal and melodeath lol.

[@sirdacier7159]

Best black metal band ever in my opinion. The Somberlain and Storm of the Light’s Bane is some of the best the genre has to offer. I barely listen to black metal anymore but Dissection is one of the few bands that still blows my mind

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- One of my favorites for sure. Those first 2 albums are still my gold standard when it comes down to melodic black metal. I still listen to a fair amount of black metal but I'm picky about it and those first 2 Dissection albums might be partially why. I love my black metal riffy as hell and few bands did that better than Dissection.

[@ghastlymagician3336]

First off, if you actually go digging into the history of the area and all that (not explaning it here), it actually gives good insight as to why so much evil stuff comes out of Scandinavia, doesnt redeem all the bad stuff that goes on, but it at least gives perspective. Ill be straight, i always listen to metal music, but i didnt really start digging into the more extreme stuff until the last 7 or so years, so there is a great deal i havent heard or experiences yet (which im working on), also Jon Nodtveidt was an extraordinary piece of work, and i always felt wrong giving his music a spin, just felt wrong. But I did give the first album a spin, and i will work on doing the second, but it really was excellent as much as i hate to say it. When Black Metal expands its boundries and gets really riffy, and mixes in folk flavors, and orchestral elements to go with the tremelo picking and abrasive vocals, it really is something special.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, if you dig into the history of almost any country you'll find some really dark shit. Certainly plenty of it here in the US as well. Even after the decades of listening to more extreme stuff I've had there's still a ton I haven't heard either so don't even worry about that. We all go at our own pace. Jon was a brilliant musician and I believe may be considered a prodigy as well. He really had massive talent starting at a young age and put his own stamp on black metal with those first 2 albums. It sucks his legacy is so mired in controversy but dude was kind of a piece shit outside of the music.

[@benng4376]

I dig Reinkaos.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I've tried with that album so many times (including very recently) and I just can't with that one.

[@TwoToneHatch]

The Somberlain is incredible but, Storm of the Lights Bane is a 10/10 legendary masterpiece! Reinkaos isn't bad but it pales in comparison to their first two albums by a LOT. I love these throwback retro reviews! (I'd love to see a retro review of Turn Loose The Swans!)

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- You can't go wrong with either of those first 2 albums in my opinion. Reinkaos... well... I tried but I still think it's a dud. We only retro reviews for bands with shorter discographies (4 albums or less) so if we do My Dying Bride it'll be a full on album ranking.

[@TwoToneHatch]

@@thrallsofmetal Noted! I'll keep an eye out for any MDB content from y'all in the future!

[@ashleybrown4754]

Ceremonial Goat Slaughter would be a fantastic name for a war metal band

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'm surprised it already isn't lol.

[@cimmeriakurt]

SHREDS BACK!! He brings the humor!! Any chance you guys could occasionally talk MICHIGAN FOOTBALL since youre near there and theyre NATIONAL CHAMPIONS and thats METAL AF!!??? GO BLUE

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Shred is definitely back.

[@hiblast629]

Perfect branch of black metal to wear a sacramentum shirt

[@spencergrady736]

Btw, have you ever done a Nuclear Assault ranking/vid?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Not yet. I think they have enough album for a ranking though. Our cut off there is 5. Any less and we retro review it. I'd be down though but I think I'm the only one that's really listened to them out of the guys.

[@spencergrady736]

@@thrallsofmetal More fool them. A teenage favourite - Brain Death mosh parts!!!

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Early ATG was borderline Black metal as well, guess in particular his vocals were more crust but those first two Red in the Sky and With Fear definitely fit more with Black metal than Death.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Arguably. I'd say the Gardens of Grief demo is almost purely death metal and not necessarily melodeath but The Red in the Sky is Ours does have some blackened vibes as well as With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness so you might be album to argue it's a bit on the blackened death metal side.

[@DeathTragedy666]

The Somberlain and Storm of the Light's Bane are definite classics in their own right. Dissection have pioneered a genre. I'm in the minority here, but I loved Reinkaos for what it was. No, it's not The Somberlain. No, it's not Storm of the Light's Bane. Yes, it has some unique lyrical content and some traditional rock/metal tropes. However, I appreciate it for what it is. I try to keep an open mind when veteran bands experiment with other genres or different songwriting. Sometimes, it works. Something, it's a total stinker (yes, I'm looking at you Lulu and Cold Lake). But, I understand this album isn't shared by the overall populace and is a bit controversial for its sound and its content. It's a radical change, but I welcomed it. I think Watain picked up perfectly where Dissection really left off at Storm of the Light's Bane, specially on Sworn to the Dark in 2007.

[@filipdzero8739]

Ooo, I'm hyped for this! SoTLB is a fantastic masterpiece, but The Somberlain is sometimes overshadowed by it, while having just as great highlights (I actually come back to it more often than Storm)! Both amazing! \m/ Unfortunately, Jon then joined a cult for realz & did some horrible shit, so I ain't giving Reinkaos a chance, but based on evry1's opinions I ain't missing much 💁.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I love the first 2 (spoiler alert... but I think I've gushed about both before on here) and I'd put them both on a Mt. Rushmore of 90's Black Metal essentials. Yeah, the sordid history of the band (well... Jon at least) definitely puts a blemish on the band's legacy.

[@KevinTarrant-by3fi]

This is a 5 for me as well and the only other band I ever gave a 5 to was Nervosa.

[@rhino_force7679]

wow Tarrant please do youtube videos, let us enter in your world.

[@HAXAN-V-V]

@@rhino_force7679

[@thrallsofmetal]

thnx

[@CyberianWinter]

Reinkaos gets a bad rap, but's it a banger. It's got some solid black N roll tunes.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I wish I shared your sentiment but man... I just don't like that one much at all. I've tried with it so many times but every time I do I just leave that listening session disappointed as hell.

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

Storm of the lights Bane is the masterpiece of Dissection but the Somberlain is fantastic too, love the Coverartwork. Reminds me of Bram Stokers Dracula. I remember buying Reinkaos in 2006 and was excited to hear the Record and was totally disappointed.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Those first 2 are flat out amazing. Some of my favorite black metal albums ever honestly but Reinkaos was a turd in my opinion. I've given it so many chances and I always leave listening to that one disappointed as hell.

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

@thrallsofmetal feel the same about Reinkaos, the only Track that hits me is the Instrumental Chaosophia. The Songs are boring, the drums are boring, the lyrics are stupid my God even a mid Tempo where dead Angels lie got better Drums. Reinkaos released 26th of April in 2006, okay twenty years after Chernobyl a Musical disaster.

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

@thrallsofmetal is it possible if you make a Retro Review of the first 3 Dimmu Borgir Albums especially For all Tid and Stormblast? All the way to the game changing Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

[@Therionx]

Ninkharsag , The Spirit and Thulcandra all Dissection clones for sure and do it great !

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'm not familiar with Ninkharsag but love the other 2 for sure.

[@Therionx]

@@thrallsofmetal Yeah check out Ninkharsag - The Dread March Of Solemn Gods. solid album for sure .

[@Airfryer208]

fucking banger video 🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@diegodiniz-zw9fn]

We have to set the artist value apart from their personnal actions. In my opinion Dissection despite its brief period in activity,yet was able to build a strong discography like no other in heavy music. The mainly plague I see over the band career it is itself vocalist and mastermind of whom it relied on being rebuilt and automatically early demise of it later.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Separating the art from the artist is difficult which is why I make my stance clear on these. I love those first 2 albums but I'm not about to glance over Nodtveidt's horrific actions.

[@PadanFain-yp2yz]

Great in depth video, but can't agree on the closing comments regarding Burzum. Yes, Varg is controversial, however.....albums such as Hvis lyset tar oss and Filosofem are landmarks of ambient BM. Just saying \m/

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, I've tried with Burzum and I just flat out don't care for the music at all. Varg being a giant scumbag didn't help matters but I can at least separate the art from the art to some extent and for me the art simply isn't there.

[@oildini8174]

YESSSSSSS BLACK FUCKING METALLLLLLLLLL (wonder why Jon didnt make it xD)

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- This one I hand picked Shred for since I think he's need at least 2 of these albums in his life.

[@gabagool9074]

Storm of the Light's Bane is a top 5 metal album of any genre. Dissection It's not really purely black metal. It's like mixing swedish metal acts like bathory, emtombed, in flames, at the gates, and mixing it with thrash metal and Iron Maiden.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- In terms of black metal its up there pretty damn high for me but across metal... that's a tougher one for me. One of the things I loved about the band was the fact that they were kind of a musical bridge between black metal and melodeath. Honestly, they might be one of the best gateway bands into both styles since they do it so well.

[@lebanondon7981]

Thorns of crimson death is one of the greatest black metal songs of all time.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed.

[@bmoremetal]

I have all 3 on CD

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Same here, man.

[@tobyfingland8149]

Great video, interesting that you made the regular Metallica references, as to me Dissections career is very similar, started off great and turned to shit, also definitely agree on the separating the art from the artist. Cheers!!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! In away I guess you can say it's similar to Metallica's career arc (there's definitely some comparisons to be made with their "black albums") and much like Metallica they're earlier works we genre defining. Very different back stories though. Yeah, I try to separate the art from the artist but even I have my limits with some. You can call the artist a scumbag and still praise the art at least in some cases though.

[@HeavyArtTalk]

I would (somewhat) understand a band in 2025 naming themselves Rabbit’s Carrot because so many good names are taken, but to be a metal band in the heyday and go with that…😂

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It had to be either an inside joke or they legit had no other good ideas for a name and that was the least worst one lol.

[@himrich02]

Storm of the Light's Bane is an S-tier album. For me it’s on same tier Sons of Northern Darkness and Filosofem. Erblicket die Töchter des Firmaments will always be the goat black-metal song, but Where Dead Angels Lie and Tyrants are nipping at its heels…

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Storm of the Light's Bane is the standard for me when it comes down to melodic black metal. It's pretty much a perfect album in my mind. Sons of Northern Darkness was my first Immortal album and One By One is such a banger. I'm not a Burzum fan though... at all.

[@joedegroot76]

Shows how well earlier Dissection has aged considering Shredlord hasn’t heard the albums and rates them very high. Don’t like Reinkaos at all… still baffles my mind.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I was surprised he hadn't heard those first two especially considering how much he love At the Heart of Winter by Immortal. He's a big fan now... well... not of Reinkaos but neither am I lol.

[@TheProphetJoshua]

I don't think Nödtveidt screaming about (and living up to) his beliefs is any more ridiculous than Hollywood actor Ice-T shouting about how he's gonna shoot someone for talking shit in Body Count. Generally, I like my artists to actually believe the things they crow about.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I would say it's more ridiculous in the sense that Jon based all that nonsense on some dopey cult mentality and Ice-T's "Talk Shit, Get Shot" is definitely hyperbole. It's deliberately over the top and not meant to be taken seriously in a literal sense.

[@michaelschafer7920]

It's to bad john nodtveidt had to be a dumbass and end his career early he was such a talented songwriter the way he structured those song s was fantastic storm of the lights bane is up there with one of the best black metal albums ever

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed. The dude was an amazing songwriting but man is he hard to defend.

[@Andyface79]

​@@thrallsofmetal This. Storm of the Lights Bane sounds amazing. But what a piece of crap he was. I appreciate that you dissect Art and Artist here as well.

[@michaelschafer7920]

​@thrallsofmetal yeah u ain't lying there bub

[@seditionthroughscorns]

Melodic black metal masters who's career not only was short-lived, but created 3 killer albums that are a foundational act in extreme music history. I will say The Somberlain out of the three albums is my personal favorite because of how raw, unfiltered, chaotic, Melodic and almost death metal styled sounding that album was going for and course Storm The Lights Bane is a masterpiece, brilliant songwriting, amazing arrangements, lurky atmospheric passages and the song Soulreaper is a perfect representation that black metal doesn't need to be satanic and blasphemous, but a beautifully crafted portrait to understand the band's imagery and detail. Can't wait to see this retrospective review on a band that meant alot to the melodic black/ death metal scene that other bands like Thulcandra, Old Mans Child, Unanimated, UADA, and many more following Dissection's footsteps should be loud and proud.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'll give you 2 out of the 3 but I'd still call most of their music legendary and standard setting for melodic black metal in particular. The Somberlain is amazing and definitely the one I go to if I want to hear a bit more of their death metal roots but Storm of the Light's Bane is pretty much the goat for me. That's one of the finest black metal albums ever in my opinion. This one was long overdue for us as I love to bring up Dissection whenever I hear really melodic, riffy black metal.

[@manuelplatino1926]

When you guys mentioned "a sketchy satanist cult" I immediately thought "when did swedish metalheads joined the republican party?"

[@xwolfiegreenwoodx]

"Politics...right? Right guys?"

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- LOL! I thought about making that joke as well. I feel like I'm still targeting the same group of people though. Different flavor of koolaid, same poison lol.

[@TheMetalGaia]

SOtLB is one of the greatest albums ever.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed. That still remains the standard for melodic black metal for me.

[@sightlesswisdom2559]

This is great. First two albums are freaking awesome and untouchable. But I HATED Reinkaos when it cam out and 10 years after. However, I am not sure what happened about 5 years ago I started to actually like Reinkaos. I just pretend its not a Dissection album and hiw much of a let down it is and its more enjoyable,😂.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I adore those first 2 albums. I'd say they're some of the best black metal albums to ever be released in my book... Reinkaos though... man, I tried. Hell, I still occasionally come back to it just to see if maybe I can appreciate it year later but it's just a giant turkey in my opinion. Even pretending it's not Dissection doesn't help either. To me it's just a bland album. That's just me though.

[@bentatoe1832]

Not a black metal fan at all (okay I do love Immortal) but Storm of the Lights bane is awesome!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, you're not the first person I've heard say that and I think that speaks to that album's broader appeal. It's so damn riffy and catchy that I think most fans of extreme metal can find something they love on it.

[@drakoathergoth4846]

As a lover of that style (Melodic Blackened Death) I have total respect for Dissection, as they were the pioneers of that style; but Jon definitely was a piece of shit. Have you guys heard of Malice Divine? It's a one man project that is straight up Dissection worship.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Jon was definitely a brilliant musician and song writer but I'll never defend his character. Not familiar with that band but I'll check them out when I got some free time.

[@drakoathergoth4846]

I totally agree about his character. Separating art from artist can be complicated at times.

[@jesseleavy5841]

I've always compared Dissections 3 albums to The Godfather films. First one was Fantastic, second one was INCREDIBLE, then there's a big gap between the 2nd and 3rd ones, and the 3rd one is very mid. Like it's fine, but like you said, very dull and uninspired; and very unnecessary... much like The Godfather Part III.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Fuck... that reference is so good I wish I said it lol! That is legit the perfect comparison because those first 2 Godfather movies are incredible... and the 3rd one exists... that's the nicest thing I can say about that. Reinkaos is about as inspired as Sophia Coppola's performance in Godfather pt. 3.

[@spencergrady736]

I think another member of Dissection (bassist?) is still involved in far right politics.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- That wouldn't surprise me honestly. Seems those are the circles a lot of these dudes travel in.

[@Milo-it1tf]

Isn’t the frontman of the band a murderer?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Yes and no. Bare minimum he's an accomplice to murder since they couldn't establish which one of them fired the kill shot. Scummy none the less though.

[@alex_flamer]

Rabbit's Carrot is one of the dumbest names for a metal band I've heard. Especially in the 80s when bands, especially in thrash, were more serious than nowadays. 😆😆😆

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Agreed lol. I kinda wonder what names were rejected in favor of "Rabbit's Carrot" honestly lol.

[@HansKrampf-hf1mu]

To the right gentleman, making rape jokes about jail is pretty weak bro. I’ve been 5 years in max security and didn’t witness a single similar thing. But I know you wouldn’t make it one week there. Well enough of the complaints, rest of the vid here is quite cool. At least the guy on the left knows what he is talking about

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- While I'm glad you enjoyed the video for the most part I have to say... it was just a joke and prison here in the US, that stuff happens a lot. One of Shred's old buddies was a prison guard and the man told a lot of stories so while you might not have seen anything like that during your time inside that isn't to say it doesn't happen. Again though, it was a joke.

[@joeysgrim]

I would agree with pretty much everything in this review…first two albums are great and the worship bands they inspired are usually killer. Jon was trash, good riddance. I actually have still not listened to Reinkhaos or however it’s spelled…just not interested, I’ll stick with the two good ones!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Yeah, those first 2 are GOATED in my opinion. As brilliant as they are hyper-influential but yeah, I'm not about to defend Jon's actions. Dude was a musical genius but also a scumbag. Reinkaos... man... what a turkey. I'd say at least check it out but really... it's not a necessary listen at all.