Artist: DISSECTION
Album: THE SOMBERLAIN ULTIMATE REISSUE (2CD US-IMPORT)

Year: 1993/ 2006
EAN/UPS: 654436007227
Media type: CD

... DISSECTION suffered the loss of Forwald in November 2005, a press statement revealing the bassist had vacated his position "in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway". Rejecting rumours of a band split, as Erik Danielsson was introduced on bass, Jon Nodtveidt stated "We are now heading into a new phase, a darker phase". The following month the album title of 'Reinkaos' was announced, the comeback album bowing in suitably on Walpurgis night, April 30th 2006.

The End Records unveiled an expanded re-issue campaign of re-masters for June. 'The Somberlain' added the 1990 'The Grief Prophecy' and 1991 'Into Infinite Obscurity' demos plus live tracks and rehearsal sessions, whilst 'Storm Of The Light's Bane' was enhanced with a second disc comprising the 1996 'Where Dead Angels Lie' EP, previously unheard 1994 demos and a completely different album mix.

On May 22nd Jon Nodtveidt put out a statement signalling the end of DISSECTION, explaining "I have reached the limitations of music as a tool for expressing what I want to express, for myself and the handful of others that I care about, and I will now move along to other realms of practice. Dissection's work is done and this is our legacy. Salve Satan! Salve Azerate 218!" The band's final performances came with a Swedish concert, their first and final Israeli gig and a brace of dates in the USA. DISSECTION's June 24th show in Stockholm, dubbed 'Midsummer Massacre '06', has been filmed and recorded for a DVD and live album.

TRACKLIST:

CD1

The Somberlain
Remastered Original Mix
1. Black Horizons
2. The Somberlain
3. Crimson Towers
4. A Land Forlorn
5. Heaven's Damnation
6. Frozen
7. Into Infinite Obscurity
8. In the Cold Winds of Nowhere
9. The Grief Prophecy / Shadows Over A Lost Kingdom
10. Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow
11. Feathers Fell

CD2 (Bonus Material)

Unreleased Live Recording
1. Frozen
2. The Somberlain

Into Infinite Obscurity 7" EP 1991
Remastered Original Mix
3. Shadows Over A Lost Kingdom
4. Son of the Mourning
5. Into Infinite Obscurity

Demo 1992
Remastered Original Mix
6. Frozen
7. In the Cold Winds of Nowhere
8. Feathers Fell
9. Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow

The Grief Prophecy Demo 1990
Remastered Original Mix
10. The Call of the Mist

Remastered Rehearsal 1990
11. Severed Into Shreds

Satanized
Remastered Rehearsal 1991
12. Satanized
13. Born In Fire

LINE-UP:

Jon Nodveidt (vocals/ guitar)
Johan Norman (guitar)
Peter Palmdahl (bass)
Ole Ohman (drums)