A limited crystal clear vinyl edition of the third album by Swedish Extreme Metal exponents Shining.

 

III: Angst blends hypnotic riffs, unsettling vocal anguish, acoustic passages and expertly handled lead guitar passages. 

 

This was the first Shining album to feature the legendary Hellhammer (Mayhem) on drums.

 

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Swedish act Shining was formed by Niklas ‘Kvarforth’ Olsson in 1996. Already with a developed sense of direction to his compositions and expression of wholly negative outlook & emotion, Niklas created some utterly oppressive material for the debut release, the ‘Submit to Self-destruction’ EP in 1998, when Niklas himself was still only 14 years old.

 

'Angst' was Shining’s third album and was originally released in 2002. A development of composition was clearly evident here, working in more subtle twists and complexities to the sinister & wholly oppressive black metal. The work of Shining is intended to reflect the dark & destructive side of the world & human nature.

 

The album was recorded at The Abyss Studios (Immortal, Marduk & Dimmu Borgir), the famous Swedish recording studio run by Peter Tägtgren, The album was recorded by Tommy Tägtgren.