𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 2, 1993 — Necrophobic released their debut full-length studio album, The Nocturnal Silence via Black Mark Productions. (Spotify)
Background:
The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and now-deceased guitarist David Parland.
It is believed that the band named themselves after the Slayer song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood.
The pair played with a '𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛' lineup of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias Sidegård.
This addition occurred prior to recording their debut 7-inch single, The Call, in early 1992.
With this lineup and the addition of Anders Strokirk on vocals, who replaced Stefan Harrvik (who had sung on the Unholy Prophecies demo and The Call 7" EP), the band entered Sunlight Studio in March 1993 and recorded their debut album The Nocturnal Silence.
It was produced by Necrophobic and Tomas Skogsberg and engineered by Tomas Skogsberg and Lars Liden.
More Album Information:
Track 5 of this CD has a nice history: the first European pressing by Black Mark Production had noted track 5 as Shadows of the Moon, a short (1:14) quasi-instrumental in the booklet and on the back cover, but by mistake they pressed Inborn Evil as the song on the CD.
Approx. 1000 CDs were pressed for the US market by Cargo Records Germany where track 5 was noted as Shadows of the Moon in the booklet and on the back cover and where Shadows of the Moon is also pressed on CD.
This record is the one and only pressing with this instrumental song Shadows of the Moon.
Reissues:
All other European reissues by Hammerheart Records, Painkiller Records and Karmageddon Media have Inborn Evil noted on the back cover/booklet and the song Inborn Evil pressed on the CD/LP.
Critical Reception:
The album has received generally positive reviews from fans and critics, with one retrospective review at Metal Storm stating;’
”𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎-𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚕... 𝙸 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛-𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚊𝚛, 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚙, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎! 𝙰𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚎-𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚏, 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎!”
While, another retrospective review at Metal Music Archives stated;
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞´𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙰 𝟺 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 (𝟾𝟶%) 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍.”
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