Necrophobic β The Nocturnal Silence
- intothewellsabyss
- Aug 2, 2023
- 2 min read
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August 2, 1993 β 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 'πππππππππ ππππ' lineup of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias SidegΓ₯rd.
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;β
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While, another retrospective review at Metal Music Archives stated;
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