Cardinal Sin is a Swedish metal project formed by former Dissection guitarist John Zwetsloot. The band recorded the EP 'Spiteful Intents' with contributions from members of Marduk; no further releases followed.

John Zwetsloot was a guitarist in Dissection and contributed classical guitar interludes and songwriting to their early work. The Cardinal Sin debut EP 'Spiteful Intents' features Magnus "Devo" Andersson and Jocke "Af Gravf" Göthberg of Marduk. The project's style recalls a blend of black and melodic death metal with occasional thrash elements. The band has not released material after the 'Spiteful Intents' EP according to the reviewed sources.

Cardinal Sin is a Swedish metal project led by ex-Dissection guitarist John Zwetsloot. The band released the EP 'Spiteful Intents' featuring members of Marduk. Reviews praise its Dissection-like blend of black and melodic death metal and recommend the EP to fans of that style.

For:Fans of Dissection, Swedish black metal, and melodic death metal.

 In fact, besides being the co-author of many songs on the debut album (and of "Night's Blood" and "Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane" on the next one), he composed the three instrumental classical guitar interludes "Crimson Towers," "Into Infinite Obscurity," and "Feathers Fell."

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