Dissection was a Swedish extreme metal band formed in 1989 and led by Jon Nödtveidt. The group is best known for The Somberlain (1993) and Storm of the Light's Bane (1995), records that blend black metal atmospheres with melodic death-metal elements. Jon Nödtveidt was convicted of murder, later died by suicide in 2006; the band's history and legacy are often discussed alongside these events.

Formed in Strömstad, Sweden, in 1989; led by Jon Nödtveidt; key releases include The Somberlain (1993), Storm of the Light's Bane (1995), Reinkaos (2006).

DeBaser reviews praise Dissection's early records (The Somberlain, Storm of the Light's Bane) as seminal blends of black and melodic death metal. Later work (Reinkaos) divided fans and critics for its stylistic shift. Jon Nödtveidt's criminal conviction and his 2006 suicide are repeatedly noted in the reviews as framing the band's history.

For:Fans of black metal, melodic death metal, and 1990s extreme metal

 Dissection indeed represents the perfect synthesis of a certain way of understanding metal music: they created a style that incorporates the characteristics of the two main extreme genres that found fertile ground in Northern Europe, death metal and black metal, and they combined them with the melodic influences characteristic of classic metal from the eighties.

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 After a good debut album, the band released the beautiful 'Storm Of The Light's Bane' in 1995, an epic but never garish melodic death/black pillar, magnificently structured.

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 These are just two examples of what you will find in the album, and what I feel after every listen is the regret for what this band could have still achieved if Jon hadn't committed that murder and hadn't been incarcerated for 7 years.

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