III / Angst - Shining

V / Halmstad - Shining

I saw a man who wasn t there He wasn t there again today Oh how I wish he d go away." So begins Swedish depressive black metal band Shining s fifth full length, Halmstad , a complex beast which successfully merges prog rock, black metal and classical influences. The album deals with mental illness, the cover depicting a gaunt looking man holding a pistol in his mouth, whilst the inner sleeve contains further images of self-mutilation and suicide. Whilst vestiges of the icy, grinding, minimalist black metal of old Shining remain, these are accentuated by spanish guitars and gloomy sprawling riffs reminiscent of Opeth alongside warm, bluesy Pink-Floyd-esque ...

V / Halmstad - Shining

I saw a man who wasn t there He wasn t there again today Oh how I wish he d go away." So begins Swedish depressive black metal band Shining s fifth full length, Halmstad , a complex beast which successfully merges prog rock, black metal and classical influences. The album deals with mental illness, the cover depicting a gaunt looking man holding a pistol in his mouth, whilst the inner sleeve contains further images of self-mutilation and suicide. Whilst vestiges of the icy, grinding, minimalist black metal of old Shining remain, these are accentuated by spanish guitars and gloomy sprawling riffs reminiscent of Opeth alongside warm, bluesy Pink-Floyd-esque ...