Far Away from the Sun
Far Away from the Sun is the debut album of the Swedish black metal band Sacramentum. It was released through Adipocere Records in May 1996. The album features cover artwork created by Kristian "Necrolord" Wåhlin. The album's style has been compared to contemporaries such as Dissection and Unanimated, and the album is frequently considered an often-overlooked classic in the genre. Background Following the release of their demo EP Finis Malorum (later reissued on Adipocere Records, to whom the band had signed in 1994), bassist Freddy Andersson and drummer Mikael Rydén left the band, "unwilling to go on after Brolycke and Karlén had decided to move to Gothenburg." Following this, Karlén switched to bass to allow himself to focus more on vocals. After moving to Gothenburg they got in touch with Johan Norman (Decameron, Satanized). Sacramentum asked him to join the band, and Norman offered to bring Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson with him. "Ironically, Norman stayed in the band less than six months, before quitting to join Dissection. However, "Terror" did stick around and proved to be "a perfect match"." Thus the lineup that recorded the album was Brolycke, Karlén, and Rudolfsson. Musical style, writing, composition The album's style has been frequently