Sheol (album)

Sheol
Studio album by Naglfar
Released	24 March 2003
Recorded	July – August 2002 at Ballerina Audio AB, Sweden
Genre	Black metal, death metal
Length	43:37
Label	Century Media
Naglfar chronology

Sheol is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Naglfar. It was released on 24 March 2003[1] through Century Media Records and New Hawen Records.[2] It was their first full-length album in five years, after Diabolical (1998).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	favourable[3]
Rock Hard (de)	10/10[4]

Laura Taylor of Exclaim! said that Sheol is "as melodic as it is brutal", and called it "an unrelenting attack on the senses". She noted that the album "starts to lose effectiveness towards the...end".[3] In 2005, Sheol was ranked number 407 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Naglfar.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am Vengeance"	5:16
2.	"Black God Aftermath"	6:28
3.	"Wrath of the Fallen"	4:52
4.	"Abysmal Descent"	6:56
5.	"Devoured by Naglfar"	4:32
6.	"Of Gorgons Spawned Through Witchcraft"	4:45
7.	"Unleash Hell"	3:31
8.	"Force of Pandemonium"	5:25
9.	"The Infernal Ceremony" (instrumental)	1:52

Personnel

Naglfar

Jens Rydén – vocals, layout, logo, additional artwork
Kristoffer Olivius – bass, vocals
Andreas Nilsson – guitars
Marcus E. Norman – guitars, keyboards
Mattias Grahn – drums

Additional personnel

Nils Johansson – engineering
Ingrid Sjöberg – photography

References

"Naglfar official homepage". Retrieved 22 May 2013.
"NAGLFAR Announce Swedish Concert". Blabbermouth.net. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
Taylor, Laura (July 2003). "Naglfar - Sheol". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 191. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
[...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 46. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Naglfar official homepage". Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[2] "NAGLFAR Announce Swedish Concert". Blabbermouth.net. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

[ExclaimReview-3] Taylor, Laura (July 2003). "Naglfar - Sheol". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

[4] Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 191. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[5] [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 46. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)