Century Media has taken a classic album and improved it by giving it production more like the first Sacramentum full-length. From the teletype:
Swedish blackened death metallers SACRAMENTUM are pleased to announce a special, definitive re-issue version of their sophomore 1997 album The Coming Of Chaos. Newly re-mixed and re-mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound (DISSECTION, OPETH, MARDUK, etc.), the album’s revamped version also comes with brand-new artwork by Kristian “Necrolord” Wåhlin (DISSECTION, BATHORY, EDGE OF SANITY) as well as special liner-notes by the band in its CD format. Next to the CD format The Coming Of Chaos (Re-issue 2024) will also be available as LP on 180g vinyl (Unlimited black vinyl and 500x copies limited transp. blue vinyl) and as Digital Album, out worldwide via Century Media Records on December 13th, 2024.
The track-listing of the re-issue reads as follows:SACRAMENTUM – The Coming Of Chaos (Re-issue 2024) (41:14):
1. Dreamdeath (Remix 2024) (05:57)
2. …As Obsidian (Remix 2024) (05:11)
3. Awaken Chaos (Remix 2024) (04:58)
4. Burning Lust (Remix 2024) (04:49)
5. Abyss Of Time (Remix 2024) (02:45)
6. Portal Of Blood (Remix 2024) (04:18)
7. Black Destiny (Remix 2024) (04:30)
8. To The Sound Of Storms (Remix 2024) (04:58)
9. The Coming Of Chaos (Remix 2024) (03:43)After finishing a comprehensive touring run across north America as well as several European Summer festivals, SACRAMENTUM will next perform a special hometown re-release show for The Coming Of Chaos on December 28th as well as a European tour together with THULCANDRA and NEPHYLIM in January…
SACRAMENTUM – Live:
28.12.2024 Göteborg (Sweden) – Monument 031 + Ultra Silvam & Tyrannex
07.01.2025 Nürnberg (Germany) – Z-Bau + Thulcandra & Nephylim
08.01.2025 Stuttgart (Germany) – Schwarzer Keiler + Thulcandra & Nephylim
09.01.2025 Oberhausen (Germany) – Druckluft + Thulcandra & Nephylim
10.01.2025 Mörlenbach–Weiher (Germany) – Live Music Hall + Thulcandra & Nephylim
11.01.2025 Rosenheim (Germany) – Bavarian Winter Battle + Thulcandra & Nephylim
12.01.2025 Wien (Austria) – Escape + Thulcandra & Nephylim
13.01.2025 Ostrava (Czech Republic) – Barak Music Club + Thulcandra & Nephylim
14.01.2025 Poznan (Poland) – Club Pod Minoga + Thulcandra & Nephylim
15.01.2025 Dresden (Germany) – Chemiefabrik + Thulcandra & Nephylim
16.01.2025 Herford (Germany) – Kulturwerk + Thulcandra & Nephylim
17.01.2025 Haarlem (The Netherlands) – Patronaat + Thulcandra & Nephylim
18.01.2025 Den Bosch (The Netherlands) – Willem II + Thulcandra & Nephylim
19.01.2025 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo + Thulcandra & NephylimAnd more dates to be announced soon…
SACRAMENTUM discography:
Finis Malorum (EP) – 1994
Far Away from the Sun – 1996
The Coming of Chaos – 1997
Thy Black Destiny – 1999
The first “single” released from this, “Dream Death,” showcases the new-old production:
Tags: Black Metal, death metal, sacramentum
On one hand, it’s a clear improvement. On the other, it’s not the completely different album Nisse has been talking about for years. His claim that we’ve never actually heard The Coming of Chaos is pretty clearly untrue; it’s still The Coming of Chaos, just with the lead guitars higher in the mix, and the instruments panned harder for more separation, and it’s still the weak point in the discography.
True, but it’s hard for bands to keep the quality coming over the years; their work process gets interrupted by career, families, houses, etc.