1) Dissection was a Melo… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple bands called Dissection:
1) Dissection was a Melodic Death/Black Metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The 2006 album "Reinkaos" is Conceptual Melodic Thrash/Death Metal or as Jon himself called it "The Metal Of Death". The band was formed in 1989 by Jon Nödtveidt (vocals / lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars). Other members were Ole Öhman (drums), Peter Palmdahl (bass), and John Zwetsloot (rhythm & classic acoustic guitars).
In 1990, Dissection played their first live show with death metal act Entombed. In the same year, they recorded and released their first demo titled "The Grief Prophecy". A year later the first EP "Into Infinite Obscurity" was released. In 1992, Dissection began work on a full-length album, "The Somberlain", which was released by the now-defunct Swedish label No Fashion Records.
During November 1994, Dissection signed a record deal with the German record label Nuclear Blast. Because he didn't take the band as seriously as the other members did, John Zwetsloot was replaced by Johan Norman on rhythm guitars. In 1995, the band's second full-length album, "Storm of the Light's Bane", was released, after which Öhman left the band to be replaced by Tobias Kellgren. The following year, Dissection also released a short EP titled "Where Dead Angels Lie". It was compiled from previous rare and import releases, and contained only cover songs and demo tracks.
In 1997, a compilation album featuring almost all old Dissection demo songs was issued, titled "The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief)". That same year, Jon Nödtveidt was convicted of helping murder a 38-year old homosexual man in Gothenburg and the band disbanded. Jon was serving time in prison until early 2004 and then reactivated the band. Nödtveidt formed an entirely new line-up, consisting of Set Teitan (rhythm guitars & backing vocals; also in Watain) and Tomas Asklund (drums; also in Gorgoroth).
In 2006, Dissection released their third full-length album "Reinkaos" through their own label, in association with The End Records. The lyrics on "Reinkaos" contain magical formulae, based on the teachings of the book "Misanthropic Luciferian Order".
The band played its final European concert in Stockholm on Midsummer, 24 June 2006. Jon Nödtveidt (aged 31) shot himself somewhere between August 14th and 16th. Swedish police found him in his apartment the 16th of August 2006. He killed himself because he felt he had achieved all that he could and was meant to in this life. According to some who actually knew him this was probably planned ever since he got out of jail.
2) Dissection is a Canadian thrash metal band from Quebec City, Quebec formed in 1986 under the name Genocide. They released two demos under that name ("Chain Saw Slaughter" and "Black List") before changing their name to Dissection in 1987. Dissection released their debut album in 1988 titled "Final Genocide" through Fringe Product. In 1991 they released a cassette called "Garden of Stone" and split up soon after. Members of Dissection had previously played in the heavy metal band Outbreak and some Outbreak riffs were recycled for Dissection songs.
3) Dissection is a death/thrash metal band from Croatia, but changed their name to Aeon and split up in 1996.
4) Dissection is a death metal band from Lithuania. They split up in 1993, but in 2006 a compilation album called "Dissected Tapes" was released.
5) Dissection is a black metal band from Germany. Changed name after two demo tapes and released several albums as Tsatthoggua.
6) Dissection is a death/grind band from Poland, and split up a year after forming in 1990.
7) Dissection is a thrash metal band from Czech Republic that formed in 1985 and they are still around.
Retribution
Dissection Lyrics
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Reign for your last time over lands once so bright
But your energy shall be weak, and soon to die
So die in pain my dear, expire, goodbye
Ages has past since your eyes enlightened the earth
from a source of light that gave all godness birth
But your energy is weak and soon to die
The ground is sour from the evil that here lie
I have come to challenge your ways
Light's bane
The last of your days
Oh broken wings
My darkness enslaves
Allow me to erase your feeble race
Morning, so feeble dawn, spread no pale dim light
You've been breeding for your last time, a source without might
An epitaph oh lost worthlessness
Still echoes your last cries
The earth is pure of the evil that here thrives
I have come to challenge your ways
Light's bane
The last of your days
Oh broken wings
My darkness enslaves
Allow me to erase your feeble race
What marks the death of "god" is the twilight for a dark age
His creation being plagued with the venomous blood of ours
The sky suffocates eclipsed by a black mist of hatred
Where goodness cannot reach the fire burns in dark flames
I have come to challenge your ways
Light's bane
The last of your days
Oh broken wings
My darkness enslaves
Will you allow me to erase your feeble race?
The lyrics to Dissection's "Retribution" represent a powerful, apocalyptic vision of the end of an era, and the extinction of the "old order" of light and goodness. The song conveys a sense of profound darkness and despair, with the singer directly addressing "Morning" -- personified as a pale, dim light -- and celebrating its imminent death. The singer sees this as a necessary step towards a complete overthrow of the previous, corrupt regime, and believes that only by embracing darkness and evil can true transformation be achieved.
The lyrics are filled with bloody, violent imagery, with references to the "venomous blood" and "black mist of hatred" that have overtaken the world. The singer takes on the role of an avenging angel, seeking to cleanse the earth of its previous sins and usher in a new era of darkness that will end with the literal "erasure" of the old ways. At the same time, there is a sense of regret and loss in the singer's voice, as they acknowledge the passing of a time that was once "so bright," and mourn the death of a god who is no longer powerful enough to save his own creation.
Overall, the lyrics to "Retribution" are a haunting, deeply felt meditation on the nature of morality, power, and the human condition. They speak to the enduring appeal of themes of death, decay, and rebirth in heavy metal music, and attest to Dissection's lasting legacy as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking bands to emerge from the black metal scene of the 1990s.
Line by Line Meaning
Morning oh dreadful dawn, spread your pale dim light
Addressing the morning as feeble and gloomy despite being an emblem of light, highlighting its dwindling energy.
Reign for your last time over lands once so bright
The morning's reign is coming to an end, once it filled the earth with light and energy but now it struggles to exist.
But your energy shall be weak, and soon to die
The morning's energy has become weak and it will soon perish, suggesting its inevitable defeat.
So die in pain my dear, expire, goodbye
The artist sees the morning as a living entity and wishes it a painful death as it fades into oblivion.
Ages has past since your eyes enlightened the earth
The morning has been shining for ages and giving light to the world, without which the earth would not have been born.
from a source of light that gave all godness birth
The light from the morning is considered divine and as the source that gave birth to all gods.
But your energy is weak and soon to die
The morning's energy has become weak and it will soon perish, suggesting its inevitable defeat.
The ground is sour from the evil that here lie
The earth is contaminated by the darkness and evil that surrounds it, symbolic of the artist's view of the world as a place of suffering.
I have come to challenge your ways
The artist announces their challenge to the morning, suggesting their willingness to take on challenges and face difficult situations.
Light's bane
The artist sees light as an adversary, and describes it as a bane, a cause of great distress.
The last of your days
The morning's last few days are here, depicting its defeat as being close.
Oh broken wings
Comparing the morning's situation to a bird with broken wings that has lost its ability to fly signifies the morning's inevitable defeat.
My darkness enslaves
The singer's darkness, representing their own negative energy, is taking over this situation and overpowering light.
Allow me to erase your feeble race
The singer is seeking permission to bring an end to the morning's weak existence, indicating an aggressive and destructive way of taking on the situation.
Morning, so feeble dawn, spread no pale dim light
Addressing the morning as feeble and gloomy despite being an emblem of light, highlighting its dwindling energy.
You've been breeding for your last time, a source without might
The morning is approaching its last few minutes, depicted as breeding without any might, indicating its weakness.
An epitaph oh lost worthlessness
Depicting the morning's end as an epitaph, honouring its loss of value and significance.
Still echoes your last cries
The singer's words and actions have the capability to affect situations beyond the moment, depicting how the mourning's last cries will continue to echo in the singer's life experiences.
The earth is pure of the evil that here thrives
The earth is free from the darkness and evil that thrives here, depicting a world without darkness and suffering.
What marks the death of "god" is the twilight for a dark age
The artist is connecting the end of the morning or light to the death of a deity, indicating the beginning of a dark age.
His creation being plagued with the venomous blood of ours
Humans are depicted as contaminating god's creation with harmful and toxic behaviour.
The sky suffocates eclipsed by a black mist of hatred
The artist depicts the sky as being choked by a shadow-like darkness of malice and aggression.
Where goodness cannot reach the fire burns in dark flames
In a world where goodness no longer exists, the darkness reigns supreme, represented as fire burning in dark flames.
Will you allow me to erase your feeble race?
The artist asks the morning if it is willing to subject itself to being destroyed; a question rhetorical in nature, as they seem rather determined to end its existence.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHN ALLAN ZWETSLOOT, JON ANDREAS NODTVEIDT
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