2023 re-issue on gold vinyl with new cover artwork and 4 bonustracks. Limited 100 copies

After the album VII: Fodd Forlorare, which had a cover song byLandberk on it Shining released a single for Fortvivlan, MinArvedel with another cover of Alice Coopers Prince Of Darkness.Obviously caught by the covers bug, now we have an EP from theSwedes with no less than four more songs by other artists on it.First we have Katatonia For My Demons which appeared as the openingcut on the excellent 1999 album Tonights Decision. Not many couldmanage to pack it with the heartfelt emotion of the original butShining are not any old band and Kvarforth is not any old singer.His natural sounding vocals work magic and he sings somewhatgorgeously in a clean fashion and keeps things completely on courseand true to the original, do not go expecting any death grunts.Witts drumming falls with precision over the back of the number andthe twin guitar harmonics from Niklas and Huss perfect things withconsummate ease making this virtually as perfect as the original.The two tracks that follow are by two Swedish artists that are hugein their home country but probably totally unknown for people onthe other side of the border. Niklas Kvarforth’s appreciation ofbands like Kent and Imperiet is hardly a secret, and the covers bythese bands, as well as the Poets of the Fall cover, are prettydecent, and in fact Kvarforth has in the past participated in livecovers of Imperiet when playing with Skitliv. The vocals are notgreat, but the music is pretty simplistic. This takes some of thepressure off Kvarforth to compete with the music, and seeminglyallows him to relax a bit more. The cover of Kents song Utan DinaAndetag is sounds like any commercial hit while Kung Av Jidder fromImperiet has the vocals delivered in a lower range and are nice andexpressive and even though it is sung in Swedish it is anincredibly catchy number. Finishing off we have a band from Finlandcalled Poets of the Fall whose Carnival Of Rust gets the covertreatment. This was the title of a number one album in its homecountry and starts in a fragile fashion with acoustic guitar andvocals. Again it is incredibly emotive and when the drums and theguitars and bass come in properly it is evident that this is a songthat is excellently composed and one that is deserving of its masspopularity. I have not heard the original so I cannot say howclosely Shining have stuck to the original but I would imagine thatit is pretty much note for note. So in a way this EP is a bravemove but then again it shows a band doing what they want to do! TheKatatonia cover was one that will no doubt be well liked by thegroups fanbase the others will either open or close minds.According to the management and band, this is not representative ofShining’s next album.

Track listing:
1. For My Demons-Katatonia cover
2. Utan Dina Andetag-Kent cover
3. Kung Av Jidder-Imperiet cover
4. Carnival Of Rust-Poets Of The Fall cover
5. In The Cold Light Of Morning
6. No Rest For The Wicked
7. Cry Little Sister
8. Ohne Dich

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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