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''Sworn to the Dark'' is the third studio album by Watain and was released on 19 February 2007 on Season of Mist. It features 11 tracks, of which two are instrumentals (track 10, "Dead But Dreaming", is based on the H. P. Lovecraft quote "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming"). The album is mostly group-written (the "Holy Trinity" of Danielsson, Jonsson, and Forsberg), except for track 1, "Legions of the Black Light" (lyrics by Set Teitan, formerly of the black/death metal group Dissection), dedicated to Dissection's dead vocalist Jon Nödtveidt, and track 9, "Darkness and Death" (lyrics by Michayah Belfagor of the group Ofermod). == Reception == Chad Bowar of ''About.com'' gave ''Sworn to the Dark'' 4 of 5 stars and called it "a sinister and forbidding dose of black metal". He went on to say, "You'll hear the droning guitars and frantic blast beats of black metal, but Watain adds a lot of really catchy and melodic riffs and some cool guitar countermelodies." He concluded his review saying, "This is a really well crafted album that's menacing, yet melodic."〔Chad Bowar: (''Watain – Sworn to the Dark Review'' ), accessed on 29 April 2013.〕 Eduardo Rivadavia of ''Allmusic'' gave the album 4.5 of 5 stars, saying that the band "achieve a perfect balance between Venom or Darkthrone's outright savagery and straightforward execution, and Emperor's spiraling arrangements and progressive orientation". He went on to say that "you'll definitely find more extreme, misanthropic, or adventurous black metal albums than Sworn to the Dark out there, but you'll be hard-pressed to find one more balanced or — and this may sound contradictory for nasty old black metal — enjoyable".〔Eduardo Rivadavia: (''Sworn to the Dark – Watain'' ), accessed on 29 April 2013.〕 Scott Alisoglu of ''Blabbermouth.net'' rated it an 8, and said: "Watain is a band concerned not with experimentation or genre-bending, just the creation of ripping black metal songs that burn a hole in the soul and leave a lasting impact on the psyche. It doesn't get much better."〔Scott Alisoglu: (''WATAIN''. ''Sworn to the Dark'' ), accessed on 29 April 2013.〕 The album also made many end-of-year lists, as well. In ''Terrorizer'' ''Secret History of Black Metal'' (issued in September 2009), it made the number 13 position on their list of "Black Metal's Top 40 Albums". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sworn to the Dark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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