2026 Anniversary Series 063: Sacramentum – Far Away from the Sun

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 15th May 1996 The mid 90s was an odd time for black metal, when many of the genre’s luminaries were either in jail, changing the genre’s rigid rules to fit their own adventurous spirits or, in the case of Sweden’s Sacramentum, about to drop an album that would feel as important as anything released in the past half decade. ‘Far Away from the Sun’ is a landmark record in the world of melodic black metal, a subgenre that seemed a little counter intuitive at first but has actually produced many of the best black metal albums of all time. Clad in a glorious Kristian ‘Necrolord’ Wåhlin artwork, a truly iconic image, ‘Far Away from the Sun’ still stands tall as one of those defining records thirty years on. One of those albums that when you first get into black metal has an almost mythical status as a cult classic, when the frantic tones of opener ‘Fog’s Kiss’ hit you for the first time you know exactly why everyone loves this record. ‘Far Away from the…