Shining

Even for a band as fundamentally melancholy as SWALLOW THE SUN, the last decade has been a particularly daunting challenge. The tragic death of guitarist and founder Juha Raivio's partner, Aleah Starbridge, in 2016 took the Finns' music into even more bleak and lightless territory than had been expl...

Adam Robertshaw reviews the new album from Finland's Swallow The Sun! Read his review of 'Shining' here on Distorted Sound!

A shining example of why Swallow the Sun are still masters of their domain.

A review of Shining by Swallow the Sun, available worldwide October 18th via Century Media.

In this way, Shining brings a profound melodic instinct to the nucleus of sorrowful doom metal that is Swallow The Sun.