Sweden’s Shining announces “Live in Transylvania” and “Beating Belgium Black and Blue”

Niklas Kvarforth’s pioneering black metal institution Shining has announced two brand-new albums, “Live in Transylvania” and “Beating Belgium Black and Blue”. These official bootleg recordings will be unleashed on March 17. They have already been made available for pre-order from Shining Legions.

“Live in Transylvania” captures a ritual held in 2009 and boasts a perfectly curated tracklist: “Intro I,” “Eradication of the Condition,” “Yttligare Ett Steg Närmare Total Jävla Utfrysning,” “Submit to Self-Destruction,” “Vilseledda Barnasjälars Hemvist,” “Intro II,” “Besvikelsens Dystra Monotoni,” and “Neka Morgondagen.”

“Beating Belgium Black and Blue” presents listeners with Shining’s phenomenal 2016 performance at Graspop Metal Meeting, where the powerhouse played the following classics: “Vilja & Dröm,” “Framtidsutsikter,” “Människa O’Avskyvärda Människa,” “Submit to Self-Destruction,” “Låt Oss Ta Allt Från Varandra,” and “For the God Below.”

Music enthusiasts should also be aware that Shining, in conjunction with Kvarforth’s label The Sinister Initiative, recently released another pair of masterpieces: “The Helsinki Tapes”, consisting of the previously unheard “Redefining Darkness” demos, and “Feberdrömmar (Del Ett)”, the expanded reissue of the celebrated “8 1/2”. “Feberdrömmar (Del Två)”, which showcases five new tracks by five surprising guest vocalists, will drop later this year, also on TSI.

Kvarforth has not only been serving up audial atrocities, but both the perfected 2024 and 2025 versions of his literary weapon, “When Prozac No Longer Helps”, have been printed and are currently in stock at Shining Legions. All copies of these limited offerings are signed and numbered in Kvarforth’s blood.