En Full Crimson Sky (Darkness and Shadows Album)

En Full Crimson Sky is the third studio album by Black Metal project Darkness and Shadows, released in 2006 through Independent Black Records. The album had a reissue in 2010, containing unreleased songs and live performances.

Background
The album is known for leaving back the raw and atmospheric Black Metal sound, to fuse it with a more Technical and Heavier Death Metal sound, not taking away the Medieval and Folkf influences on it. Rafal Kuypers of Metaland, described the album by saying: "The first time I saw the whole back idea on this work, I thought, Olsson went insane this time! It is not going to work...however, my respects, the only wrong one on here was me. En Full Crimson Sky is a magnificent and an esplendid haunting disc, by an atmopsheric and dark band as Darkness and Shadows, hands down for this!".

En Full Crimson Sky is considered by most fans and critics to be the prime work of the band.

Track Listing
All lyrics and music were created by Sven Olsson

Original Release

 * 1) Mother of Isolation (3:54)
 * 2) Der Totmacher (6:45)
 * 3) Rock for the Damned (3:23)
 * 4) Interlude - The War Begins (0:30) [Instrumental]
 * 5) March Off To Holocaust (2:54)
 * 6) gewaltWild (4:25)
 * 7) Fields of Doom (7:34)
 * 8) Thy Ancient Spirit (6:24)
 * 9) Under The Sign of Hatred (4:43)
 * 10) Cold. Dead. Done (1:23) [Instrumental]

2010 Reissue Bonus Tracks

 * 1) Remaining Pieces of Silence (2:15) [Previously Unreleased]
 * 2) Corrosive Beliefs (5:21) [Previously Unreleased]
 * 3) The Perfect Lie (2:05) [Previously Unreleased]
 * 4) Slay The Lamb (Live at Belgium, 2005) (4:12)
 * 5) Å sørge mørke felt (A Look into the Dark Fields) (Live at Belgium, 2005) (8:19)
 * 6) Ordre fra skyggene (Orders from The Shadows) (Live at Belgium, 2005) (6:32)
 * 7) Blood Bad (Bloodbath) (Live at Italy, 2004) (7:23)
 * 8) Necrolust/Pagan Fears (Mayhem Cover) (Live at Italy, 2004) (11:03)

Reception
The album was highly aclaimed and well recieved by both fans and critics, specially to its more Brutal and Heavier sound, fused with the Medieval melodies and arrangements. Metaland gave the album a 94.56% of rating, while MetalEnergy.com gave the album a 100% calling it ''"a prime masterpiece". Other sites and magazines such as Metallium and MetalLovers.com gave the album a "Perfect" and "Outstanding" rating, calling it a "Must have" ''for the band fans.

In 2014, the album was ranked #4 on Raven'sCrown list of the "Top 100: Best Metal albums of the 2000's".

Personnel

 * Sven Olsson - All Instruments, Arrangements & Vocals.