The Somberlain is the debut album by Swedish black metal band Dissection, released on December 3, 1993. It proved to be a highly influential release for both black metal and melodic death metal. The band dedicated the album to Euronymous, who had been murdered in August the same year. This is the only album that features the band's original lineup. The artwork was created by Kristian 'Necrolord' Wåhlin. The album was composed and arranged between 1989 and 1993, and was recorded between March 1 and 6 of 1993.

Dissection's Storm of the Light's Bane is the unquestionable high-water mark for one of melodic Scandinavian death metal's founding acts. The last full-length completed before vocalist/guitarist Jon Nödtveidt was convicted of murder (thus ending the career of Dissection), the 1996 offering is combined with the EP Where Dead Angels Lie on this 2002 Nuclear Blast dual release. Storm of the Light's Bane is a frightening and highly accomplished effort. The performances and material are first-rate, perhaps even revolutionary – if such a phrase could be apply to music with such a limited appeal. The five selections from Where Dead Angels Lie aren't anything figuratively or literally new. An unremarkable demo version of the title track is followed by a couple remixes and two new cuts that generally aren't up to the standard set on Storm of Light's Bane.