Black Mark Attack, Vol. 2

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Two years after the series' first installment, the Black Mark Attack, Vol. 2 compilation returns with further proof of the enterprising Swedish independent label's evolution away from its predominantly death and black metal origins. In fact, by 1998, the company's ever-expanding roster could count among its talent pool additional styles such as World of Silence's melodic power metal, Soulquake System's blunt deathcore, Lothlorien's progressive death metal, Lake of Tears' gothic metal-rock, and, perhaps most surprising of all, Bathory leader Quorthon's shockingly Seattle-like alternative rock. Thankfully, the collection also boasts excellent nods to the extreme metal old school, including Auberon's technical excursions, Mental Crypt's untarnished fury, and Necrophobic's classic death metal. And weighing in at a healthy, damn good 14 tracks, this is one hell of a stand-alone sampler in its own right. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Infinite Beauty		Auberon	(5:39)
Four Seasons	Mathias Sandquist, World of Silence	World of Silence	(6:28)
Not of This World	Dread, Edge of Sanity	Edge of Sanity	(3:48)
One Sign Too Many	M. Marcolin, Mike Wead	Memento Mori	(4:22)
An Inch Above the Ground	Quorthon	Quorthon	(3:31)
Warzone	Mental Crypt	Mental Crypt	(5:07)
Corrupdead	Soulquake System	Soulquake System	(2:08)
My Kingdom Come	Micke Andersson, Fredrik Lundberg	Divine Sin	(4:17)
Among Those Who Wept	Henrik Serholt	Lothlorien	(7:02)
Through the Veil of Dawn	Fleshcrawl	Fleshcrawl	(2:58)
The Four Strings of Mourning	Daniel Brennare	Lake of Tears	(5:37)
The Call	Martin Halfdahn, Tobias Sidegard, David Parland	Necrophobic	(3:23)
Loneliness, Bitterness		Crimson Midwinter	(3:53)
Time of No Sun	Tad Morose	Tad Morose	(5:40)

Credits

Lake of Tears (Performer), Divine Sin (Performer), Peter in de Betou (Mastering), Edge of Sanity (Performer), Soulquake System (Performer), Crimson Midwinter (Performer), Auberon (Performer), Lothlorien (Performer), Michael Semprevivo (Layout Design), Tad Morose (Performer), Michael Semprevivo (Design), Anders Forsberg (Executive Producer), Quorthon (Performer), World of Silence (Performer), Mental Crypt (Performer), Necrophobic (Performer), Michael Semprevivo (Cover Art), Memento Mori (Performer), Fleshcrawl (Performer)