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SCHEITAN
1996 - Travelling In Ancient Times.
1998 - Berzerk 2000.
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October 18, 1996 - 2026: 30 years of: Travelling In Ancient Times.

Another blasphemy.

Nordic and noble. Sweden is running at full steam, in the melodeath-department. Yet some units kept black blood pouring aplenty. Welcome the dark deity of SCHEITAN.

A pagan war reigns over a thousand years, as "October Journey" and "Autumn Departure" blasts away in full grind. Cascading into the Pandemonium, the ice cold blackness of "December At Fullmoon" calls in the dead of midnight. Thrashmetal riffing captures "In Battles With Angels" with pride, while the fast cataclysm of "Leaving The Mortals" and "Devastating Heaven" rips any standing souls apart.

Inside a spiritual black dimension.

Unlike marionettes, our deadly duo would rapidly bloom and breakaway from the pack. Pushing the limits of evil, SCHEITAN would present 1998's eclectic Berzerk 2000 CD.

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Travelling In Ancient Times = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxlra4mfRXo&list=OLAK5uy_mn3eKWfaLYwgkH2SvSY-aAebAVbEcHgxI

February 16, 1998 - 2023: 25 years of: Berzerk 2000.

From blackmetal to dark altrock ?

Sweden is as hot as ever. Following their 1996 Travelling In Ancient Times debut-CD, the evil blackmetal creative duo of SCHEITAN provided above and beyond the call of duty. Less black, more rock. Could anyone had ever foreseen a mix of DIMMU BORGIR ...with THE CURE ?

Darkness engulfed, under a black rainy sky, put your "Raincoat" and walk out through the graveyard. More rebel-rock powerchords rings aloud on "Exitways", whereas female tragic serenades makes an ethereal appearance on the ghostly melancholic "Sad To Say". Not your average Scandinavian-signature, from morbid-metal to morbid-rock.

Separated in Two Acts: the second-half is a blazing feast of fire.

Snowy mountains of might, turns into Armageddon, as the Mach IV speed of "Bombraid Over Wastelands" rips through the stereo. Hateful screechy vocals attack the title-track "Berzerk 2000" and the album's closing-cut, the black beast from beyond: "The Scheitan".

Leaving the blackmetal arena aside, this unique unit would fully bloom into more UK-newwave incorporations, from indie Invasion Records ...to their final creation: 1999's Century Media Records Nemesis CD.

RIP Oskar Karlsson (1976-2016)

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Berzerk 2000 = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DA62YqsYys