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Sheol is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Naglfar. It was released on 24 March 2003[1] through Century Media Records and New Hawen Records.[2] It was their first full-length album in five years, after Diabolical (1998).

Sheol
Studio album by Naglfar
Released	24 March 2003 (2003-03-24)
Recorded	July – August 2002 at Ballerina Audio AB, Sweden
Genre	Black metal death metal
Length	43:37
Label	Century Media
Naglfar chronology
Ex Inferis (2002) Sheol (2003) Pariah (2005)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	favourable[3]
Rock Hard	10/10[4]

Laura Taylor of Exclaim! said that Sheol is "as melodic as it is brutal", and called it "an unrelenting attack on the senses". She noted that the album "starts to lose effectiveness towards the...end".[3] Rock Hard gave it a 10/10 score,[4] and in 2005, Sheol was ranked number 407 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[5] Metal.de gave it an 8/10 score,[6] and Blabbermouth.net a 7.5/10.[7]

Track listing

Personnel

Naglfar

• Jens Rydén – vocals, keyboards, layout, logo, additional artwork
• Kristoffer Olivius – bass, vocals
• Andreas Nilsson – guitars
• Marcus E. Norman – guitars, keyboards
• Mattias Grahn – drums

Additional personnel

• Nils Johansson – engineering, additional keyboards
• Ingrid Sjöberg – photography

References

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