''Maha Kali'' is an EP by the Swedish
extreme metal
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band
Dissection
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. It was the first release after the rebirth of Dissection, shortly after
Jon Nödtveidt
Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (28 June 1975 – 13 August 2006) was a Swedish musician best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection. He co-founded the band in 1989 with bassist Peter Palmdahl.
Career
As th ...
was released from prison.
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. MusicMight. Retrieved 13 March 2013. It represents the band's change from a
melodic black/death
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The genre emerged in early 1990s when black metal bands began incorporating elements of death m ...
sound to a more
Gothenburg
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-based sound of
melodic death metal
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. The song "Maha Kali" also appears on the live DVD ''Rebirth of Dissection'', and was re-recorded and included on Dissection's last full-length album, ''
Reinkaos
''Reinkaos'' (stylised as ''REINKAΩS'') is the third and final studio album by Swedish black/melodic death metal band Dissection. It was released through the band's own label Black Horizon Music, which they had formed "out of the need of ta ...
''; "Unhallowed (Rebirth Version)" is a re-recording from ''
Storm of the Light's Bane
''Storm of the Light's Bane'' is the second full-length album by Swedish black metal band Dissection. It was released on 17 November 1995 by Nuclear Blast. This would be the band's last full-length album before Nödtveidt's 1997 incarceration for ...
''.
''"Maha Kali" Review''
Teufel's Tomb. Retrieved 13 March 2013. ''Maha Kali'' entered the Swedish charts at number 50.[
]
Track listing
# "Maha Kali" – 6:01
# "Unhallowed (Rebirth Version)" – 6:06
See also
Mahakali
Mahakali () is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism.
Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and liberation. She is the cons ...
References
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Dissection (band) EPs
2004 EPs