Details: Limited edition gold colored vinyl LP pressing. Shining, led by lightning rod frontman Niklas Kvarforth, entered their third decade with the epic 2018 album X - Varg Utan Flock ("Wolf Without A Pack"). As is their won't, Shining use black metal as a foundation upon which to build epic and radical songs that smash all genre convention. The charismatic Kvarforth, ever the conductor of madness, leads the charge with some of metal's most daring and expressive vocals. With X - Varg Utan Flock, Shining proved once and for all that they stand alone as one of black metal's most intrepid bands.