SHINING: Divided You'll Stand, United You'll Fall CD

There is no middle ground with SHINING. Niklas Kvarforth built his reputation on alienating exactly the people who needed alienating, and this EP title alone tells you where things stand. Divided You'll Stand, United You'll Fall arrives in 2025 as a collectors digipak limited to 1,500 copies, which for a band this polarising is frankly more than enough.

Swedish black metal with the jazz rot and psychological edge that separates SHINING from the pack, this is not background music and it is not for the timid. It belongs in a collection alongside Taake, Tsjuder, and anything else you keep in a separate shelf from the records you play when people visit. The dark aesthetic here is not costume, it is doctrine.

CD, limited edition collectors digipak, 1,500 copies. EP. Released 2025. Fans of: TAAKE, TSJUDER, Forgotten Woods, Silencer.