I must confess that I’ve never heard of Uncanny until a digital promo of “MCMXCI – MCMXCIV” dropped in my mail-box a few months ago. A brief look at the press release tells me that Uncanny was a Swedish death-metal band that existed in the early 90’s and I’m listening not to a new record but a compilation featuring their debut work from 1994 “Splenium For Nyktophobia” and several tracks from their two demos and split releases. A further investigation also tells me that Uncanny was comprised of drummer Ken Englund who later on played with Centinex and Dellamorte among others and a young Fredrik Norrman who until very recently was the guitar player of Katatonia and is currently active in October Tide.
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