title: Sheol (album)
text: # Sheol (album)
  
  Sheol is the third studio album by Swedish black metal band Naglfar. It was released on 24 March 2003 through Century Media Records and New Hawen Records. It was their first full-length album in five years, after Diabolical (1998).
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Exclaim! | favourable |
  | Rock Hard | 10/10 |
  
  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". Rock Hard gave it a 10/10 score, and in 2005, Sheol was ranked number 407 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. Metal.de gave it an 8/10 score, and Blabbermouth.net a 7.5/10.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Naglfar.
  
  ## 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
  