Moram priznati da nisam čuo ovaj bend prije nego sam preslušao ovaj novi opus. Ime znači The Seasons Of Life na islandskom jeziku. Ovaj internacionalni bend miješano islandsko njemački je na sceni od 2008.godine i ovo im je šesti dugosvirajući opus. I to kakav. Riječ je o duplom albumu kojeg čine sve skupa 9 pjesama. Kako to pitati ćete se? Samo devet pjesama, a dupli album koji traje preko 82 minute. E, pa riječ je o poprilično dugim pjesmama od kojih neke prelaze 14 minuta trajanja. No, to ne znači nimalo da je album dosadan, upravo suprotno. Kakva je muzika? To je najvažnije pitanje ove recenzije. Muzika je pagan black metal, sa puno izmjena ritma, u kojem agresije blast beatova zamjenjuju atmosferični, skoro folk dijelovi koji savršeno služe kao most između agresivnijih više straightforward black metal dionica. Vokali su priča za sebe. Sva tri člana pjevaju, a vokali se izmjenjuju od klasičnih vrištećih black metal vokala, preko spoken worda i šaptanja do odličnih melodičnih clean vokala, a ta izmjena vokala čini pjesme više dinamičnim, odlično napisanim i nimalo dosadnim tijekom slušanja. Ako volite epski pagan black metal, ovaj bend i ovaj opus su prava stvar za vas.
Unfelled are relatively new band in the scene but its members are in no way new and strangers to the scene. This band consists of D.(Woods Of Desolation) on guitars and bass, Vlad(Drudkh) on drums and Mitch(Austere, Dearthe) on vocals. This debut full length opus contains seven songs of pure raw pagan black metal with lots of blast beats, old school nineties black metal influenced guitar work and screaming black vocals. But, there are couple of epic parts and melodies which make this one an interesting listen between aggression, anguish, pride and pagan beliefs to melancholy, sadness and melody. Songs like heavy hitters ‘The Opposer’ or ‘Veil of Perdition’ or my personal favorite ‘Transcendent Legacy’ are sure to win you over with tempo changes, darkness that is almost touchable in its thickness created through music. I must also commend vocals which are screamed black vocals but also harsh, yet you are able to understand most of being sung, so that is another plus in my opinion. There are couple of longer songs on this one but the opus doesn’t get boring for one single second. This is a strong black metal record with conviction and steel delivered through music. Go get this one.
Germany has been always great black metal scene and Wolfmond Production brings us some really awesome releases. This time it is a new opus by Lost Shade. This is their fourth full length opus being in the scene since 1999. This opus contains ten songs. Music of Lost Shade is fast and kind of raw black metal, but also song structures have some epic warrior battle melodies, with lyrics more oriented towards pagan side of things. Vocals are black metal screaming, not too extreme but I can also hear some chanting and some spoken word in some songs depending on the atmosphere. As I said, this is black battle pagan metal par excellence. Lyrics are in German, but I understand the language so my personal favorites on this one are Ewige Vergeltung, great epic song with such eerie piano song ending, also Hexentanz and Leichenmarsch. It kind of reminds me of old school Mystic Circle in its epicness, but without synth and symphonic passages. Good epic pagan battle black metal.
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