Sunday, November 20, 2016

Muinainen Ruhtinas - 2006 - Tuskanvuorten Valtaistuin

Out of Finland comes this one man project. We are presented with three tracks of mid-paced Black Metal and an outro. There's some serious catchyness to this demo, without being too melodic, similar to the way Horna and Isvind can be quite catchy at times. This is a side project of Krimn V, the vocalist of Perisynti, another band well worth checking out.

The vocals remind me of those on the classic Kvist album For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike, and a less raspy version of those on Isvind's album and of course Perisynti.

The music sounds like a finnish version of Isvind I would say. You have the finnish sound here, no question about that, but with a slightly Norwegian feel to it. Add to that a slight bit of Bathory and you have a quite interesting mix.

The soundquality is somewhat towards the murkier kind with a sound that really does remind me of Isvind's Dark Waters Stir album. The vocals are at the front of the mix followed by keyboard and guitar, with drums mostly slightly at the back, but still quite clear. The keyboard is used to set the mood, so this is not some symphonic kind of thing. Tape limited to 666 copies.

Standout tracks are "Henkien Helki" and "Korpit".

Sunday October 12 2008, by :Vragh:

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