Out of Sweden comes this one man project by Graav of Armagedda fame, with a second fullength album. The music on this release has matured since the previous album, and the Isengard influence that was present on the previous release has all but disappeared. Now we are presented with an album that has an incredibly dark aura surrounding it. I would say that this has progressed away from Black Metal, to a certain extent, and evolved into some sort of Dark Eerie Metal with a slight Rock thing to it. In the music I find some dark and melancholic moods I haven't heard since the Wongraven album that was released in the '90ies, especially in the track "Syner". The music is not really fast, but more towards the slower with parts that are faster here and there.
The vocals are for the most part clean and a bit towards the deeper spectrum and are spoken at times. They are slightly theatrical, if you will. Typical for Graav, really.
The soundquality on this recording is amazing. It is clear, yet dark, somehow. You hear the instruments clearly, and the sound is clean. The bass sound is prominent in the mix, but not too much so. This is an absolutely amazing release. I would say this album is slightly better and darker if you understand Swedish, but not speaking or understanding Swedish is not an excuse to miss this release. This is music that you play out in the woods in the darkest hours of the night. This is one of the darkest albums I have ever heard. Get this album!
Of the six tracks presented here, the ones that stand out slightly more than the others are "Prolog", "Varulvsvals" and "Begravd (Epilog)".
Saturday October 21 2006, by :Vragh:
The vocals are for the most part clean and a bit towards the deeper spectrum and are spoken at times. They are slightly theatrical, if you will. Typical for Graav, really.
The soundquality on this recording is amazing. It is clear, yet dark, somehow. You hear the instruments clearly, and the sound is clean. The bass sound is prominent in the mix, but not too much so. This is an absolutely amazing release. I would say this album is slightly better and darker if you understand Swedish, but not speaking or understanding Swedish is not an excuse to miss this release. This is music that you play out in the woods in the darkest hours of the night. This is one of the darkest albums I have ever heard. Get this album!
Of the six tracks presented here, the ones that stand out slightly more than the others are "Prolog", "Varulvsvals" and "Begravd (Epilog)".
Saturday October 21 2006, by :Vragh:
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