Helsefyr - 2004 - The Land Of No Return

Swedish Black Metal act Helsefyr have just released a cassette containing five tracks, including two covers, "Outbreak of Evil" by Sodom and Mayhem's "Deathcrush". The soundquality on this tape is quite good, perhaps the drums are a bit in the back of the mix, but otherwise I have nothing to complain about.

The music is slow to mid-paced repetitive Black Metal in the vein of Dark Funeral and Von with some parts Darkthrone added. The vocals remind me mostly of Von and Long Voyage Back and somewhat of those on Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky.

Standout tracks are "The Pestilence" and "The Land of No Return".

Friday October 29 2004, by :Vragh:

Helsefyr - 2004 - Deadly Black I Am

This Swedish Black Metal horde returns with their second assault this year. Though their last demo was released just a few months ago, the material on it was recorded back in the summer of 2003, but here we have entirely new material.

Musically this reminds me a bit more of latter days Darkthrone than their previous effort, with vocals sounding like a mix of Nocturno Culto's and those in Von. The demo contains five tracks, including an intro, an outro and a cover of Bathory's "The Return of the Darkness and Evil".

The soundquality has been improved a bit since the last time, giving this demo a somewhat more unified feel. I would have liked there to be one or two more tracks of their own material, but this is still well worth checking out.

Standout track is "A Frozen Soul".

Tuesday January 4 2005, by :Vragh: