I know I said I would be posting more often, but it seems I lied. I really will try harder to post more I swear. In fact I think I will do several today.
But on to the review. I had never listened to this band before this album, but ever since I saw their terrible music video for the song "From Afar" I had to listen to the rest of the album.
I wish that I didn't. It's horribly boring. The band claims that they recorded this album with a full orchestra, but they hardly utilized it. They never give a chance for the orchestra to shine or make the songs more powerful, which is the whole point of recording with a real orchestra in the first place! (i.e. Dimmu Borgir)
The riffs are quite stale and the vocalist's death metal growls are pretty bland. And when he actually sings his voice sounds really weird and lacks real power. Which is also the whole point of the viking metal genre. Power! Glory! Volume! Thor! All are absent on this album.
The titular track is actually pretty good. The chorus uses a very interesting melody, but unfortunately this is the only track that is any good on the entire album, and as such, I can't recommend it.
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