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/:: Artist :: Taake ::\
:: Album :: ...Bjoergvin... ::
:: Year :: 2020 ::
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:: . Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Mindscrape Music R.date :: 31.01.2022 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: MIND018-CD Size :: 77,3 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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:: 01. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 1 04:53 ::
:: 02. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 2 06:42 ::
:: 03. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 3 06:13 ::
:: 04. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 4 06:32 ::
:: 05. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 5 06:24 ::
:: 06. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 6 04:03 ::
:: 07. Over Bjoergvin Graater Himmerik 7 04:25 ::
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:: The album, from beginning to end, is nothing short of a ::
:: masterpiece. A small guitar fade in and you're on your way ::
:: to a fantastic listening experince. The first track is ::
:: simultaneously brutal and melodic and just has an amazing ::
:: feel to it. Then the rest of the album follows suit. ::
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:: Never does this release feel repetitive, cliche or ::
:: contrived; rather, it is the opposite of all of those ::
:: things. When listening to the songs, I thought, "wow, these ::
:: guys seriously know how to write." Everything is ::
:: proportioned correctly from the duration of repeated riffs ::
:: to the complete song structure. They know exactly when to ::
:: change and when to hold their ground. I haven't been this ::
:: impressed in a long time... actually since I was first ::
:: introduced to REAL metal. This band is a complete standout ::
:: in black metal as well as metal as a whole. ::
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:: As a huge proponent of blast beats, I have to admit that I ::
:: was pleasantly surprised as to how well they make the ::
:: drumming work here. Blast beats are all about intensity ::
:: which works so well in metal but they have really added an ::
:: element of musicallity with the percussion work. And it is ::
:: surprisingly diverse for a black metal album. Sure, the ::
:: drummer blasts from time to time but most of the time is ::
:: spent bringing out the rest of the music with various ::
:: patterns and fills. ::
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:: The vocals are pretty ruthless. Hoest does an awesome job ::
:: from beginning to end. Not a whole lot of variance here but ::
:: he keeps the music intense and stimulating throughout so ::
:: there is nothing negative to be said. ::
:: ::
:: The biggest element here though is the guitars. The riffs ::
:: are very folkish but in a way that never, ever makes you ::
:: think that this is anything other than pure and true black ::
:: metal. You won't find any breakdowns or childish chugging ::
:: filler. Just fucking ruthless riff to fucking ruthless ::
:: riff, all with a classical, folkish tinge to them. This is ::
:: EXACTLY what melodic black metal should be. ::
:: ::
:: The production is quite clear in terms of black metal, ::
:: however, that doesn't mean that it is overproduced. It ::
:: sounds like it should. Imagine early Marduk: the guitars ::
:: are heavily distorted and have a "static" effect to them ::
:: but you can decipher every note that is played. ::
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