Surprised I didn't get around to this sooner, I suppose it was a pause in retrospect thinking that it's already been covered. For whatever reason, here we have an almost flawless release that covers 3 genres all into one. But I think it's important to say that despite this, the music itself speaks for itself. What a varying degree of metal that ignites the speakers with bleeding metal though with varying degrees of intensity. They fluctuate rapidly mixing in those genres all up unto one. It's really noble that they've been able to do this! The vocals compliment the music perfectly. They go from shouting to clean it's rather (on clean) like Falconer.

It's strange that 'Winter Thrice' is actually the first LP I've heard from this band despite their extended discography. And I'm keen on hearing more newer material from them. Quite a unique album and quite a unique band. The ability to mesh 3 genres and on here it is quite evident because of the time signature changes. Some fast tempos that are accompanied by yelling lyrics indicates their black metal portion. The slower tempos and clean vocals indicate more of folk/Viking segments. The clean vocals remind me of Matthias from Falconer, though he has his own style being a native of Sweden.

I enjoyed the music quite immensely there were no songs that I thought weren't worthy of looking forward to. They all in their own way in metal struck me like I've never head before in sounds. Really unique. I didn't go by any song halfway through they all were played through and sufficiently played out. I thought that the musicianship was phenomenal. As I say, I'm looking forward to the new material. But this one was way worth it's weight in gold. These guys know how to juggle genres and the tempo changes really illustrates that in sounds. What a great album and knowing that they're still active is great.

The sound quality on here is awesome. You can hear everything equally and when one song ends, it's a matter of looking forward to the next then also the next after that, so forth. It's worth getting the physical CD, but if not, it's still good to take a listen in any streaming services see if you like it. I thought it was a little odd at first because of the time signature changes but as I heard more and more, the greater I liked it! I'd pick any of these songs as a sample about what to expect on the LP, but any of them are worth checking out and admiring. Take a listen!

Rating: 9½ (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
01/21/2022 17:16