This release is a re-visitation of the "old" Naglfar via the 'Vittra' (their 1995 debut album) release with a little fine-tuning. The guitars are similar like in the past tremolo picking and a slight reverb upon the production the vocals are similar as well just darker I'd say. They're screaming vox but darker and dreary. It sets the tone on how the album is going to be like especially on the production quality.

I believe that the album is top-notch. It stole me right away and I liked it immediately. Especially the doom it there entails. There really aren't an overabundance of lead guitar work, just some. It weaved into the tremolo picking of the rhythm guitar.

They really did well on here, I mean so eerie and desolate are the guitar riffs with vocals accompanying the riffs making it so depressing. They really upped their game in the melancholic department as most of their work has done. I'd say it's more morbid than 2007's 'Harvest'. The melodies flow in the depths of hell.

If you key into the production/mixing/sound departments you'll hear that they wanted this to sound ultimately grueling.

I'm not much into the lyrical conceptions I just care about the vocals and the music. I feel they're at a really strong point and that they are at the pinnacle of their melodic black metal. They are pretty much experts on how to make such good recordings in this genre. They really are sending home a message that they're not letting up in their intensity. And the tremolo picking is superb. There's a lot of it on here, not too many bouts of slower tempos, most of it is fast.

I'm a huge fan of this band and rightfully so because they keep putting out songs/albums that grasp the listener with their immense intensity. Don't pass this one up! The eerie sense of this release is all there and they definitely upped their underground vibe that you can feel totally throughout! Check it out and see!

Rating: 9 (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
02/20/2024 08:52