Primary Emotions/Themes: Natures majesty, Nordic tales, solitude, comradery
Thoughts: Row, row for your lives men! All that we are is tied to this boat. Feel the rhythm of the drums as we push the longship ever forward. Row. Row. Row. Feel the pulse of the sea as is crashes against our sides. Feel the blessing of Njord as we move ever forward.
Forndom play a style of music I'm not entirely familiar with. I don't know how to classify it, so I will do my best to describe it. The essence of the music lays in slowly chanted vocals over ever beating drums with atmospheric keyboards laying a backdrop to it all.
The music has a sway to it, it's almost hypnotic. The allegory of the rowing ship is an apt one. The music feels as if a group of Vikings is moving a ship forward through thunderous waters into places unknown.
When the melodies are present they are minimalistic. Usually played with half or whole notes and repeating for lengthy periods of the songs. In doing this the music continues to have a hypnotic effect on me. When vocals are present they are in the lower register and are often chanted by a choir of men in a similar hypnotic tone.
Faþir has a strange beauty to it. It's one that I don't have much if any of in my collection. This allure, this sway that the entire album possesses... it calls to me. It beckons me in. It asks me to join my brethren as we sail to far off lands to provide for the families back home. Fear not, my loves, we shall return.
Written October 23rd 2023
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