Style: Epic dungeon synth
Primary Emotions/Themes: Grand sweeping orchestrations that bring about the best of the dungeon synth genre
Thoughts: God dammit. God fucking dammit. I knew this would happen. I knew I would find an album that blew me out of the water and would make everything else sound like a disappointment in comparison. Elffor has done just that. God. Dammit.
Imagine sitting on a great steed overlooking a great landscape. Everything in front of you is yours, no one else has claim to this land, nothing happens in these unsoiled lands without your blessing. This is thine fiefdom. These forest, these valleys, these rivers, these mountains, all bow to thine command. This is the world of Elffor's Arkaik.
The music slowly swirls around me like a mist that is trying to engulf me. The notes are drawn out like a longbowman slowly taking aim at a distant prey. The atmosphere is heavy and dark like a night falling before shelter has been found. The compositions are epic and relentless like the great depths of the unknown.
I've known Elffor in the past for their black metal, but have never delved into the dungeon synth side of the project. That is going to change greatly with hearing Arkaik. This album is incredible. It has everything I want in dungeon synth and has quickly become one of my favorite albums in the genre. I will certainly be getting more of Elffor's efforts in the near future.
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