Style: folk black metal, Viking metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Vikings, their kin, and the vast ocean
Thoughts: There is no band like this. No band on the planet that writes metal in this style outside of Arstidir Lifsins. I have had the absolute pleasure of listening to their music in several of their full lengths prior to this writing and I am always craving more... well I have now acquired more and the quality remains from their pervious works.
What other band plays songs that are this engaging for this long? I can probably name a few individual examples... but to do it so consistently, for so many albums. I can't think of another band.
What other band is able to have such an epic atmosphere time and time again throughout multiple full lengths and EPs? Again individual examples exist but nothing is as consistent or as compelling as these guys. The violin mixed with the deep booming spoken vocals transitioning into the insanely brutal Viking laced black metal is goosebump inducing. There's nothing quite like it.
On Heljarkvida specifically the band has produced two twenty plus minute tracks that embody the essence of what the band is about. Sweeping epic black metal that has tinges of folk metal and the atmosphere of a Baltic storm that has come to claim every long ship in its clutches. There is nothing like it.
I feel like I could write a novel on how much I love this band, but I will refrain for now. Every release I have from them is exceptional and leaves me wanting more. Luckily for me there is a LOT more for me to explore from the band. Simply incredible music.
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