Style: crusty black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes:
Thoughts: You ever have a wonderfully presented meal? One that looks like it is going to be one of the best experiances of your life to that point? I've been there I've seen some absolutely mouth watering dishes. The thing is, looks can be one thing - the real test here is how it actually tastes. This - of course - is an allegory for Dödsrit's Nocturnal Will.
Dödsrit plays black metal with a bit of punk influence. Their songs are long and they are highly melodic in nature. They show a lot of dynamics in that the song will blast when it needs to and pull back to near acoustic levels when needed. The small bursts of d-beat help bring the album in to its own.
On first listen Nocturnal Will hits every single note that I wanted it to hit. The melodies struck a chord and drove me to listen further. The songs were long and well fleshed out, I thought I had hit an album that was firing on all cylinders throughout the playtime.
I was compelled to listen a second time, and a few cracks begin to show. The songs weren't as engaging as I thought they were. The melodies were a bit more generic than I remembered. The songs themselves didn't do much for me emotionally, and the whole experience was merely "fine" rather than excellent.
This continued to be my experience with Nocturnal Will. The more I listened the less it sounded like something I wanted to come back to. I almost felt like a heroin junkie coming back ot the same thing trying to get that same high as the first time... but it's just not there.
I think Nocturnal Will is the musical equivalent of fast food. It's immediate, available right when you want it, but in the end it's not great food. Sometimes though that can be exactly what's needed. Sometimes I need surface level black metal with little to no depth to it. For those times this album will do nicely.
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