Falkenbach is another intriguing one-man black metal project, as German musician Vratyas Vakyas performs all the instruments and vocals himself. This lends a certain amateurish quality to the lo-fi sound, which only makes it all the more appealing to me. Filled with apocalyptic, Wagneresque black metal riffs saturated with polished keyboards and folk-influenced lead guitar melodies, this is great Viking metal for fans of Bathory, Månegarm, Tyr and the rest, and still possesses its own unique sound, though not one that can ultimately live up to the genre leaders. Vratyas includes some slightly gimmicky but still effective samples, opening the powerful ...  Read the complete review