Fatherland - Ancient Rites Reviews
Newest Review: ... the best elements from Viking and black metal styles without the respective tedium and repetition that generally come with ... more
... each field. Most songs are still full of hard, roaring guitar riffs from newcomer Jan Yrlund, but frequent elements of folk that extend to full sections and occasionally entire songs make this a more varied and enjoyable release for fans of this sort of melodic black metal, but one that still packs a real punch. There's a nice mix of long and short songs to suit the individual listener's preference, and even a couple like the re-make of ancient demo material 'The Seducer' that will cater for fans of the earlier material,...more
Customer Fatherland - Ancient Rites Reviews (1)
by - written on 19/01/08 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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'Fatherland' is an incredible release from Ancient Rites that leaves their retro black metal days far behind and instead leaps headlong into a perfect synthesis of modern black metal and folk-influenced Viking metal in the style of Bathory. Also gone is the generic blasphemy and Satanism that characterised their previous albums, replaced with a similar sense of national pride to most other folk metal bands, but one in which "nation" stretches to encompass the whole of Europe thanks to a revitalised band line-up hailing from Belgium, Germany, Holland and Finland. The move away from pure aggression towards epic themes that began in the confused ... Read the complete review
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