Heralding The Fireblade - Falkenbach

Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri - Falkenbach

The second album of Vratyas Vakyas Falkenbach project takes the Viking metal sound of its predecessor to the extreme, abandoning some of the black metal but at the same time introducing new, jarring elements that upset the finished article. These songs are longer on the whole, though not necessarily more epic, and are all quite slow, lacking the thunderous energy of the previous album, and although the nostalgic atmosphere is created very well in songs like Baldurs Tod and the introduction of ...When Gjallarhorn Will Sound particularly, the reliance on keyboards keeps it disappointingly in the present-day. My largest issue with this album is Vratyas alternation ...

Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri - Falkenbach

The second album of Vratyas Vakyas Falkenbach project takes the Viking metal sound of its predecessor to the extreme, abandoning some of the black metal but at the same time introducing new, jarring elements that upset the finished article. These songs are longer on the whole, though not necessarily more epic, and are all quite slow, lacking the thunderous energy of the previous album, and although the nostalgic atmosphere is created very well in songs like Baldurs Tod and the introduction of ...When Gjallarhorn Will Sound particularly, the reliance on keyboards keeps it disappointingly in the present-day. My largest issue with this album is Vratyas alternation ...

En Their Medh Riki Fara - Falkenbach

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 'Galdralag' with distinctly ...

En Their Medh Riki Fara - Falkenbach

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 'Galdralag' with distinctly ...