Visor Om Slutet - Finntroll

'Visor Om Slutet' is technically an E.P. release rather than an album, though it lasts longer than the band's subsequent full-length 'Nattfödd.' The reason for this lesser classification seems to be that it's intended as an experiment, deviating from the band's established folk-black metal sound by eradicating the metal elements entirely, and showing just how capable the band is of playing stripped-down acoustic folk. The result is sensational, and surprisingly my favourite release from the band. Saturated with the sounds of nature such as croaking frogs, streams and birds, this is heavily atmospheric from the onset, and Trollhorn's keyboards have never been ...  Read the complete review