The vocals give a more raw edge, but they’re distant enough not to overshadow the guitars, which are by all means the driving force of the music. The “distant” shrieking style of vocals they employ also have that washing effect of the guitars, but in a more tortured fashion (as per usual with shrieks). They have lovely tones, taking both from atmo-black artists like Agalloch as they take from a stoner doom band like Elder. The guitars in this record wash over you with how warm and full they sound. Eventide has a very full and weighty mix. There’s none of the lofi black metal aesthetic. Part of what makes this album work so well is how it’s mixed. But at the same time, it’s fulfilling enough to feel like an hour’s worth of music. The album ebbs and flows so smoothly its 45 minute runtime will feel like 30. Each track ever so cohesive, gently flows from one idea into the next. You can easily hear the experience of this band when it comes to songwriting. Eventide baths you in a warm mixture of psychedelic doom, atmospheric black metal, and beautiful lead melodies for a very soothing, almost ethereal experience. A love for Norse mythology and Viking music isn’t so rare in metal, but in combination with the slower arts it’s a pretty unique phenomenon. The band was initially a studio project of two to share their love for metal and Norse mythology, but since 2016 it’s become a four-piece live band as well. This is already their 7 th full length since forming in 2007. The Flight of Sleipnir is quite a long-running band. It seemed like a genre combination too unique to pass up upon, so here we are. I was drawn in by the apparent combination of stoner dooIm, atmospheric black metal, psychedelic music, and folk. Most of what we review falls in the genre progressive metal, but every once in a while we find stuff that while missing genre hallmarks, is very progressive in spirit. Style: atmospheric black metal, psychedelic doom metal (mostly hars vocals)Ī great aspect about reviewing for a site dedicated to progressive metal is that you don’t have to be very strict about genres.
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