GLITTERTIND LANDKJENNING FREE DOWNLOAD

Then follow three upbeat tunes hinting far more at casual drinking music or folk punk than anything else here. Glittertind band albums albums Napalm Records albums. By the time the Opeth inspired "Mot Myrke Vetteren" comes round my head in such a spin that what is a pretty inspired take on Opeth's "Damnation" sound is negated by my confusion of exactly what I'm still listening to. Our Norse forefathers' encounter with this "modern" civilization, was far from what we would now consider civilized: This is probably due to the fact that the album's lyrics deal with the early christening of Norway. The songs of the album have been compared to the music of Falkenbach and Fiddler's Green.

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Landkjenning (English translation)

This was my favorite track on the album. We also present our own inspired depiction of how our Norse forefathers experienced these events. There is some good guitar writing here, especially the acoustics, but nothing excessive, with a tight focus on the actual writing and placement of vocals. Sonic Seducer in German. From the very beginning, title track "Landkjenning", tells you this won't be the usual ride.

Instead of letting these songs we worn and torn by time's passing, we have humbly tried to breathe new life into this great heritage. In addition to the enlightenment of the Christianization from two viewpoints, they wish to re-arrange old folk songs and see it as a mission to defeat the forgetting of these songs:. Instead, they appear to both take the Christian and Norse viewpoints into an account and end up just posing open questions:.

You see the problem there?

Glittertind band albums albums Napalm Records albums. Did some of them consider the forced change as necessary; or were they wholly uncompromising in their struggle for the old culture and beliefs? Of course there are lots of flutes, horns and fiddles and probably not enough guitars, but after all as the vast majority of the songs are direct covers of Norwegian folk tunes it seems all but absurd.

MrLapinKultaMay 30th, The chorus of the last one is to die for. In particular the opening trio with the epic titletrack, the melodic extravaganza of Nordafjells and the raunchy folk-punker Varder i Brann.

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Eventually the soft, ballad-ish tracks are all poignant and emotional while devoid of any ridicule or affectation, but again, they would have worked far more efficiently if scattered landkjenninh the album. Landkjenning sounds as clean and crisp as most of the modern wave of bigger budget folk metal albums. Funny shit though, but pretty out-of-place if you ask me.

Hats off to the reigning kings of folk metal! A pity as the songs, in their respective genres, are good. Among the more serious material they seem slightly out of place, and I don't particularly desire punkish folk rock alongside my meadhorn.

This is probably due to the fact that the album's lyrics deal with the early christening of Norway. The punk element that almost automatically comes from simply adding distorted guitars to folk metal melodies is still very much present. This album entered the domestic chart result in Norway on position Thankfully this is not the case on Landkjenning!

Coming to the individual songs, as said before the most interesting are probably the epic ones, which are also the most finely-worked. Let the Scandinavian folk invasion continue! All in all as the only release I heard from this band so far it seems to justify its semi-popularity. Like Svartsot I discovered a couple of years ago, it simply appears like another pleasant Viking surprise.

By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Some refinement of ideas and greater dedication to making a more listenable album is what Glittertind need from here to become that more recognised name.

The title track opens the affair with booming clean vocals alongside playful guitar work, but breaks into a beautiful folk segment after the 2 minute mark, almost a lullaby. For glittertond most on the ball at this point, "Longships and Mead" bears an uncannily similar name to popular song from a Scottish pirate-themed band who I am not a fan of.

There is some sort of perspectivism in their message, and they don't appear to conclude on the issue of the Christianization of Norway in their statement. Retrieved from " https: