Apr 182014
(Andy Synn delivers another installment of his irregular series of album reviews in haiku. Two more reviews come after the jump. With music.)
KAMPFAR – DJEVELMAKT
Hellish. Heroic.
Riffs that prowl like wolves. Blood red.
Pure as driven snow.
SARGEIST – FEEDING THE CRAWLING SHADOWS
Foul Finnish Filth.
Frostbitten yet familiar.
And fatally flawed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7QM1mWGuJo
AMORPHIS – CIRCLE
Such mournful magic.
And such majestic mayhem.
Soaring free once more.
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I must protest this
The new Sargeist slays us all
You are blasphemer
Gotta get my hands on a copy of that Kampfar album.
im with you, the new sargeist was a dissapointment. that horrible production killed it
I have never actually owned, nor heard, an Amorphis album. I may have to remedy this.
Oh my. You have a lot in store for you. I recommend Skyforger as a place to start. I’m sure I will get some debate about that, but this song will never leave my head:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRsNZarFGxA
Thanks for the recommend. They’re one of those bands that’s well-known but somehow I’ve never really managed to get around to, or had someone shove a disk at me and say ‘listen to this now!’.
It depends on what youre looking for..Amorphis has gone through a range of sounds. If you like catchy, slightly proggy melodeath than everything from Eclipse to Skyforger is a must own….those are great albums, and the title track of Skyforger is one of my favorite tunes
…but hands down their second album, “Tales from the Thousand Lakes” is the best album theyve ever done. Anyone who tells you otherwise dosnt know what theyre talking about.
Also, their first release “The Karelian Isthmus” as well as their demo “Disment of Soul” are fine slabs of traditional Finnish death metal…different and much heavier than the rest of their discography
This discussion is reminding me of the Amorphis death match that our buddy Trollfiend waged at this site a while back. I think he eventually gave up after the first 4 albums, but what he did is a lot of fun to read:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2011/12/19/amorphis-deathmatch-rules-and-round-one/
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2011/12/23/amorphis-deathmatch-round-2-tales-from-the-thousand-lakes/
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2012/01/01/amorphis-deathmatch-round-3-elegy/
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2012/01/22/amorphis-deathmatch-round-4-tuonela/
I agree. That album, and that song… Amorphis are one of those bands I always turn to when things seem a bit bleak.
i’m seriously loving that Sargeist track, very cool 🙂