This album comes to me as a bit of (almost) light relief after some of the more intense stuff that I've been listening to of late but it's got enough dark and doomy goodness to balance the lighter folky elements - and the almost progressive meanderings are another delight to be had as you let yourself sink lower and lower into soft and velvety pillows. The slow pick intro on Nothing Stands Obscured reiterates the band's stance they love the mellow juxtaposed against a screaming, heavy section - as do I. Each track seems to swing between the twin poles of mellow and heavy. Again, The Casting starts with thick, fuzzy guitars and muffled drums before the despairing wails of the black metal vocal come screeching in and then you're suddenly doused in all this regal soloing.
Take Sidereal Course with it's watery wah-wah intro and an almost tidal surging vocal it implores you to join the band in a woodland glade or something.but then the heavier side creeps in, almost unnoticed, and what started out as a mellow dance around the Maypole has suddenly degenerated into a bloody sacrifice. It's hard to dissect this album into indiviudual pieces, and despite the similarity in structure, each song has its own identity. I'm also enjoying the roaming solos on the guitar and keyboard.
It's a bit like Mountain's Nantucket Sleighride but bigger and heavier. But then the tune gets a bit chunkier and (have I become obsessed from all the noir metal?) a shrieking vocal slips in. A dapple of cymbal and a hushed, murmured vocal lets you know that you should sink back a little deeper into the cushions and enjoy this soothing balm (particularly after the intense period of black metal that I've just had). From the gentle picked introduction to Headwinds, one is immediately struck by Sleipnir's grand vision. The music is now not pure Doom Metal, but enriched by Stoner Rock, Folk Metal and Progressive Metal.Ģ008: Wisdom Calls for Sacrifice (demo, self-published)Ģ009: Algiz + Berkanan (Album, No Colors Records)Ģ009: Winter Solstice II (EP, self-published)Ģ011: Essence of Nine (Album, Eyes Like Snow)Ģ011: Apostle of Solitude / Rituals of the Oak / The Flight of Sleipnir (Split with Apostle of Solitude and Rituals of the Oak, Eyes Like Snow)Ģ012: Ascension (Compilation, Eyes Like Snow)Ģ014: V.Despite V being the fifth album from hard working duo Clayton Cushman and David Csicsely, the band shows no sign of easing up with their large-scale compositions that are based on Scandinavian literature and/or mythology. Over time, however, the band 'gradually became quieter, more filigree and more acoustic, but also quite a bit more dismissive'. Melanie Aschenbrenner from the Metal Hammer stated in her review of Saga that the band was very much geared towards Agalloch, especially at the beginning. Nadine Fiebig wrote in Blast! The Nuclear Blast Magazine on V., that there are 'progressive arrangements, rustic Doom riffing and ethereal, blackened melodies'. Then there was a change to Napalm Records, about which 2014 V. Then Eyes Like Snow released the albums Essence of Nine (2011) and Saga. THE FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIR Saga Northern Silence/Soulfood Schon mit den Vorgängern Lore' und Essence Of Nine' begeisterten THE FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIR mit einem unprätentiösen und harmonischen Mix aus. Another album followed in 2010 under the name Lore. After that, the band started working on their debut album, released in 2009 under the name Algiz + Berkanan on No Colors Records. Since then, a concert has been held annually for this event. After the release, the band's first concert followed on the winter solstice.
In 2008, followed by a first demo under the name Wisdom Calls for Sacrifice. The name refers to Sleipnir, the horse of Odin. The band was founded in winter 2007 by David Csicsely and Clayton Cushman. The Flight of Sleipnir【 30 songs in total 】 The Flight of Sleipnir is an American Doom Metal band based in Arvada, Colorado, founded in 2007.
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