Ophidian Forest are a band that consists of members from Croatia, Netherlands, and San Francisco that plays viking/pagan/black metal and this is a review of their 2007 album Redbad.
Drums are mostly slow parts that sound really good with the epic pagan metal this band plays and there is some blast beats that are really fast, while the bass playing has a really dark and mysterious tone and you can actually hear it.
Rhythm guitars on this recording are mostly slow to mid pace riffing that brings back memories of some of the more underground black/pagan metal bands of the 90's and there is also a lot of fast riffs that sound very crushing and there is not a lead or guitar solo anywhere on this album.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams that sound really evil with some occasional clean Viking vocals, while the production sounds very raw and primal, as far as the lyrics they cover Asataru Shamanism with a very well detailed and studied approach, and there are also a lot of anti-christian themes as well. Keyboards are very rarely used on this album but when they show up you can hear a lot of melodies that sound really dark.
In my opinion this is a really good album where all the songs sound different from each other which is usually a problem with some bands and I hear a lot of potential in the music, and I would like to hear more music from this band. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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