Skarntyde are a duo from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays an old school form of Nordic influenced black metal and this is a review of their self released 2021 album "Flukt fra menneskeligheten".
Melodic guitar solos and leads start off the album while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Keyboards can also be heard in some parts of the album along with the tracks also being very heavily rooted in the 90's second wave Norwegian style.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length. At times the vocals also bring in a semi clean yet still grim style as well as one of the songs also introducing acoustic guitars onto the album and a later track is also an instrumental. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Norwegian and are a concept album based upon a protagonist who turns his back on society and his wish for the end of mankind.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Skarntyde and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ting som jeg er så lei av" "Fjellene ligger foran meg" and "Drøm av menneskehetens ende". 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Skarntyde/3540460776
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