Friday, June 28, 2013

Munruthel/Yav, Nav i Prav/Gardirika Musikk/2013 CD Re-Issue Review


  Munruthel  are  a  band  from  Ukraine  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  the  musical  style  on  this  recording  being  dark  ambient  instead  of  the  pagan/black  metal  that  is  found  on  the  other  releases  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  1997  album  "Yav,  Nav  i  Prav"  which  was  released  by Gardirika  Musikk.

  Drums  when  they  are  utilized  are  slow  slow  tribal  beats,  while  the  synths  bring  a  very  dark,  atmospheric,  ambient  and  dungeon  sound  to  the  music  and  they  are  the  main  instrument  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  when  they  are  utilized  range  very  distorted  industrial  style  vocals  and  some  clean  singing which  enhances  the  pagan  elements  of  the  recording  as  well  as  some  samples  in  addition  there  is  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts,  while  the  song  themes  cover  Slavic  Paganism  and  Nature,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  with  most  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  pagan/  dark  ambient,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Father-Sun  (Sunrise)"  "Fern  Flowering  (Kupala-Night)"  "Destroyed  By  The  Gold  Crosses"  and  "Initiation  Of  Spring".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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