Gandreid are a duo from Norway that plays atmospheric form of black metal with elements of folk music and this is a review of their 2013 album "Nordens Skalder" which was released by Naturmacht Productions.
'Elter Moerkets Frembrudd" which is also the first song on the album opens up with folk music style acoustic guitars and grim black metal screams along with a small amount of growls before adding in heavy guitar riffs and drums and as time goes on by there is a brief use of clean singing before returning to the acoustic guitars as well as adding in synths and then getting heavy again as well as bring back melodic vocals at the end.
"Atterljom" begins with heavy guitar and bass riffs along with some drums before adding in black metal screams and going into a faster direction along with some blast beats from the drums as well as some blackened death metal vocals before adding in melodic singing before alternating between mid paced and fast parts and you can hear melodic guitar leads coming in and out.
"Skaldens Sonner" opens up with drum beats, acoustic guitars and melodic chanting before adding in heavy viking metal guitar riffs as well as some clean singing pagan vocals which leads to the music going into a more fast and melodic direction along with blast beats from the drums and then switching over to a more mid paced direction as well as adding in deep growls and grim black metal vocals and during the last minute acoustic guitars make their return to the song.
"Svart Flamme" starts up with heavy guitar and bass riffs along with drums before adding in black metal screams and growls and then the music speeds up a bit along with some blast beats before alternating between mid paced and fast parts as well as bringing in guitar solos and leads.
"Haerfang" kicks in with heavy guitar riffs and bass along with some drums which also leads up to some melodic guitar leads coming in and out of the song before the music speeds up a bit and adds in blast beats and then the music starts alternating between mid paced and fast parts as well as adding in melodic clean singing vocals as well as a small amount of acoustic guitars being in the background for a couple of seconds and when t he song gets closer to the end there is also a brief use of death metal growls.
"Visjoner Av En Storhetstid" comes in with clean guitar playing and drums which leads up to clean singing melodic vocals before adding in heavy and melodic sounding guitar riffs and a minute later the music goes into a fast black metal direction along with blast beats from the drums as well as some high pitched screams before alternating between mid paced and fast parts and the song closes with the cleaner sections.
"Voyage Towards Redemption" is introduced by heavy guitar riffs and drums before going into a more fast and raw black metal direction along with some high pitched screams and blast beats from the drums and then slowing down and adding in melodic guitar leads as well a s some death metal growls and then the music goes into a more mid paced direction as well as bring fast parts back in certain sections of the song, as the song moves on clean singing vocals are added in for a few seconds and the song closes with acoustic guitar playing.
"Han Som Stod Aleina" is brought in by heavy guitar riffs and drums before adding in melodic clean singing vocals and then speeding up a bit and adding in high pitched black metal screams and then the music starts going into a more mid paced direction as well as adding in melodic guitar leads which then takes the music back to a faster direction.
"Blodstyrt, Endelikt & Velklang" makes its way in with heavy and melodic guitar riffs as well as some drums before adding in grim black metal screams and melodic guitar riffing and the song sticks to a mid paced black metal direction and towards the end the drums get more aggressive along with a small amount of growls.
"Sorgens Sti" which is also the last song on the album begins with heavy guitar riffs, drums and clean singing vocals which also lead up to grim black metal screams as well as the music speeding up a bit along with some blast beats and as the song moves on you can hear acoustic guitars in the background as well as a few seconds of growls and then the song starts alternating between fast and mid paced parts.
Song lyrics are written in Norwegian and cover Paganism and Nature themes, while the production has a very heavy, raw and dark sound to it along with some of the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Gandreid are a very great sounding atmospheric black metal band with elements of folk music and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Elter Moerkets Frembrudd" "Svart Flamme" "Voyage Towards Redemption" and "Blodstyrt, Endelikt & Velklang". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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