Sweden's Ofdrykkja have returned with a new recording which shows them moving away from the atmospheric and depressive black metal elements of previous releases and goes for more of a mixture of post rock, neo-folk and dark pop and this is a review of their 202 album "After The Storm" which will be released in November by AOP Records.
Acoustic guitars start off the album and also bring in elements of neo-folk while also adding in a good mixture of both finger picking and full chords. Clear male and female vocals are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording along with the electronic sounds updating the music with some touches of post rock.
When viola's and percussion is utilized they also give the music more of a pre-Christian era Scandinavian atmosphere. All of the tracks also sound very different from each other along with one song also adding in a brief use of shoegaze style electric guitar solos and leads and spoken word parts can also be heard on a couple of songs.
When whispers are added on one of the tracks they also bring in a touch of black metal along with the sham drums giving the music more of a pagan and ritualistic touch when they are introduced into the music as well as some electric guitar riffing also being utilized briefly, horns and harps can also be heard at times. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English and Swedish and cover isolation and nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Ofdrykkja and while some black metal fans will not like the new direction, I can see this album appealing to fans of post rock, neo-folk and dark pop. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Light" "After The Storm" and "Beyond The Belt Of Orion". 8 out of 10.
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