This is a review of another recording from Sweden's solo project Fyrgast which shows the music going for more of a viking style of black metal and the album was self released in 2023 and called "Ivaldes söner".
A very dark sound starts off the album a long with some synths a few seconds later before introducing melodic guitar solos and leads into the music. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era and clear pagan singing can also be heard at times.
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. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the tracks also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the album also adding in a couple of instrumentals, acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Fyrgast goes for more of an old school viking black metal style which is very different sounding from the previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover Norse Mythology and Viking themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Fyrgast and if you are a fan of viking black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hemfärd" "Ivaldes söner" and "En återvände hem". 8 out of 10.
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