Ereb Altor are a band from Sweden that plays a very epic form of viking black metal and this is a review of their album "Hälsingemörker" which will be released in 2025 by Hammerheart Records.
A very heavy yet melodic sound starts off the album while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording. A lot of the vocals bring in more of a clear viking metal style along with some epic sounding keyboards also being mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs at times.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. High pitched black metal screams are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording along with some of the songs also adding in a small amount of clean playing.
Some of the songs are also very long and epic in length along with some of the clean sections also adding in elements of folk music. When the music speeds up a small amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling and some of the tracks also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, stringed instruments can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English and Swedish cover the legends and mysticism of Ancient Scandinavia.
In my opinion Ereb Altor are a very great sounding epic viking black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genres, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Valkyrian Fate' "The Waves, The Sky And The Pyre" and "The Lake of Blood". 8 out of 10.
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