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Genre :: Black Metal Source :: CD . :: :: Label :: Zero Dimensional Records R.date :: 2025-01-09 :: _::__ Cat.nr. :: ZDR 031 S.date :: 2015-04-27 __::_ ::// \\:: ::/---------------------------------------------------------------------\:: :: :: /: Encoder :: LAME 3.100 -V0 :\ ..: Bitrate :: avg. 257kbps :.. . Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo . . Size :: 107.62MB . . . __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ tracklist /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: 1. Fimbulwinter's Spell 5:01 :: :: 2. Funeral Wolves 5:29 :: :: 3. Korppi 6:20 :: :: 4. When Thunders Hail 5:00 :: :: 5. Dragon's Egg 6:57 :: :: 6. Nuin-Gaer-Faun 7:15 :: :: 7. Winter's Hunger 7:14 :: :: 8. Silent Call of Moon's Temples 8:22 :: :: 9. The Return of Darkness and Evil (Bathory cover) 3:59 :: :: :: :: :: :: ------- :: .. >> 55:37 .. __ __ _ . : _ ____ _ _ ____ _ : . _ __ __ .\\\\------- : | ---\ /---------------------\ /--- | : -------////. +/ -\------- | | ----\ release notes /---- | | -------/- \+ /: . : : . :\ /:: ::\ :: :: :: The Bathory cover is only present on this JP version of this :: :: album, limited to 500 copies. :: :: :: :: The first two songs are oriented to the more traditional black :: :: metal due to the fast drums comprised by thunderous blast beats :: :: and by well-sharpened guitar riffs that wander through fields :: :: of bleakness just to emerge from that infernal sonority into :: :: melodic sections. In order to better understand that initial :: :: phase, we can recall bands such as Taake and Angantyr or even :: :: Dimmu Borgir in their early years due to a quasi-symphonic :: :: passage in ôFuneral Wolvesö. Then, we start to enter in a :: :: musical new phase in which the rawest aggressiveness, yet well :: :: executed, is replaced by more melodic and even atmospheric :: :: soundscapes, like in ôWhen Thunders Hailö, in which the :: :: keyboards give us a medieval taste. However, we donÆt get stuck :: :: just there since the more melodic guitars reach an epic :: :: imaginary thatÆs so characteristic within the most warrior :: :: black metal. :: :: :: :: Heavy metal as Satanic WarmasterÆs source of inspiration is a :: :: known aspect, so itÆs not a strange thing if we find some :: :: moments related to the metalÆs mother genre, like in :: :: ôNuin-Gaer-Faunö, in which we have guitar solos and leading :: :: moments comprised by mid-tempo and extremely melodious :: :: soundscapes. Also, letÆs praise the bass guitar lines that come :: :: to surface in great harmony with the rest of the instruments. :: :: :: :: :: :: ThereÆs also a third and last phase in which the powerful black :: :: metal of the track ôWinterÆs Hungerö is interrupted by a canvas :: :: of sounds oriented to dark ambient with some electronic :: :: arrangements reminding of NargarothÆs ôSpectral Visions of :: :: Mental Warfareö. This approach, thatÆs not new at all, proves :: :: thatÆs possible to overthrow limitations as we donÆt need to be :: :: orthodox minds forever. In turn, the almost nine minutes long :: :: ôSilent Call of MoonÆs Templesö is more driven into the :: :: medieval ambient that was perpetrated by Mortiis or Wongraven :: :: in the early and mid-1990s û itÆs slow, dark and foggy, but :: :: above all, beautiful. Excepting the adjective æslowÆ, the other :: :: ones are easily what define this new ôFimbulwinterö. :: :: :: :: . _ _ . :: \: :. \\ ___________ . ___________ // .: :/ __\____ :: ____ ___\ _ / BERC : 2025 \ _ /___ ____ :: ____/__ \\\f3! :: \\\ __ _/_________i_________\ /___/ /// :: cRO/// \ :: :\-\___________\_ ___ / _ _/___________/-/: :: / :: | . . _ _ _/ __/ . \_ _ _ . . | :: : :::::::: | | \\\\\/ _______\____|\ \///// | | :::::::: : :: | | -\-\/____/-------------\____\/-/- | | :: :: | | \ :|: / | | :: : : | . ` ::: ' . | : : . . | : ::: : | . . | :::....:::....::: | : ::::::::::::::::: : . :::''``:::''``::: . : ::: : . ::: . .:. :