Ondt Blod – Natur
The only thing holding me back from singing along with every single song is a lack of knowledge of the language.
The only thing holding me back from singing along with every single song is a lack of knowledge of the language.
ability to be brutal, melody driven, and obscene all in the same song
Something wicked this way comes!
According to their press release, the album took four times as long
for them to make as previous records did, but the results never sound belabored. Indeed, the
final product is well worth the effort.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of ear candy here by which to be thoroughly engaged and awestruck. Certainly, the band’s likely influences are evident– Pink Floyd-ish guitar work here, mid 70s Genesis-esque keyboards there– but the band offers up a very modern sound, using elements of traditional prog but eschewing the technical fireworks and endless solos for the sake of emphasizing atmospherics and soundscapes.
Though their past is rife with violence, murder, suicide, Nazism, and more, they are undoubtedly one of the creators of the sound we now call black metal.
This is no simple strum-along–either take it as a challenge to figure out these knotty chords or surrender completely and let yourself dissolve in a wash of sound you may never be able break down or understand.
…as if an avalanche is about to hit you and there is nothing you can do to stop it from taking you under its cold embrace. Their riffs combined with the power chords, also create a dread feeling and help you to embrace your cold and bitter end.