Vintersorg - Naturbål

Published June 20 2014

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Genre	Folk Metal	Vintersorg	Vocals
Tracks	9	Cia Hedmark	Female vocals
Running time	55 Min.	Vintersorg	Guitar
Label	Napalm Records	Mattias Marklund	Guitar
Release	27 June 2014	Vintersorg	Bass
Country	Sweden	Vintersorg	Programming
Producer	Vintersorg	Vintersorg	Keyboard
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Almost precisely two years past this outfit's latest effort, Orkan, Vintersorg continues the chosen path, i.e. a discharge through a great mix of musical approaches and different kinds of vocal passages, including some female assistance. It's black metal light to simpler heavy metal and naturally traditional folk metal elements with computerized instruments to fill the space.

What makes this thing special is that this phenomenon isn't attributed to each song on its own, but generally within a large amount of them to build a picture of the unexpected. The frequent variations and the many tempo changes may partially make this music to be seen as rather chaotic and at times also somewhat complex and perhaps not that easy to grasp at the first point. It might take a couple of spins before people who haven't listened to Vintersorg earlier are set and ready to go to dig deeper into what this effort shows.

Singularity is indeed an important factor and Mr. Vintersorg's specific voice sets the songs to different dimensions, although his capacity never was among the most talented ones. His aptitude is more expressed through a great side of empathy and profound, intelligent and rather tricky lyrics sung in his native tongue, Swedish.

Naturbål is absolutely a piece that's created to fit the Vintersorg vein. To me, it doesn't stand out as something a little extra though and I'm not totally convinced by this effort's greatness. Even if it is a solid record, I struggle to find that massive feeling of elation. Perhaps I've heard things similar to this, coming out of Mr. Vintersorg's creativity earlier.

See also review of: Till Fjälls - Del II , Orkan

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	8	6	7	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe