NIFROST is a Norwegian Pagan Black Metal band that knows how to write this kind of music. They have recently released their newest album “
Blykrone” and that's what we are going to talk about.
“
Prosesjon” is the opening song from the album and it starts out with a cool accordion sound that creates a different ambiance from the others songs. “
Blykrone” starts out with a drum sound that is soon followed by the traditional Black Metal riffs. The clean vocals hits in and it sounds really good, but I liked how the mixed up the clean with the guttural ones. It gave the song a whole new dynamics and that's cool. “
Slaatten” starts out in a more aggressive way from the previous song and it feels more Black Metal. It has a lot of guttural vocals, blast-beats and dark guitar riffs. There’s some groovy riffs on this song as well and the vocals sounds a little bit desperate sometimes. “
Arr” is an instrumental song.
“
Tvilhalden” starts out with good guitar riff that is a little bit groovy and there’s some guttural vocals as well. There’s some cool clean vocals on this one and they sound really dark.
“Varden” starts out with a great guitar riff that is probably one of the best in the whole album. It reminded me of IMMORTAL. They have mixed the clean vocals that sounds like a Viking chorus and the guttural ones. There’s also a nice narration. “
Daudsvon” starts out with a tense sound and it's a really aggressive song. “
Gamling” is a different song and its really heavy. They were really angry playing this and the bass and drums sounds heavy. There’s a great guitar riff here as well and it's a really different song. I liked how they have managed to mix up heavy melodies with some different guitar riffs.
“
Kongestol” starts out with a sound that reminded me of those sirens that you could hear on Chernobyl series. It has a different ambiance and the clean vocals made a good spot here. Its good when they mix the clean vocals with the guttural vocals. The songs gain more dynamics and creates a good ambiance. “
Klander” starts out in a really fast way with aggressive riffs, blast-beats and a heavy bass sound. This song has a lot of different ambiances and riffs, but there’s a really good part where an organ sounds and it created a whole different dynamics and ambiance to the song.
NIFROST has written and released a great album with a lot of different ambiance and riffs. The songs were well written, the instruments were well executed and the production is tight. They know how to write Black Metal.
Songwriting: 10
Musicianship: 9
Memorability: 10
Production: 10