RockBox - Walknut - 2007 - Graveforests And Their Shadows

Walknut - 2007 - Graveforests And Their Shadows

WALKNUT - GRAVEFORESTS AND THEIR SHADOWS 256kbs
Atmospheric Black Metal influenced by Northern nature and mystics.

1. Hrimfaxi
2. Motherland Ostenvegr
3. Come, Dreadful Ygg
4. The Midnightforest of The Runes
5. Grim Woods
6. Skinfaxi

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All music composed, performed and recorded by Stringsskald.
All vocals performed and recorded in the Forest by Stringsskald.
All poetry by Ravnaskrik.
Visual concept and layout by Valfodrsdottir.

CURRENT LINE-UP:

Stringsskald - All instruments and vocals
Ravnaskrik - Lyrics

They are members of Nitberg and Forest!

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I avoided this release for as long as I did mostly because the members are affiliated with bands who tend to worship Darkthrone, which at this point in time is rather dated and dull (hopefully I didn't offend too many of you out there). When I finally decided to give this a listen, I was very pleasantly surprised to hear a solid slab of ambient black metal as opposed to lo-fi Darkthrone worship.

This is Walknut's very first release, and a powerful one it is. If you combine the harsh elements of Hate Forest with the ambiance of Angantyr or Drudkh and the vocals of Wolves in the Throne Room and mix it together into 6 mid paced songs, you have Walknut. The riffs are repetitive and simple with all the prerequisite - dare I say - grimness and despair that this genre is known for, and manage to conjure up a bleak and hopeless atmosphere that so many depressive black metal bands have tried and failed to create. The drumming is also repetitive and midpaced, although occasionally the band makes use of blasting, more to accentuate a point than to insert unneeded aggression in the music; the best way to describe it is a comparison to the drumming found in Drudkh's albums. The lyrics are all in English, and deal with nature and pagan heritage, and loss of both. The vocals themselves are quite similar to Wolves in the Throne Room's, but with considerably more echo, and more sheer force in my opinion. A comparison to the howling wind, however cliche, is the most accurate. The recording quality is quite clear, which means you don't have to strain to be able to hear every part.

If you are expecting a black metal band whose material sounds like the members are stuck sometime in the nineties (back when fisher-price recordings were new and innovative), ignore this album and band and listen to Godless North, which is by the way a very good band in its own right. However, if you appreciated ambient black metal at its finest, find this. I am very much looking forward to the next release by this band.

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07/09/2008

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