EINHERJER

Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: intricate epic viking pagan metal

right after highly original Aurora Borealis demo, setting a new direction of their own, the debut longplay [1996] of Haugesund's four-piece has followed, supporting the fragmentation of Norwegian scene forth, regardless that Viking subgenre listed just a few bands at the time, exploring plain harmonious and very atmospheric sounds with a fair share of folky touches, acoustic interludes and melancholic vibe, staying away from harsher manifestations more common for that era, basically pushing the Bathory vision with their own subtle additions in form of twisted soloing and guitar progressions, so it is no wonder that these eight cuts are considered the genre's classic; recent Austrian strictly limited gatefold sleeve black vinyl edition comes with additional poster