EREB ALTOR

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: epic dynamic viking black metal

following in footsteps of 2012's Gästrike, sixth full-length [2015] by ambitious quartet, dedicated to Swedish folklore legends and ghost stories, delves into chilling tales, images of death and ancient mythology, where title character, being a raven-like creature, resembles restless spirit of the dead wandering by night, condemned to eternal torment, becomes symbol of the entire album; musically Mats and company strike an exceptional balance between the grandeur of epic Viking metal and colder, more aggressive edge of black metal, deliberately contrasting majestic clean vocal passages with piercing guitars, furious drum bursts and harsh shrieking interludes, while their fondness for grand arrangements and sharper sound lends these cuts extraordinary drama, organic depth and atmosphere of darkness rarely achieved in their earlier outputs; recent Dutch slipcase edition