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Artist: Munruthel |
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This lone project is fronted and performed by Munruthel, after leaving Ukraine’s Nokturnal Mortum in 1998 he turned this into a full-time project. Focusing firstly on Dark Ambient and then Symphonic Folk/Black metal, this one man band has been creating for nearly fifteen years. His work focuses primarily on Slavonic Paganism. This is his fourth album as a one-man project and he has built momentum and skill from the first until now. The mainly instrumental album doesn’t focus on the use of one instrument; in fact it uses a variety to create a haunting melody that flows and twists throughout, constantly changing as the songs change. This is unlike anything that has been heard before, however some elements sound as though they have been picked from Korpiklaani’s wide range of folk metal. Yet Munruthel takes these diverse elements and twists them to create a story unlike any other. The lack of vocals does not detract in the slightest; in fact the instruments are enhanced by the haunting panpipes and odd backing put in within the mix. For those who love folk metal, this is a darker look down the country/folk trail, and could be used as the soundtrack to Grimm’s original fairy tales. The music is unsanitised and powerful in its multitude of instruments. A favourite track of the moment is 'In Those Times When Earth Was Brea'. This haunting, almost storyline song doesn’t force itself through, but is filtered through many instruments and noises, focusing on the folklore behind the world instead of on the modern world itself, and it is in this that it is sheer brilliance. The twisting music and moods only serve to highlight the message, which can be interpreted as anything by anyone. Review
by: Kerry H |
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Tracklisting: 1.
Main Theme |
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