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Wormwood - Arkivet



7.9 | 126 votes |
Release date: 27 August 2021
Style: Atmospheric black metal, Melodic black metal

Owners:

45 have it
12 want it


01. The Archive
02. Overgrowth
03. End Of Message
04. My Northern Heart
05. Ensamheten
06. The Slow Drown
07. The Gentle Touch Of Humanity
08. Shipwrecked & Northbound [redux version] [deluxe edition bonus]
09. The Weeping Song [Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover] [deluxe edition bonus]
10. Caravanserai [Loreena McKennit cover] [deluxe edition bonus]

Staff review by
Dream Taster
Rating:
7.8
Wormwood, no, not Wormwitch. Those are the Swedish master blenders of atmospheric black, melodic black and anything that seems to fit in who also brought you the excellent Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth.

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published 09.09.2021 | Comments (5)

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01.06.2021 - 13:47
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Tage Westerlund
From bands facebook today

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Due to the spring's problems in the Suez Canal and Covid-19, we unfortunately have to announce that the ARKIVET release will be postponed. This is because the vinyl pressing plant hasn't been able to deliver on time, due to a lack of materials from the factories.
This is terribly sad news for us, but unfortunately beyond our ability to speed up. The new release date is set to August 27th.
We apologize to all of you who have pre-ordered the album, but urge you to wait another month. It will be worth it.
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22.07.2021 - 16:49
deswesher

This is brillant.
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27.08.2021 - 08:57
Rating: 7
Grouch Douglas
Enigma
After my first listen I'm a little disappointed. It seems like they got rid of most of their folk influence and focused on the melodic black metal part. The spoken part in the last track is annoying as well. I guess I just don't need to be reminded what a shit show the world has been lately.
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27.08.2021 - 18:23
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Tage Westerlund
I hade impression that somehow guitar melodies are best comparing to other their albums. More I listen more I like this
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30.08.2021 - 08:42
Skip Donahue
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A superb record. Even with the "Dire Straits bits", as nine called them. Excellent production that might repel the kvlt purists but with the over saturated Melodic Black Metal genre, Wormwood retain some originality.
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04.09.2021 - 13:59
Rating: 8
lemme

This is such a good album, and the "The Slow Drown" is epic. And for me this is better than Harakiri For The Sky A.D. 2021.
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13.09.2021 - 21:12
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Nice album cover
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25.09.2021 - 15:35
Rating: 10
Litvin

This is top!
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12.01.2022 - 03:43
Rating: 8
tintinb

Thise guitar riffs are tasty.
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08.02.2022 - 10:22
Rinbel

When you take your black metal and put some modern rock and melodeath into it, and somehow you get it to work, the result can be awesome. As it is. Wormwood shines on their unique style with a bunch of well crafted songs, catching melodies and some interesting fusion without going too cheesy or bland. However, I find Akivet a bit too long and some of the songs less interesting compared to others.

I wish I could vote Overgrouth as the best melodeath song of the year.
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23.02.2022 - 09:34
Rinbel

It's a grower for sure. From 8 to 9 with a few more listens.
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23.02.2022 - 17:44
Rating: 8
metalbrat

Slow grower but its worth the spins. Beautiful MBM but seems like their 'atmospheric' part missing their folk touch they had in their previous albums. Still great listen.
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