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Ásmegin - Hin Vordende Sod & Sø



8.3 | 64 votes |
Release date: 25 August 2003
Style: Viking folk metal

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01. Af Helvegum
02. Bruderov Paa Hægstadtun
03. Huldradans - Hin Grønnkledde
04. Til Rondefolkets Herskab
05. Over Ægirs Vidstragte Sletter
06. Slit Livets Baand
07. Efterbyrden
08. Op Af Bisterlitiern
09. Vargr I Véum - Eilivs Bane
10. Blodhevn
11. Valgalder

Additional info
Credits:
Napalm Records
Music by Marius, except 6 by Lars F., 10, 11 by Marius & Auðrvinr
Lyrics by Marius, except 3, 11 by Auðrvinr.
Arranged by Ásmegin, except 3 by Marius

Recording:
Recorded at TopRoom Studios February 2002 - November 2002 by Børge Finstad & Marius
Mixed November - December 2002 at TopRoom Studios by Børge Finstad & Marius
Produced by Børge Finstad & Marius

Graphicial:
Paintings by Fredrik Rahmqvist
Layout by Elena Schirenc
Band logo by Skrymer
Band photos by Emile M. Ashley

Line-up:
Bjørn Olav Holter - Grim and soar throat
Marius Olaussen - Lead and rythm guitars, accordion
Raymond Håkenrud - Lead and rythm guitars
Tommy Brandt - Drums and percussion, backing vocals
Tomas Torgersbråten - Basses, backing vocals

Guests:
Lars A. Nedland - Clean vocals
Anja Hegge Thorsen - Jew's harp
Oddrun Hegge - Norwegian zither
Lars F. Frøislie - Pianos, Mellotrons and additional keys
Sareeta - Fiddle, female chants and profound screams of terror
Anne Marie Hveding - Wood-nymph chants
Børge "Smuldra Glans" Finstad - Percussion on track 3
Gunhild Førland - Country flutes
Nikolai Brandt - Internal womb screams

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Comments: 8   Visited by: 180 users
17.03.2010 - 09:34
Skøllgrim
Northern
The guest musicians really makes this album worth the while. Love the layers of multiple vocals... Underrated piece of folk metal.
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23.01.2012 - 15:16
Rating: 10
R'Vannith
ghedengi
Elite
One of the very best albums Folk metal has to offer I think.
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21.04.2012 - 02:08
Fredd
Account deleted
Af Helvegum & Blodhevn are particularly awesome.
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05.11.2012 - 10:19
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
With all due respect for this band, in my honest opinion Eluveitie sounds better than Ásmegin. No offence.
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08.01.2015 - 12:15
Dr. Strawberry
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 05.11.2012 at 10:19

With all due respect for this band, in my honest opinion Eluveitie sounds better than Ásmegin. No offence.

Honestly a senseless comparison. No offence.
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08.01.2015 - 13:18
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Ambrish Saxena
Honestly a senseless No offence.
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08.04.2015 - 13:17
ArchaicSoul
I kind of agree that this is the greatest folk metal album ever produced. I simply don't have the lifespan to explain everything right about it, it's just the peak of the genre in my opinion.
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24.02.2025 - 23:13
Rating: 9
Silfur Dagur
One of the first folk metal albums I bought back then. Typically Norwegian folk brilliantly combined with metal ferocity and on the other hand also gentle and fragile passages. A calm and beautiful song is, for example, "Huldradans - Hin Grønnkledde". The album was released at a time when such recordings were rather rare and so the work seemed quite fresh. Today I probably wouldn't be so carried away by it, because today under the weight of many groups of the same focus and the same compositional methods this album is losing its spark. But because of a certain enthusiasm of that time, this recording is highly valued by me.
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