Sorgsvart - Vikingtid Og Anarki - review
Sorgsvart - Vikingtid Og Anarki - review
Tracklist
01. VikingTid Og AnArki02. VikingTid Og AnArki Instrumental
03. Hedersmann
04. Trøst
05. Bleikvikmaen Ein Haglandsfaen
06. Opp Kamerat!
07. KråkAviso
08. UnderligtVidunderligt
A review by
Jeff June 06, 2008
The music of Sorgsvart is dark even if it's Folk Metal and even if we have "dancing" and catchy melodies if you see what I mean. Sorg is a really engaged guy and the big "A" symbol of the anarchists on the CD is a proof of his convictions. Though the lyrics (too bad that we don't have any translation somewhere) are in Norwegian and I cannot confirm that its talks about political stuff even if I suppose that it must be the case for some songs on the album. But the music itself is varied and can be heavy and aggressive with some true Black Metal sides like peaceful with cool acoustic Folk moments, the songs are long with a lot of different breaks and passages; "Vikingtid Og Anarki" is in the category of the complex and deep releases.
The problem of Sorgsvart is that it's a one man project which means that Sorg plays all the instruments of the release and it's hard to be perfect with everything. He is not a bad musician but the different interpretations here are not so wonderful, without being bad too that's right. Sure he is a good compositor really but the production of his last album is not that good and the "electronic" instruments especially the keyboards have a really average and even a bit ridiculous sound. The drums doesn't sound so natural too, I really would like to listen to this album with some better means of production and a better choice of sound for the keyboards.
Despite some little problems with the production, "Vikingtid Og Anarki" is a good album of Viking Black Metal which features wonderful epic passages, especially the acoustic ones with Jew's harp. I'm quite sure too that the lyrics are more than interesting but you'll have to know Norwegian to understand it. All in all "Vikingtid Og Anarki" is a really nice intimist album that I recommend to all the fans of Folk Black Metal, you shouldn't be disappointed for sure.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 7 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written by Jeff | June 06, 2008
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Jeff, may i ask you, where did you get the track list?  because - http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=188110...and the same is on the version i have...erm...obtained 
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OKay this is weird I got it directly from a German distro for reviewing. But I more or less agree on the rating. I would go for 7.9''But the tracklist is totally off: My copy says: 01: Viking Tid Og AnArki 02: Viking Tid Og AnArki Instrumental 03: Hedersmann 04: Tröst 05: Bleikvikmaen Ein Haglandsfaen 06: Opp Kamerat! 07: KräkAviso 08: UNderligtVidenderligt
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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i gave 9, because i find most of the songs really great...Moonsorrow meets Turisas with some more surprising but very good elements  Bleikvikmaen Ein Haglandsfaen is great song 
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Oops a wrong copy paste from another review! It's fixed now! Sorry for the mistake!
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Posts: 40071 Written by Jeff on 07.06.2008 at 13:29 And I thought I was old and suffering from Alzheimer's disease 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Yes definitely. But I suffer of blonditude too! : o)
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This album is excellent. I've been hooked for awhile now. The songs are very catchy and just a lot of fun to listen to. 9/10
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The Norwegian alphabet doesn't have ä or ö. The correct tracklist is: 1. VikingTid og AnArki 2. VikingTid og AnArki Instrumental 3. Hedersmann 4. Trøst 5. Bleivikmaen ein Haglandsfaen 6. Opp Kamerat! 7. KråkAvisO 8. UnderligtVidunderligt Just like it says on the homepage.
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