Dyrathor - Sacred Walcraft Of Hel - review
Dyrathor - Sacred Walcraft Of Hel - review
Tracklist
01. Sacred Walcraft Of Hel02. Memories In Frost
03. Im Auge des Sturms
04. Ariovist
05. Und ewig rinnt das Blut
06. Ode an die Heimat
07. Kampf auf Samsey
08. Thumelicus Secutor
09. Entspringe den Fesseln
10. Wudana Wittekina Waigand
A review by
Bas September 29, 2010
And indeed it turned out that Dyrathor's debut is a very pleasant piece of blackened folk metal with quite a bit of Equilibrium-worship. Although they're always staying within the boundaries and cliches, they managed to write some diverse songs and even to stamp some personality on them. Most of the time their music seems pretty chaotic with some calm interludes. The vocals are mostly screeched, barring a couple growled and semi-spoken/clean passages and they have their own violinist on board too. The lyrics, in German and English are just the standard folk-fare about war, the absolute evil that is Christianity, etc, you know, the usual.
Even though they aren't reinventing the wheel, far from it actually, ?Sacred Walcraft Of Hel" is a good album. Although the songs are simple, they are well-played, varied and enjoyable. The only thing that bothers me on this release are the clean/spoken passages, those are rather bad. By the looks of it the band members are all very young, but the band has already been very active in the area of giving concerts too. It wouldn't surprise me if we'd be seeing the name Dyrathor a bit more often in the future.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 3 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Bas | September 29, 2010
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Interesting. Might check it out later. If it indeed has Equilibrium influences, I might actually come to like it...:)
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It's nice to get an objective opinion from someone who is not a complete fan of the genre. Nice review Bas.
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Hey, this is a German band! DerRozzengarten should have reviewed it! Samples on MyShithead are actually not too bad, not ground-breaking stuff, but pleasant... don't think I will buy, though... 
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