Thrawsunblat - Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings

Woods Of Ypres Black metal era mixed with viking-esque echo vocals.

Awesome stuff.

Woods of Ypres is in my honest opinion superior to this, not that they play the same style, but I see the comparison thrown around a lot.
To be frank I'm disappointed with this album, I was hoping for something better.
*edit* I'm giving it some time still, due to all the good word I see this receiving all over, but I have found that people who listen to folk metal doesn't seem to be the most reliable people when it comes to music taste / reviewing... Well at least not for my taste.

Nice to see this as a staff pick, awesome album. Definitely deserves more attention.

If this is more l;ike black era WoY it certainly will be vastly superior to WoY's last 2/3 albums which were total shite derivative discarded crap era Katatonia and Draconian Times era Paradise Lost wannbees, but failing dismally at it.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.04.2013 at 03:39

If this is more l;ike black era WoY it certainly will be vastly superior to WoY's last 2/3 albums which were total shite derivative discarded crap era Katatonia and Draconian Times era Paradise Lost wannbees, but failing dismally at it.

Oh, god, no. This is NOTHING like those bands. This is pretty much folk metal.

Written by Susan on 02.04.2013 at 03:42

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.04.2013 at 03:39

If this is more l;ike black era WoY it certainly will be vastly superior to WoY's last 2/3 albums which were total shite derivative discarded crap era Katatonia and Draconian Times era Paradise Lost wannbees, but failing dismally at it.

Oh, god, no. This is NOTHING like those bands. This is pretty much folk metal.

so it is infinitely better than anything Woods Of Ypres has ever put out, wow, must give it a listen.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.04.2013 at 03:47

Written by Susan on 02.04.2013 at 03:42

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.04.2013 at 03:39

If this is more l;ike black era WoY it certainly will be vastly superior to WoY's last 2/3 albums which were total shite derivative discarded crap era Katatonia and Draconian Times era Paradise Lost wannbees, but failing dismally at it.

Oh, god, no. This is NOTHING like those bands. This is pretty much folk metal.

so it is infinitely better than anything Woods Of Ypres has ever put out, wow, must give it a listen.

Honestly, Marcel, I don't know if this would be your thing or not. I don't really know how you feel about folk at all. It's pretty "blackened" at times but then a few other songs are very melodic. Check it out and let me know, I'm very curious now!!

http://thrawsunblat.bandcamp.com/

Wow, this is certainly some pretty diverse folk. Not at all what I was expecting before clicking the play button, fortunately. Song after song I'm being caught by surprise.

This is some great stuff!

Comparing this to Kentucky is a bit of an odd one I think, as that album, and the band in general, were more about the whole yokel, appalachian folk thing. I mean it was called "Kentucky" after all. I don't get the same region of folk with this as this is more your standard melodic folk you get with more or less all folky black bands. Quite different to me. Needless to say Kentucky is more my thing but this doesn't sound bad at all really.

Yes this is quite unlike Panopticon's Kentucky, but both are excellent albums in their own rights. That was a folk-laden Black Metal album, whereas this is more of a Folk Metal album with some of the elements of Black Metal which we're used to hearing in this format. But that's not to say it's familiar at all, I can't think of any other Maritime themed Metal of any sort, and we're not going to hear any tales of battlefields and mystical realms. This is much more personal and passionate than anything I've heard in the Folk category, A+!

I think this record has been inflated by users who over-exaggerate the amount of Maritime folk that is actually in this album. It's prominent, yes, and extremely well executed, but not substantially original, to be honest (coming from someone who lived in the Maritimes for a couple of years).

I'm not a huge fan of black-influenced folk metal, and this is a good record relative to some of the utter garbage that has come out the last few years. I thoroughly hope that this group has more luck than Woods did.

This is pretty incredible. Definitely tops my list of favorite albums from this year so far. Haven't been able to stand much of any folk metal releases the past few years but these guys do a great blend of folk-black. While not groundbreaking or necessarily original, it's just a damn solid and well-rounded album that ventures into several really interesting sub-genres.

Very enjoyable album.

I've just finished reading the album's name

Spectacular album, thoroughly enjoyable listening experience.

Grew on me immensely

Just note that these guys weren't a part of WoY when they played BM.

This sounds great, surprising liked it more than I thought.

The more I listen to this, the more it seems like a seminal piece of work which evolves that whole blackened Canadian sound into something distinct and awesome.

After few listening, that's grewing on me more and more. That sounds great. I like the how the folk and the black are well mixed there. Good start! I give a 8

Really good stuff, pretty original. Reminds me of Legend of Zelda for some reason.

And some people say folk metal is dying...

Yes very interesting melodic/black fusion.. Been a while since I heard something this good in that genre. Have not heard woods of Ypres either so this side project has got me interested..

Love this album and keep coming back to it. Perfect blend of folk/black/with the occassional clean vocals to smooth out the edges. I'm super excited for what this band will do next. 10/10 for me.

Can't comment on the rest of the album, but the title track and View Of A Million Trees ended up on my iPod after listening to this back when it came out, and offer up consistently enjoyable meloblack pleasure on the rare occasions I give them a play. Wonder if/when they'll follow it up

Written by musclassia on 14.01.2016 at 21:30

Can't comment on the rest of the album, but the title track and View Of A Million Trees ended up on my iPod after listening to this back when it came out, and offer up consistently enjoyable meloblack pleasure on the rare occasions I give them a play. Wonder if/when they'll follow it up

New album coming in June