Taake - Noregs Vaapen - guest review
Taake - Noregs Vaapen - guest review
Tracklist
01. Fra Vadested Til Vaandesmed02. Orkan
03. Nordbundet
04. Du Ville Ville Vestland
05. Myr
06. Helvetesmakt
07. Dei Vil Alltid Klaga Og Kyta
08. I Am The Black Wizards [Emperor cover] [Feat. Attila Csihar & Ivar Bjørnson] [Vinyl bonus]
Guest review by
Windrider December 30, 2011
Noregs Vaapen contains everything the trve Norwegian metalhead could ask for. All the history of the one grim and cold music in seven songs plus a load of originality as never seen before in twenty short years. Sure, the ancient kings, namely glorious personalities like Euronymous, Quorthon or Varg will remain on their thrones, but yet another seat is to be raised in between them, and on its base appears the name Hoest. Exaggerated you think, huh? Wrong. Go listen to this mastermind's works from Nattestid... till now and be ready for some of the best black metal riffs to date when listening to Noregs Vaapen, you must admit.
The album starts off with a riff that already foreshadows what power is to come in the next 47 minutes. The moment Hoest's voice kicks in is the moment when the listener knows that he is listening to Taake again. And that he is right in doing so. The opener already contains the first guest appearance, Nocturno Culto makes this song immortal. His dark and hellish vocals fit Hoest's music perfectly. Another guest is also most remarkable and Demonaz contributes to my favourite song "Du Ville Ville Vestland". Within this song there is something rare: a black metal breakdown? Yes, here it is, and it is awesome, rocks like hell, and still bears a black and frosty atmosphere.
And somewhere within the album, metalkind can find it: the now already infamous black banjo. Within the song "Myr" it appears and it does not appear only because of itself. Oh no, it plays a melody that is not simple, not cheesy and as a whole worth being played on any instrument. It's not only the banjo. But, as a last dark note, let me introduce you to the actual highlight on Noregs Vaapen. It is the final riff of "Helvetesmakt," being repeated all over again and again and showing what is the trve essence of black metal. I have no words left for this riff, just give it a gloomy listen.
When I went through the album collecting what to write in this review, there was one problem. Every riff is worth being commented. I could write a book entitled "Noregs Riffs," for this review can't even touch the albums power. But for now, let Hoest be the god, Taake the entire Pantheon and Noregs Vaapen the incense. This is it, this is black metal.
Written by Windrider | December 30, 2011
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Perhaps there's a little exaggeration here and there but I totally agree that this album is absolutely great, like all Taake albums. The part on which I disagree is this: "a load of originality as never seen before in twenty short years". As if the BM genre didn't spawn anything original in two decades. Completely false. Also, as great as Taake is and as much as Hoest can be seen as a genius, Taake is not an example of originality, as the albums are rather conservative and safe.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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A bit on the fanboy side, but overall you did a good job explaining why you liked it as much as you did. I have to agree with RK though; Taake isn't exactly the first band that springs to mind when I think "originality". 
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 684 Written by Troy Killjoy on 31.12.2011 at 09:51 Thanks lol, yeah Taake is my fave BM band, one might guess that from the review But I really do think this album contains a lot originality, ok the first BM albums were more original cause they founded a whole genre, but I like how Hoest manages to stretch the genre so much without leaving it, like Dimmu, CoF etc did... there are many instruments and unconservative riffs in all the albums, but its still clearly BM. It's just way different of mayhem, gorgoroth, darkthrone (older) and other 'usual' bands in BM.
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Nice ending to the review. This album is sheer awesomeness.
---- In that case, man is only air as well.
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Posts: 18615 Written by Windrider on 31.12.2011 at 18:16 Mayhem is far from being your usual BM band considering their discography. I like Taake and all that jazz but they are clearly not winning any prices for originality, they do win prices for being excelent in songwriting and performances because that's what they do, make the old stuff look fresh but it is what it is... old stuff. They just know how to do it properly. I also don't know what genre they founded. 
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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