Aes Dana - Formors - review
Aes Dana - Formors - review
Tracklist
01. Les Traces De La Branche Rouge02. Formors "Mer De Glace Et D'ombre"
03. Formors "Exil"
04. Gwaenardell
05. Le Combat Des Arbres
06. Le Griffes Des Oiseaux
07. Ventres Noirs
08. Manannan Mac Lir
A review by
Jeff October 21, 2005
The great point of this album, in my opinion, comes from the fact that a lot different listeners will probably love it. I mean that the Black Metal lovers will love the "cold spirit" and the really dark ambiances in addition of the Black Metal vocals and evidently the strong and aggressive guitars. On the other hand, the ones who like folk and classy melodies will be amazed by the sound of the whistle and the bombarde (a French instrument frequently used for our traditional music, especially in Brittany). As you can understand we're in front of a pure classy mix between the anger of Black Metal and the melodies of Folk. Honestly this is really good and even if you're only a fan of Folk Metal and don't like Black Metal, I'm quite sure that you'll like "Formors".
Also, I really like the general ambiance of the album, all those Celtic touches are really good and when you'll listen to "Formors", you'll, I'm sure, have the feeling that you're in front of the ocean in Brittany or I don't know anywhere else. Actually the lyrics in French are really well written and talk about Celtic legends, you'll see it's really catchy and interesting to read them (if you only understand French?).
The production of the album is damn impressive. The recording for the drums like for the folk instrument is top and the album evidently doesn't suffer of any big problem. Actually the only problem with this album was the long delay for the release date, but at least now all is fixed and let's hope that Adipocere will help the band to find the success that they deserve.
"Formors" is one of the best releases of Folk Metal of the year. It's good for us, the French, to see that some bands like Hantaoma and now Aes Dana are able to produce releases that don't suffer of any comparisons with the masters of the style. If you like Black Metal, Folk or just great music in general you cannot miss "Formors".
Written by Jeff | October 21, 2005
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Aes Dana has been among my favourite bands for some time already....I would very much like to see them live one day....Formors was the first album I heard of them and I have only good words to say about it....The beginning is catchy and the music spellbinds throughout all the tracks....the ending of Manannan Mac Lir is wondrous....yes....it ends on the seashore.....
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