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Noothgrush wrote: I feel like a friend reccomended this to me some time ago and I didn't listen. This is quite good, the intro is phenomenal, then it kind of drops into this weird syncopation then I'm a little disappointed with the sudden kicks. I mean, after the intro it kinda reminds me a bit of Dimmu Borgir's A Serpentine Offering, which while it was my first intro to Black Metal isn't all that good.

But once that part's done, it gets way better. In a lot of ways it kind of reminds me of a more punk-influenced version of fellow Australian-based Virgin Black. You hit about 4 minutes in and it really starts to hit you, they've got a strange sound for Black Metal, which is actually kind of nice to hear, that's why I like Wolves in the Throne Room, you can see the influences are there but they're not trying to play to that trite corpsepaint Gorgoroth bullshit. And the vocal delivery is awesome, it reminds me in a lot of ways of early Burzum. And they segue into their classical influences so cleanly.

Yo, thanks for turning me onto this, this is pretty fucking good. I can definitely see some Bathory in this, it also kind of reminds me of Drudkh, even though it's not nearly as folky or as hard hitting. It gives me the same emotional response.

I ended up not seeing Moonsorrow because I'm originally from Hawaii, I went to Pennsylvania for a Search and Rescue training which lasted a little over a week at Hawk Mountain, PA. They were playing in that area and I was going to miss them by nearly a whole day. If I could have gone, I probably would have. I would describe it as neoclassical atmospheric black folk metal, or something along those lines. The intro sounds similar to a track on Windir's album Likferd, but it quickly shaes into something completely different. Griseus (the album this song is from) does have its peaks and valleys, but it is still an outstanding work of art. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing. Last time I checked, the full album is on youtube.