@planetmoshreviews @thyrien Here we are, barely finished ridding ourselves of the New Years festive party cobwebs, and I'm listening to my first strong contender for album of the year. I think it is fair to say that Thyrien have not had the smoothest of starts to their collective career, line up comings and goings, time constraints, etc@planetmoshreviews @thyrien Here we are, barely finished ridding ourselves of the New Years festive party cobwebs, and I'm listening to my first strong contender for album of the year. I think it is fair to say that Thyrien have not had the smoothest of starts to their collective career, line up comings and goings, time constraints, etc etc have meant that although the history of the band can be traced back to 2005, this is in fact their debut full length release ( an E.P. did surface a while back). To kick things off, the band come tagged under the Folk Metal genre, a label that can be a bit misleading in some respects. A solid base and core of Folk influence does shine through but the sound, to my ears, is way above that single moniker alone. Elements of Death and even Black Metal, intertwined with some seriously sumptuous and sublime guitar licks, make this an untamed beast of a record. Starting with the haunting and atmospheric ( if not overly original) intro track "Far Beyond Midgard", we race headlong into an almighty riff fest of a composition in the form of "Vengeance Through My Soul", a song [...]
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