Published: Absolute Underground #54 October/November 2013
Ereb Altor is a three-piece swedish band that used to be called Isole until about 2004 or so. They changed their name and started recording demos. Several small EP's have been made until we get to this one. If you've listened to any of them you'll notice this newest one has a heavier, blacker feel to it. They've decided to go full-on Bathory with it...not that that's a bad thing at all.
It starts of with an epic nine minute track called "Fire meets Ice". And it shows the influence and the feeling of the album right away. The feeling of Scandanavian folklore is everpresent In it from the beginning."Nifelheim" tells the tales of daunting sea voyages and the gods who helped them suceed. The pace of all these songs is a slower, story-telling manner until "My Ravens" with it's quicker riffing and rythym. After that it's back to the telling of tales and odes to lost viking warriors. The second last song is "Post Ragnarok" and it's fast pace pace is a quicl change. It's got the blackest feel of the whole album and a great pace and drumming. The album finishes well with "Our legacy", if you're going to listen to one song to get a feel for the album I would say this is it.
If you like metal in the folky or viking feel, you'll be into this one. It has a total Bathory feel to it if you encompass all of Bathory's music. It's worth checking out because all of the EPs from this band are hard to find and I don't think they'll be leaving Europe anytime soon. If they do I'll go see them.
Michael F. Carnage
http://www.erebaltor.com/
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