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/::     Artist  :: Blodhemn                                               ::\
  ::     Album   :: H7                                                     ::
  ::     Year    :: 2014                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Black Metal                 Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Indie Recordings            R.date  :: 2014.11.22      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: INDIE147CD                  Size    :: 82,03 MB      __::_
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   .     Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo                                   .
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         Website :: http://blodhemn.no/

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  ::      01. Flammenes Virke                                    05:30     ::
  ::      02. Slettet Av Tid                                     06:59     ::
  ::      03. Evig Heder                                         04:08     ::
  ::      04. Veiten                                             07:30     ::
  ::      05. Åndenes Ansikt                                     04:35     ::
  ::      06. Fandesvenn                                         05:07     ::
  ::      07. Holmengraa                                         07:01     ::
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  ::      An album like H7 is proof positive that a relentless drive       ::
  ::      for originality (replete with frequent detours into off-         ::
  ::      kilter musical territory) isn't always needed in order to        ::
  ::      make a great album. Sometimes a meat-and-potatoes,               ::
  ::      pretence-free approach to song-writing is just what the          ::
  ::      doctor (or in this case, the Devil) ordered, so if you like      ::
  ::      your black metal on the traditional side you might as well       ::
  ::      stop wearing socks right now because Blodhemn will blow them     ::
  ::      clean off every time.                                            ::
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  ::      Hailing from Bergen, Blodhemn is the brainchild of multi-        ::
  ::      instrumentalist Invisus and H7 is only his third release         ::
  ::      under the Blodhemn banner in the ten years this project has      ::
  ::      been active. Bands peddling this tried & trve brand of black     ::
  ::      metal are a dime a dozen of course and it should go without      ::
  ::      saying that hailing from the same city as the likes of           ::
  ::      Immortal, Gorgoroth and Taake will invariably add extra          ::
  ::      pressure on Mr Invisus to carve out his own little niche for     ::
  ::      himself, and in this regard this album definitely gets the       ::
  ::      job done. Said "job" doesn't really imply any attempts at        ::
  ::      reinventing the wheel, as Invisus seems perfectly content to     ::
  ::      channel the everything that made (and continues to make) the     ::
  ::      abovementioned bands such highly revered black metal             ::
  ::      institutions. Whether it's the raw malice of Gorgoroth, the      ::
  ::      riff/gallop heavy rumble of contemporary Immortal or the         ::
  ::      rich atmospherics of Taake, Invisus proves himself more than     ::
  ::      adept at tapping into these influences and twisting them         ::
  ::      into a highly enjoyable brand of melodically sound black         ::
  ::      metal that practically screams N-O-R-W-A-Y.                      ::
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  ::      No one element ever dominates the other, resulting in a          ::
  ::      well-balanced and quite fleshed-out album. As conservative       ::
  ::      as these tracks are they never collapse into the kind of         ::
  ::      repetition that is so often associated with the genre, with      ::
  ::      numbers like "Slettet av tid" and "Holmengraa" serving as        ::
  ::      excellent examples of speedy and unabashedly melodic Taake-      ::
  ::      style black metal (the former) and slow burning                  ::
  ::      counterpoint-driven black metal treading a delicate line         ::
  ::      between majesty and melancholy (the latter). The                 ::
  ::      aforementioned Immortal influence is particularly evident on     ::
  ::      "Evig heder," which packs the same gallop, grit and melody       ::
  ::      as At the Heart of Winter. The strong melodic dynamic            ::
  ::      undercurrent of the album effectively precludes things from      ::
  ::      getting overly grim - so fans of Strid and old Darkthrone        ::
  ::      better look elsewhere for their kicks - but if you fancy         ::
  ::      vibrant riff-driven black metal delivered with an almost         ::
  ::      Punkish insistency then H7 should be acquired in all haste.      ::
  ::      It's sticks to the basics but it does so extremely fucking       ::
  ::      well.                                                            ::
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