Hin Vordende Sod and So

Asmegin

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2003)
• Original Release Date: October 14, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B0000AUHNG
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #120,842 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Af Helvegum

2. Bruderov Paa Hægstadtun

3. Huldradans - Hin Grønnkledde

4. Til Rondefolkets Herskab

5. Over Ægirs Vidstragte Sletter

6. Slit Livets Baand

7. Efterbyrden

8. Op Af Bisterlitjernet

9. Vargri Véum

10. Blodhevn

11. Valgalder

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Hailing from Norway, Asmegin blend Viking Metal and Melodic Death Metal together with Nordic folk music for a sensational album! 11 tracks. Napalm Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars oh man this is the best, May 17, 2004

By	Armont Ugatan (Bothell, WA United States) - See all my reviews

It took me a couple listens to get used to, but now I love it and it's one of my favourite metal CD's. The music sounds like the picture on the cover, if that's any help. The vocals are awesome too, they've got death and black vocals as well as a female vocalist who also screams in a couple places, and some trollish ones and choir/clean/chant stuff, it's really really good; I highly recommend it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best debut albums I've ever heard!, September 2, 2006

By	A Kat Person (Bay Area) - See all my reviews

Just adding to the rave reviews; if this is just a debut, I wonder what else these amazing musicians are capable of! I do hope they don't make us wait too much longer to hear what's next! The musicianship here is awesome; the range of instruments and vocals is amazing. There's black and death vocals on the heavy side, plus great clean male vocals and beautifully dreamy female ones. A song can go from brutal melodic death in one moment to a bouncy, heavenly folk sound in the next; but these transitions are all done with perfect, harmonious fluidity!

Also, I just want to add that the CD booklet is also very nicely done, a lot better than what you often get with a CD. There's really really good artwork on most pages, along with nice photos of the band members.

Addendum: It is unusual for me to do this, but after months of listening to this CD, I had to *emphasize* how amazing it is. It has grown into one of my favorite albums of all time. On the first few listens, the whole CD was good but there were a few stand-out songs. Now, nothing stands out especially because *EVERYTHING IS PERFECT*. I loved it the first time I listened to it, and since then it has grown on me even more. The musicianship on this CD is at a level where it gives the impression that these fellows went over every note with a fine-toothed comb until it was exactly right!

Admittedly, most of my reviews for CD's are 5 stars, but that is only because I generally don't review something unless it's SO GOOD that it moves me to share my impression of the greatness of the album with the rest of the world. That is why I have so few reviews lower than 5 stars; lesser albums simply don't inspire me to review them very often. I also have to add that I generally don't expect *perfection* from a 5-star album. I always allow for a couple of songs that are not-so-good, whatever, because usually absolute perfection is simply not possible!

But once in a while, a CD comes along that is just so surprisingly perfect... That it goes ABOVE AND BEYOND my expectations of what a 5-star album should be... that I wish I could add on more stars! Well, Asmegin's debut certainly fits that description. Really, I recommend this to any metalhead. Listen carefully, and your appreciation of what music can be will be lifted to levels beyond previous comprehension...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best folk metal in years, May 19, 2006

By	S. Denson "metal enthusiast" (bangor, me United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this is the best folk metal album made in the past few years. the main reason i call it the best is because its not just another power metal band with a fiddle or a finntroll clone, this band sounds like asmegin, not skyclad, elvenking, or any of the blackened folk bands like agalloch or old ulver.
Asmegin has brutal fast parts, and amazing musianship. buy it. you have no reason not to.