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Kronet Til Konge

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This Cd has not left my CD player for weeks! Its hard to explain how good this really is, at first I was'nt sure because of the seemingly overuse of chorus effect on the guitar. Later, I discovered this is defining to their sound and just adds to the melody. There are some serious guitar overdubs going on, on top of all of that chorus, that gives a wall of melodic desperate
sounding beauty. Fenriz (of Darkthrone fame) is busting out Steve Harris-esque Maiden bass lines all over the place, against non distorted and distorted guitar parts...it sounds amazing! Fans of Darktthrone, Emperor, Immortal etc. need this album! Although, I think I am afraid of any later Dodheimsgard stuff...I sure as hell am not buying anyone's album titled, "666 International Airport" just for the cheez factor involved. And, I'd give it a 5 star rating, but for me this album starts on track 3...every track is a winner after that. Anyhow, hailz to Dodheimsgard for creating a classic BM recording. Hail true black metal!

Well, this is the only Dodheimsgard album I own and that is for a reason; I heard clips from the followup to Kronet and was disappointed, for they did not even hint of being anywhere near this amazing album.

Kronet til Konge, as my title states, is old-skool black metal the way it was meant to be played. It sounds most similar to Darkthrone, I would imagine, but is not by any means a clone. Aldrahan's vocals are very original, but what makes this even more welcome and refereshing is how great they are: VERY impassioned, full of longing and pain alternating with bitter wrath and anger. Riffs are fantastic, beautiful and sweeping, full of passion and, something very difficult to do, providing melody and atmosphere without keyboard and while maintaining brutailty. Let me reiterate that last point: this is fast and furious, yet full of emotion, much in the way that Darkthrone's "Blaze" captured that unique formula. Song structures are well laid out, songs are JUST the right length. Great breakdowns, tempo shifts, and, a rarity, prominent and great bass lines. No keyboards, no female vocals, no gothic wimpiness.

If there are any complaints, it is that the closing songs are maybe not as powerful as the opening ones. This might be an unfair accusation as the first five or six songs are just beyond belief in their rage and desperation. Also, the album is pretty long, and not that varied in sound, so that might acount for the latter songs coming off as not as good. However, as you can see, this does not detract from the overall rating of five stars. The album is worth getting for ANY of the first five (real) songs. So let me close by saying that this is very emotional yet totally uncompromising black metal from Norway, one of the last releases b4 that scene turned to utter nonsense and light worship. An impassioned cry of desperate hate and anguish for fans of Darkthrone style black metal. Oh yeah, Fenriz plays bass on this album too.

Infernal hails.... This is raw, evil Norwegian Black Metal, featuring Fenriz of DarkThrone, Isengard, Storm, etc. in the line up. Good under-produced but quality sound, evil vocals, speed and some good memorable melodic parts. Essential to any fan or collector!

There are no better Black Metal albums than this one. It has equals, of course, but this album is a perfect specimen of the genre. This was the high point of their career, each album after this became progressively worse with "666 International" being simply atrocious in it's pomposity and pretentiousness. It is a shame what happened to this band. "Kronet Til Konge" is so pure and so dense as to be almost ambient in a strange way. Fortunately I bought it when it was still readily available and did not have to pay the high prices that it goes for nowadays although I can say with utter sincerity that I gladly would were it not in my collection.

"insider's" put it right between the eyes! Aldrahn is one of those EXTREMELY RARE delight's to find~~! DHG are a living example metal can be done PERFECTLY!! ---- MORE GARD!...