Vittra [IMPORT]

Naglfar

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 2009)
• Original Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Indie Europe/Zoom
• ASIN: B00005Y3LU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #422,605 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. As the Twilight Gave Birth to the Night

2. Enslave the Astral Fortress

3. Through the Midnight Spheres

4. Eclipse of Infernal Storms

5. Emerging from Her Weepings

6. Failing Wings

7. Vittra

8. Sunless Dawn

9. Exalted Above Thrones

10. 12th Rising [*][Demo Version]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Swedish remastered reissue of the black/death metal act's 1996 debut album includes three bonus tracks, '12th Rising', 'The Evil That Men Do' & 'Pleasure To Kill'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, November 29, 2002

By	"legionsofmarduk" (Kalamazoo, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vittra (Audio CD)

I went into this disc expecting to be rather dissapointed. I could not have been more wrong. This album is excellent! All the songs are well written and the production is very clear. I don't even know what else to write. This album is one of the best I have listened to...EVER! Buy it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD DEATH/BLACK METAL, February 4, 2000

By	Charan Litchfield (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vittra (Audio CD)

At last I found this release on Japanese import. This band originally signed up to the label WRONG AGAIN RECORDS for this release- although unfortunately they went bankrupt and getting hold of this cd has proved a nightmare worlwide due to very little printing!

If you dont know NAGLFAR, they play blackened death metal in the typical Swedish variety(ie, like Dissection). This group are a little different though, so they are not completely unoriginal. Most of the music is mid-paced, although fairly brutal with good growling vocals. The group have also added a couple of classical twists in their sound, and this is more thrashy sometimes than the usual stuff I hear!

Overall this has very good material, although this can get a bit boring to listen to sometimes. I recommend that if you like the Swedish death/black scene, then buy this release, and the groups latest called DIABOLICAL- which I think is better!

cheers!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Naglfar's best, June 22, 2006

By	Bill the Fish - See all my reviews

This is a rather difficult album to get hold of, but I think it is by far Naglfar's best. It's not exactly low-fi, but it lacks clear production of later albums, which is a good thing; it still possesses that sort of ethereal muddiness that made the early black metal works so special. This isn't a perfect album; one of Naglfar's problems has always been repetitiveness, especially with the vocals. This album, however, is Naglfar's most dynamic (esp. on "Emerging From Her Weepings", which features some great death vocals courtesy of producer Peter Tägtgren). Highlights would be "As the Twilight Gave Birth to the Night," "Emerging From Her Weepings" and one of my all-time favorite black metal tracks, "Enslave the Astral Fortress." This track is amazing; with great riffs and amazing melodies it comes off as one of the most mature black metal songs I've heard.