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Vittra

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Emperor, Immortal, Old man's child, Dark funeral. These are the bands that come to mind when I hear the melodic sound of naglfar's Vittra. The transitions are mind boggling, you can hear the harmonies between guitars. This is a prize melodic black metal album, one that reaches new hights. The drum tracks are brutal while the vocals are ripping flesh!! This release is for any one who likes mature black metal!!! Live in the day, worship the darkness!!!

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!

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!

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.

If you like death metal, then this is the C.D and band for you. They currently have 2 c.d's out and if your lucky you can find the original demo tapes floating around. This isn't some cheesy little European death metal band, people of the underground are tuning in to what may soon become the next Dimmu Borgir.

Certain songs from naglfar are without a doubt outstanding esp. "12th rising", "brimstone gate", but the songs off of Vittra all sound similar. I can't really decipher between them. Most of the riffs aren't capturing. It is hard to find the cd Diabolical which has the songs i mentioned above but already I can tell you that cd is better than Vittra.