The Focusing Blur

Vintersorg

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B0001BUCWY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #234,369 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Master Craftsman Vintersorg’s sixth release is a mix of progressive and folk elements with a contemporary approach. A Focusing Blur is characterized by its sophisticated songwriting style, its qualitative and flavorful melodies and diversified flair. Featuring Steve Digiorgio (Testament, Death, Sadus) and Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar) who’s expertise refine with precision and technical prowess. An absolute Metal highlight for 2004!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, August 20, 2004

By	Finnbogi J. P. "otiz" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

Will probably be my favourite release of this year with Borknagar's Epic (which Vintersorg also lends his voice to). The folk part of this album is more interesting than the metal part because it's a little more original. My favourite tracks are Dark Matter Mystery, A Microscopical Macrcosm and The Essence, in no particular order.

The best on this album is the bass which plays a very important part and you can always here it throughout.
People often say this may sound weird the first time but I loved it instantly when Essence fired up.

I recommend this to anyone interested in music and ask them to get used to the screaming vocals if they don't listen to metal.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars With whom shall I have this dialog?, December 5, 2004

By	Rintrah - See all my reviews

Vintersorg's The Focusing Blur is masterpeice sadly ahead of its time. The creative genius displayed on this album is most humbling. The lyrics are just brillant. I've never heard anything like them put to music. Seriously, if you want meaningful philosophical-metaphysical ponderings on the nature of the Universe(s) and our place in it with your avant-garde metal; this is the album for you. Just glancing at the song titles will give you an idea. Do a search for the lyrics they are worth the read even if you don't have the music. However, the music is stellar. Its amazingly amazing. Its catchy. Its bizarre. And it rocks.
Due to the lack of reviews here I suspect The Focusing Blur is unjustly underated and/or obscure. This album is truly something special and it deserves attention and praise. If more people listened to this the world would be a better place. Seriously.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Master of metal Reality, June 1, 2004

By	Carlos A. Tello Rebolledo (Puebla, Puebla Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At first glance this album is a little bit weird, but after you listen closely to it you star to find lot and lost of great ideas and musical experiments. This by any means want to tell you that Vintersorg has left metal, no way, he is in the music style more than never but his progresive folk tendencies are more interesting thistime.
The sounds of his guitars and keyboard are specialy good and the drums have a lot of strenght. But bass nead a special mention in this album. It is perfect and strong the sound feals avery hole and few are the times you lost track of it.

The album sounds in the same kind of line as the last one "visions of the spiral generator" but is fresh and if is right to tell "at the state of the art" in metal.

Vintersorg Rules in Folk metal don't forget to buy this album
don't loose the oportunity of listen to one of the most important musicians of the new century.