This is black metal! From out of the Norwegian fog, Stridens Hus hails the return of one of the best black metal nowadays. Don´t expect this to be a step further or something unique, apparently, the only thing that matters here is to return to the origins, still keeping the sound that we’re familiar with. Songs like Gamle Norig, Orm, Det fins en prins, and En sang til sand om ildebrann make instant impact, but it’s in the end of the album that everything falls in one very dark place with Vinger. Surely the puritans of black metal will enjoy this one.
Words by: Daniel Lemminkainen