Stormblåst

Occupation

• Shagrath: Lead guitar, vocals
• Tjodalv: drums, percussion
• Erkekjetter Silenoz: rhythm guitar, vocals
• Brynjard Tristan: Bass
• Stian Aarstad: Synthesizer, Piano

Stormblåst is the second album of Norwegian metal band Dimmu Borgir.

Formation

The texts made ​​in the period from August 1993 to July 1995, the music from July 1993 to July 1995, provided that details are to be found in the booklet. The text to Antikrist is not included in the booklet, in this piece and caring chamber, there are no precise data on the respective owners. The booklet is shown here, all the songs were from Dimmu Borgir, the piano line to Old he lys ing svunnet However, based on Magnums Sacred Hour, composed by Tony Clarkin and the original played much faster, and the instrumental caring is chamber a plagiarism of the Tim Wright composed theme music for the Amiga game Agony by Psygnosis; Erkekjetter Silenoz later stated that he had heard Stian Aarstad play, liked the piece and not doubted that it came from Aarstad. Years later, Wright Silenoz have contacted via e -mail. The first 19 seconds from Guds fortapelse - Åpenbaring av dommedag are from the first set of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 From the New World.

The album was recorded in July and September 1995 Endless Sound Production, sound engineer was Goodtime Charlie. Mastering is the material of Kristian Romsoe at Strype Audio in December 1995, it produced was of the band itself, the ajar to Tormentor Anno Domini cover, showing a tower from the frog perspective, and the portrait frame come from Alex Kurtagić, the frame on page 11 of Tove.

Title list

Style of music and texts

The sound of Stormblåst based on keyboard arrangements, flutes also be used in Antikrist. Production is often referred to as weak, but also as a " very transparent, almost poppy and everything else as mangy and primitive ". The music is based principally in medium tempo.

The lyrics deal with darkness, coldness, hatred, the killing of Christians and the fight against them.

Reviews

Frank Stoever from Voices from the Darkside designated Dimmu Borgir as one of the most mature and most unique Norwegian Black Metal bands and Stormblåst as major progress in composition and production. The band obviously knew how she could create emotionally charged compositions, and their influences from classical music fit in a natural way to its metal style; the melodic, almost chopin -like piano passages and orchestral arrangements have been integrated on nearly perfect way into the music. The music is not like a storm, so not extreme enough, but instead one of the best musical works of art from Scandinavia. Kai spiral from Rock Hard drives, according to the band " anything on what is now expected of a good album: sawing guitars, throaty vocals and bombastic atmosphere - and the finest. The focus of the snag is not the brute rage, but the good old heavy metal and many grandiose, melancholy melodies, which are supported by delicate classical piano and orchestral keyboard sounds and many a Gothic freak likely propel tears of joy in his eyes. " Dimmu Borgir belong to the small group of bands that would succeed, " with their works from the norm deviating and to seize the opportunity, not in the colorless black and white mass to go down ." The magazine also took on " 250 Black Metal albums you should know " in the list of.

According to the Nordic vision lacked Stormblåst to force; WOULD the album when it was recorded by musicians tired, but this is rather to be understood as symbolic description. The songs are slow, a little more power would have helped the album. Have the music with piano and synthesizer a very nice aspect and will appeal to the feminine nature, which should, however expressly not meant negatively; but the editors could not stop looking at the album to think lack of energy; this would have helped the identity of the music, but instead devoid of any identity. Therefore, the album was too passive, without aggression and intensity.