Thursday, January 7, 2016

Skyforger - Senprūsija

Skyforger - Senprūsija
2015 / Pagan black metal


Skyforger is a Latvian pagan black metal and their journey has started in 1995. If people were asked to name pagan black metal bands from Eastern Europe, they'd probably name Nokturnal Mortum, Kroda and Temnozor first along with others from the same scene. Even thought Skyforger are known by many, they usually are not mentioned as easily as other more known pagan black metal bands. 

During the first spin of this album, I noticed that folk instruments and melodies are a lot less often used than on other Eastern European pagan black metal albums. They are used and well if I may, but it was quite surprising to hear thrashy riffs instead of black metal tremolo riffs. This isn't a bad thing at all and my observations may be false for the first spin wasn't so memorable. I will come back to this album and probably write more about it then. Can't name any highlights yet, but I recommend everyone into pagan black metal to check this album. 

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