Russia's Nytt Land has returned with a new recording which continues the ritualistic style of nordic folk music from their previous releases and this is a review of their 2021 album "Ritual" which will be released in August by Napalm Records.
Dark soundscapes start off the album while a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Nature sounds can also be heard at times along with some touches of ambient also being used at times and when drum beats and percussion are utilized they also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling.
Chants, throat singing and clean female and male vocals are also a very huge part of the recording while folk instruments are also utilized quite a bit throughout the album. At times the music also gets very atmosphere and meditative sounding along with the songs also adding in a decent amount of programmed beats.
Some tracks also adding in flutes, horns, mouth-harps and ethnic instruments to enhance the folk side of the music as the album progresses a brief use of whispers and spoken word parts can also be heard. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover Shamanism, Norse and Slavic Paganism and Mythology.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Nytt Land and if you are a fan of ritualistic and shamanistic nordic folk music, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Fires Of Ragnarok" "U-Gra" and "Blood Of The North". 8 out of 10.
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