Russia's Nytt Land have returned with a recording from 2017 which shows their earlier ritualistic style of Nordic folk music and this is a review of their album from that year "Fimbulvinter" which was re-issued in 2021 by Cold Spring.
Field recordings start off the album along with some Siberian style throat singing a few seconds later while clean vocals and chants are also a very huge part of the recording and give the music more of a shamanistic atmosphere. When spoken word parts are utilized they also give the recording more of a ritualistic feeling.
Percussion's are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording and also gives the music more of a tribal feeling. Folk instruments are also a very huge part of the album along with some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length as well as some samples also being added into some parts of the album.
Male chants and vocals can also be heard briefly along with the tracks also adding in a great amount of ethnic music touches. At times the music also captures the atmosphere of pagan era Europe, one of the later tracks also adds in a brief use of guitars. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover Norse paganism themes based upon sources from the Poetic Edda.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Nytt Land and if you are a fan of ritualistic Nordic folk music, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Daudi Balder" "Gjallarhorni" "Surtr Ferr Sunnan" and "The Last War". 8 out of 10.
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