KAMPFAR - Ofidians Manifest
Indie Recordings
Ya know when the opening sounds of a cheering crowd comes forth in the release's opening you would think this is a live album. Ah but it's not. Strangely enough I was bestowing the greatness of KAMPFAR's 2008 full length, Heimgang, the other night. Which to me is their finest moment since starting out back in the mid-90's. Since then they've been consistent as far as decent releases. I've been a fan of there's for twenty years now. Look out he's bias! Yeah I am.
Over the past decade I can say without a snicker that KAMPFAR have done no wrong as far as their releases go. And since the beginning of this decade you can hear them transform from a raw pagan black metal act to something more fuckin epic sounding. You've got your basic KAMPFAR rawness added with textured piano runs, symphonic power and of course that crazy screaming woman on "Dominans".
In my not so humble opinion not only is this the best thing these Norwegians have ever done. But it's a bold statement in the realm of black metal which shows that you don't have to play the stupid genre games which "some people" would have you do in order to pigeon hole you into a peg size of their choice. I mean the guitar work is so exquisite at times while still being able to rip through hell. I'm talking mostly of the track "Skamlos". But throughout the album it's all tremendous.
From beginning to end, and what an end with "Det Sorte", one of my favorite Norwegian black metal bands over the past fuckin twenty years comes forth with an astonishing release that pushes boundaries for them and yet keeps things within the temple. One of the best BM albums of 2019? Easily.
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