KVAEN - The Funeral Pyre
Black Lion Records
KVAEN is a solo project by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Jakob Bjornfot. Musically this is straight up melodic black metal. But if the spirits of Quorthon (Thomas Forsberg) and Jon Nodtveidt dared make their influences present in the living then Bjornfot has them.
The Funeral Pyre comes across as a long lost 90's era epic of black metal mastery. We're not talking about copycat bullshit either. This is originality created by the greatest of influences. Sure it's a debut album but by a man who's performed in a few melodic death metal acts for a few years now.
For me this is like beauty and the bestial. The beauty comes across in so many ways. There's the melodic rhythms and song structures which sweep along tremolo picked riffs. There's melancholy moments which get crazy in parts but resume into melodic blackened death harshness. From there the parts get intricate with some mesmerizing soloing.
The bestial acts flow through the harsh vocals and higher pitched soloing and tremolo picked rhythms which are put forth a wall of power. Each of which has their fare share of texture to the degree of excellence. Trust me I love black metal but I've been bored with it's complacency and it's experimentation. Here's an artist who brings back the passion and the onslaught.
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