I thought you, of all people, would know Be'lakor, but then I tend to confuse you and Luoto a lot, so there's that. I think you'll like it.
Should I be offended? I feel offended...
You're welcome.
Good to see some discussion going! Let's do the next one, where I again ramble about things unrelated to the music.
#40
Time I
Wintersun
Genre: melodic symphonic power viking death metal
2012
Recommended to me by: frequent mentions on DTF
Wintersun is the Patrick Rothfuss of the metal scene. For readers who either aren’t fans of fantasy or simply don’t follow what’s going on in fantasy publishing scene for the last, holy shit, almost 12 years now, Patrick Rothfuss is a bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle, a complex and intricate would-be trilogy of books. The first book,
The Name of the Wind, was released in 2007, and Patrick said the whole trilogy was already written, so the fans wouldn’t need to wait a long time for the rest of the trilogy to be released. The second book,
The Wise Man’s Fear, was released in 2011. The third book,
The Doors of Stone, is still in the making, and there are no news about it—Patrick released some of the short stories during that time, and participated in other projects—but the release date for
The Doors of Stone is still unknown. And while there are lots of disappointment and vitriol over the Internet about it, if/when the third book comes out, a lot of people will still buy it without a second thought—because the general consensus is that the first two books are just so good. Well, I know I will buy it.
Fans of Wintersun, does that sound familiar somehow?
Time goes way back to 2006, when it was first scheduled to be released, and with lots of delays, it was finally out in 2012, with the premise that they had to split the album in two halves—so was the
Time I released. The information was that, well, the second half was already written, and will see the light of day later in 2013 or 2014.
We’re approaching 2019 now, and the band has released another record called
The Forest Seasons, but the release date for
Time II is still unknown. But
Time I is just so freaking great, I’m sure whenever the second half comes out, most of the fans will rush to the stores, or to the pre-order sites, and will buy the hell out of that record. Well, I know I will buy it.
But let’s talk about the record itself for a bit. For its short length—the whole thing is around 40 minutes—it sure packs a lot of details into the songs. There is always a number of things going on at any given moment, and the amount of tracks mixed together here adds to the grandeur of this record. Every song here sounds so exuberant and grandiose, every riff is elevated by the orchestral sounds in the back ground, and the whole package is just epic beyond belief. The album basically features only three full-blown songs, but it’s still a magnificent experience.
Favourite songs:
Sons of Winter and Stars (
YouTube,
Spotify),
Land of Snow and Sorrow (
YouTube,
Spotify)