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ELVENKING Reader of the Runes – Divination By Daniel Höhr, European Correspondent Tuesday, September 3, 2019 @ 7:44 AM
“Perthro“ is an atmospheric intro setting the scene with percussion, chanting and string instruments, slowly building up and leading to the first song of the album, “Heathen Divine“. The acoustic guitar that opens the song sounds pretty much like Renaissance music but soon gives way to high octane power metal riffing, uber-melodic vocals, virtuoso shredding and basically everything you expect from a power metal album, pagan or otherwise. And thus the epic journey continues. On their way through Divination, vocalist Damna, guitarists Aydan and Rafahel, violinist Lethien, bassist Jakob and drummer Lancs show unprecedented creativity and come up with one killer track after the next setting highlight after highlight. The combination of folk elements with power metal is nothing new and has been done over and over again but ELVENKING manage to get something new out of it, something that sounds inspired and is indeed fun to listen to. The title track is just one example of how well the rhythmic and melodic variety works out.
ELVENKING‘s The Reader of the Runes – Divination is not only their best album so far but also one of the best albums from that genre I have heard. Incredible creativity, seasoned musicians and a never-ending well of inspired music makes one look forward to seeing the band live and to the second part of the Reader of the Runes saga.
5.0 Out Of 5.0
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