COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: ATMOSPHERIC MELODIC BLACK METAL
Cover Artwork: Mario Polzin of Moornebheym
WORMWOOD - "Ghostlands - Wounds From a Bleeding Earth" - CD - 2017
01. Gjallarhornet
02. The Universe is Dying
03. Under Hennes Vingslag
04. Godless Serenade
05. Oceans
06. Silverdimmans Återsken
07. Tidh ok Ödhe
08. Beneath Ravens and Bones
09. The Windmill
10. What We Lost in the Mist
11. The Boneless One
12. To Worship
Total Playing time: 58:55
RECORDING LINEUP:
Nine - Vocals
Rydsheim - Guitar
Nox - Guitar
Borka - Bass
Johtun - Drums
Featuring artists on the album:
Nephente (Netherbird, RIKET) - Vocals
Martin Björklund (Månegarm, Mercury X) - Fiddle
Alexandra "Lalla" Moqvist - Vocals
WORMWOOD -
Ghostlands
- Wounds From a Bleeding Earth - 2017 -
Non Serviam
Records
Genre:
Atmospheric Melodic Black Metal
From the frozen northlands of Sweden rises the ultimate Atmospheric Melodic
Black Metal band by the name of Wormwood, a new horde of mighty heathen
warriors arise to set a mark on today's day's saturated extreme metal universe!
It's still hard for me to believe that "Ghostlands
- Wounds From a Bleeding Earth" is only the bands debut
full length album! Pure Scandinavian art with such elaborated and majestic details is beyond impressive to say the least! An album
that will hook you up since the very first listening, so addictive that will
force you to listen to it again and again! Without any doubts one of the best offers of the genre for 2017,
unveiling a promising future for such a young band!
The Band:
Forged in the heathen flames of Rydsheim (Sweden) in 2014, Wormwood
emerge with an innovative atmospheric and melodic black metal with all the
right dose of folk, rock and experimental music, all to create a very own dynamic sound! Wormwood
members past include bands like Åskfödd, Withershin, Riket, etc, yet never
before they created such a rock solid folk/heathen sound!
Back in 2015 the band
has recorded their debut EP "The Void – Stories From the Whispering Well",
a mix of folk, black metal and rock n' roll! Not yet fulfilled, the band
has reshaped their sound for their debut full length, creating an outstanding atmospheric black/folk metal piece of
art!
Wormwood creatively relentless sound will surely
please adepts of bands such as Månegarm, Thyrfing, Borknagar, Kampfar,
Enslaved, etc!
The Album:
"Ghostlands
- Wounds From a Bleeding Earth"
is one of those albums that shall keep you captive to each track since the
very first listening, the whole album is an ethereal blend of genres from black
metal, folk and rock, all well balanced and with an overwhelming atmospheric
background! "Ghostlands ..." is allot more than just another
extreme metal album, it's in fact so well conceived and addictive that quickly
shall make you embark on an enriching musical journey from which you shall not
forget about!
Deeper into the Album:
"Ghostlands ..." has been recorded at Wing Studios by the Swedish
extreme metal wizard Sverker Widgren (Demonical, Diabolical, Centinex,
etc...)
the final result is impressive and enhances the performers talent to the
maximum!
Wormwood have found within their musical alchemy the right dose and
proportion for each of this album songs finding with it the right
balance to keep the listeners captive to the whole piece!
This epic journey starts with the
crescent folkish atmospheric intro "Gjallarhornet"
that will leads to "The Universe is Dying", a tune with such
a timeless melody that's impossible to be indifferent to! On tracks
like
"Under Hennes Vingslag"
or "Oceans"
the band dares deeper and combines some experimental elements into their already
organic metal fusion, moments of clarity I must say! "Godless Serenade"
has been the choice for this album's epic music video, shot
far above the Arctic Circle,
it's homage to the Scandinavian natural wonders, the song carries a deeply strong epic aura.
Among other tracks there are two memorable folk hymns with such a catchy melody
that shall get stuck on your ears, they are "Silverdimmans Återsken"
that connects with "Tidh ok Ödhe". Easy to find yourself singing along with
such delightful songs... sublime intense
tracks like these ones give me shivers on my spine... PRICELESS!!! The fiddle
melody by
Martin Björklund (Månegarm,
Mercury X) and the enchanting female guest vocals by Alexandra "Lalla" Moqvist
make all the difference!
One after the other, each track has a very special and contagious positive vibe,
melodic folk metal with all the right dose of heaviness and blackness! Tracks
like "What We Lost in the Mist"
or the ending "To Worship" will let no one indifferent to such epic
might and lore!
Conclusion:
"Ghostlands
- Wounds From a Bleeding Earth" is in all it's length a monumental journey
across ethereal landscapes of sound and Scandinavian folk tales and legends, so well
conceived that risks to become a extreme metal legend itself!
This epic folk masterpiece is powered with such positive energy
that easily bewitches you within such graceful haunting themes, one after the
other! This is an extreme metal musical experience of which you need to be part to
witness such timeless splendour!
Wormwood's darkly dramatic and yet so addictively intense and unique
musical mix has elevated this album into one of the best pieces of the
genre!
Bone-crushing riffs, dramatic keys over a breathtaking sound scenario make
"Ghostlands ..."
a
highly recommended album not to be missed at all!
RüPä - NeKronos Promotion HELL
RATE:
10/10
"Ghostlands
- Wounds From a Bleeding Earth" -
Album Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUThDuFUfQ
"Godless Serenade"
- Official Videoclip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hToVOjiLGEM
MORE INFORMATION ON WORMWOOD AT:
Official Site:
http://www.wormwood-official.com/
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/WormwoodSWE/
Youtbe Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/officialwormwood
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/WormwoodSWE
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/wormwoodofficial/
Contact: OfficialWormwood@gmail.com
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