torstai 2. elokuuta 2012
Muspellsheim - Sør for Ginnungagap demo 1997
Muspellsheim - Sør for Ginnungagap demo II 1997
1) Misantrop
2) Fullmånens Besettelse
3) Glemt og Forlatt
4) Svartedauens Mysterier
Mediafire / Depositfiles
As a follow up to a last month's post, here is the second demo of the Norwegian black metallers Muspellsheim. For more on the band, see the older post. I got this one from a tape trader contact and did not get a copy of the covers so once again a M.A. image and request for scans if you have them. Notice how the M.A. pic looks like it was from a CD? Maybe they released this as CDr, I don't know.
Musically this continues directly from the first demo and soundwise it is also very similar, unfortunately being a dub of unknown generation the end result is slightly murky and the tape wear is audible in a few places. Not really bad though. I case you're too much of a lazy dick to read the old post I suppose I have to say something about the music here as well: melodic black metal fra Norge with a more full, deeper sound than usual, some synth backing and Norse/Viking moods yet not sounding directly like a Viking or folk metal band. Ok, maybe a little more here than on the first demo. They've actually re-recorded one track from the first demo here again, "Glemt og Forlatt", the version here being a little shorter but not much faster, at least from what I can make out. The last track is interesting with the vocals distant in the background, sounding like warped half-clean singing, versus the intense riffing on the foreground. I want to hear their more recent releases too. Check this out if you enjoyed the first demo.
My only objection goes to the vocals.I don't know if it is the same guy as in the first demo but here the vocals seems a little bit "buried" under the production.That's a pity because the first demo had some great vocals.Again a very good second demo musically.Two down, two to go! :-)
VastaaPoista@Panacea:
VastaaPoistaYeah I agree the vocals have taken more of a backseat this time and wouldn't mind if they were more prominent. Overall the sound is not suffering so much from dubbing that it'd matter in that case.
I found a link to the last demo and a dead one for the 3rd so getting close with them.
Your blog is so good I have found so much good music on here. Thank you!
VastaaPoista@anonymous:
VastaaPoistaThanks for the comment & you're welcome! Be sure to check the old posts.