Return of the ancient ones, by Ancestors Blood

Return of the ancient ones

by Ancestors Blood

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bmurator Pagan Black Metal from Finland. Traditionally wonderful dark landscapes are created before your eyes together with some fantastic guitar work. This is a very high quality debut album. The debut was 2008 but this is purely my fault ... :) The guys have only been getting stronger since. Favorite track: Annihilation of christianity.

paganchief Got this recommended to me because I enjoy a selection of Graveland's releases, and if that's what you're looking for too this album has the sound and feel of pagan going to war (& glory). I don't think you'll be disappointed, athough Ancestors Blood has a cleaner, somewhat minimalistic soundscape compared with some of Graveland's best. Vocals are pretty high pitched (think Burzum, Silencer'esque).
The clean production and lack of acoustic instruments to create a rich soundscape hurts it.
3,8/5 Favorite track: To war and glory.

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	1.	Intro 05:03
	2.	To war and glory 05:57
	3.	Wisdom opens the gate for the king 04:05
	4.	Annihilation of christianity 06:00
	5.	Shades of life 07:28
	6.	Ukko 04:20
	7.	Fatherland 04:22
	8.	Reign of terror 04:43
	9.	Rise of the spirits of ancient heroes, outro 07:36

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Formed in winter 2002 in Finland, to express their tribute to heathen beliefs and commemorate ancient times with magic and rituals. This debut showed Ancestors Blood with all their trademark elements as they appeared on their demos, yet more mature and executed in the most professional ways. During the 50 minutes playingtime, you'll find a superb mix of storming and energetic aggression and bombastic atmospheres, with long traditional intros and outros.

This is not simply a pagan black metal album; it's a highly atmospheric and diverse esoteric heathen black metal album, sometimes reminding of Dimmu Borgir's "Stormblast" and Osculum Infame's first album, yet should also appeal to fans of Summoning for it's epic and bombastic sounds. Originally released in 2007, it's been out of print and unavailable for a couple of years now, so we repressed a few copies. Get it now if you haven't already.

CD repress out now, no bonustracks, no new artwork. LP also available.

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