Norskald are a band from Quebec, Canada that plays a melodic mixture of folk, pagan and death metal and this is a review of their self released 20220 ep "The Laughing Bird".
A very heavy yet melodic sound starts off the ep while you can also hear all of t he musical instruments that are present on the recording. Vocals are a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams along with some folk instruments also being utilized at times and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can b e heard.
Spoken word parts and clean playing can also b e heard briefly while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. One of the tracks also introduces clear pagan vocals into the music along with the recording also adding in a great amount of Swedish influences, back up shouts can also be heard briefly.
Norskald plays a musical style that takes folk, pagan, melodic black and death metal and mixes them together to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Paganism, Vikings and War themes.
In my opinion Norskald are a very great sounding melodic mixture of folk, pagan, black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Laughing Bird" and "Contemplation". 8 out of 10.
https://norskald.bandcamp.com/album/the-laughing-bird
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