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Mistur – 2009 Attende

2010/02/06 lovedark 736 views 金属极端 Extreme/Black Metal 1 条评论

www.lovedark.com 乐队名称：Mistur
提供专辑：2009 Attende
音乐风格：维金黑金属
所在国籍：挪威
推荐指数：★★★★☆

专辑介绍：2009年终回顾精选合辑-史诗维金系列已经发布，点击查看。Mistur是一支2003年成立的挪威维京黑金属团。2005年一张Demo《Skoddefjellet》横空出世，好评如潮。又于08年随著名制作人Thorbjorn Akkerhaugen（曾担任Emperor、Zyklon 、Windir唱片制作人）录制新砖《Attende》，已在近日发布，效果出奇的令人满意。专辑共7首歌，一气呵成，毫不拖泥带水。值得一提的是，乐队主音吉他手Stian Bakketeig 也是Windir前吉他手，因此不少riif、solo多多少少有着Windir的影子，不同的是，Mistur更加注重交响元素，大大增加了氛围和史诗味道。此外，最令人难忘的便是乐队对钢琴出色的运用。本来因为钢琴自身的特殊性而在维京及黑金属中是极其少见的，然而在Mistur的恢弘战歌中，温文尔雅的钢琴却一点也不显得突兀、多余，反而因表现方式的多彩多样而让整张专辑更加炫目，比如《Svartsyn》中钢琴搭配女声吟唱，又或者《Skoddefjellet》开篇与管弦的交相辉映，《Attende》开篇的solo等等，都令人印象极其深刻。不得不佩服Mistur，将残暴、沉郁、壮丽平衡得如此完美。最后，不得不提下封面设计——Kris Verwimp，大名鼎鼎的比利时黑暗大师，长年享誉极端金属界，黑死类专辑artwork专业户，与之合作过的乐队个个如雷贯耳，如Marduk、Enthroned、Immortal、Enslaved、Absu、Thyrfing、Morbid、Ancient Rites、Nevermore、Moonsorrow、Old Man’s Child、Arch Enemy等等。对于他的作品，还是引用他自己的话最合适——并不细致入微，但是具有震撼人心的效果，朴素而有气魄。

‘Attende’ is the debut from a Norse band called Mistur, whose membership is drawn from another band called Sigtyr. I might add that Stian Bakketeig of Windir plays the lead guitars on this album, and that ‘r’ sounds great when preceded by just about any vowel, doesn’t it? If you couldn’t guess from the cover image, Mistur is a Viking/folk/black metal band, but they differ somewhat than the usual crop in that they include heavily symphonic elements in their music. This creates quite a powerful atmosphere and an album bordering on epic.

“Slaget” is the first longship to shore, opening with an orchestral swell before weaving a dense hammer of melodic black metal. The band is excellent at weaving minor melodies into the main riffing while a synthesizer shines against the backdrop like a killing moon. This song is certainly a winner, a worthy charge into battle. The fray continues with the slower, powerful symphonic doom chords that initiate “Svartsyn”, soon eclipsed by the driving mid paced rhythms and the inevitable charge. “Armod” uses some nice pianos amidst its blazing verses, as does “Skuld”. In fact the pianos are so prominent in these tracks that they can often create a gothic/Viking hybrid atmosphere, which is pretty rare in black metal.

You feel like you’re in some old haunted manor where the souls of Norse raiders were left to rot in the basement. It’s creepy. The band’s namesake “Mistur” is a glorious six minute instrumental which is actually one of the highlights on the disc. “Skoddefjellet” is from the band’s 2005 demo, and holds up quite nicely, with winding melodies and lush atmospheric synths. The 13 minute closer is the title track “Attende”, which opens with a lengthy, sad piano composition before creating more of the band’s latent, powerful melodies, sorrowful windows into a lost age of honour, warfare and tears.

‘Attende’ benefits from a bold production that captures each note like a fly in amber. Though the keyboards are omnipresent, their presence is always welcome and well-constructed. Busy during the piano parts, but purely atmospheric outside of those sections. The riffs are simple and perfectly carry the driving, somber weight created by the keys. The lyrics are all Norse. Mistur is not your average Norse black metal band, but they’ve got a sound which should appeal to fans of anything from Windir and old Enslaved to Mactatus and Moonsorrow. A very good debut here, especially if you dig pianos in your midnight wanderings.（介绍摘自VeryCD）