I can't say the same is the case on Eventide melodically-inclined black metal feels just a central to this record as the doom and folk components. It would also be fair to say that V and Skadi, whilst still drawing from most or all of the styles mentioned in the previous paragraph, were closer to doom and/or folk above anything else. The four years since their previous album Skadi may have afforded them the opportunity to accumulate material, particularly if their writing remained as prolific as in previous years, so one could be optimistic that Eventide would signal a strong return by the band was this optimism well-placed?Īpothecary mentioned in his review that black metal was a minor element on Saga, and I would agree that it was a secondary, if not tertiary, component of the album, with the main contribution coming courtesy of the blackened shrieks and guitar tones. Eventide is only the second release in the subsequent seven years, however, indicating a shift in approach by The Flight Of Sleipnir towards their release schedule. The American act had clearly drawn on a wide array of influences whilst determining the sound they wanted to write, and had afforded themselves plenty of opportunities to refine that approach, reaching five full-length releases in only seven years after the project was formed. The Flight Of Sleipnir first came to my attention thanks to Apothecary's review of Saga in 2013, in which he highlighted the interesting combination of folk, black, stoner and doom metal that formed the basis of the record. Sleipnir's latest flight has perhaps come later than expected it seems like Odin's horse has been studying black metal in the interim.
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