FORDARV - The Echo of Emptiness (NIGREDO - CD 2014)
Here
we have two debuts, which I would like to present and recommend to you all. A
newly formed Nigredo Records is unleashing their first CD, which is also a
debut of Fördärv, a black metal duo hailing from Sweden. The band is quite
anonymous, as “any connection to their personal lives would destroy the magic
they create in the music”… I don’t really care about that matter. If the music
is good and brings the right feeling, then there’s no need to create such
artificial anonymousness. The music always speaks for itself. And yes,
definitely I can admit that “The Echo of Emptiness” is an awesome release and a
truly worthy piece of music.
Musically
Fördärv pays the great tribute to the classic Scandinavian, mainly Norwegian,
black metal scene. When the first seconds of “The Breathless Sound of Silence…”
resound, you just know what bands have influenced Fördärv. The guitar tone for
example, along with that sorrowful, melancholic riff / atmosphere sounds
totally like the classic Burzum. And I personally got hooked by it instantly.
The second song “The Echo of Emptiness Part I” kicks off with faster, harsher
take on the classic black metal and you start thinking of other classical
bands… Darkthrone obviously will come first, but no way it is an accusation, as
Fördärv managed to get everything right, composed an excellent song and touched
the essence, the proper cold, eerie and obscure feeling of black metal. That is
even more noticeable in “The Echo of Emptiness Part II”, which sounds just like
a song taken from “Transilvanian Hunger” or “Panzerfaust”. Ha, I dare to say
that one of the main riffs of this song (the second one, to be more precise)
may even sound too close to one particular Darkthrone track… Anyway, the result
is truly damn good; I love how this song starts, it’s just a killer, classic
black metal!!!! Fördärv do not rediscover the genre, but they use their influences
in the proper way! I especially liked the opening and finishing songs and the
second of “The Echo of Emptiness” songs.
The whole
album is built quite untypically. Three of the five songs are instrumentals – they
are the first, third and fifth tracks… and the two remaining tracks are both
titled “The Echo of Emptiness Part I / II”, so in the end I think that Fördärv
created sort of a concept on this MCD. They definitely did pay a lot of
attention on creating the specific atmosphere and feeling in their music and
surely have succeeded. I have no doubts that we’ll hear something great from Fördärv
in the future and the band will be a total must for all die hard maniacs of the
classic Norwegian black metal. I can’t wait to hear their debut full length,
which is planned to be released by Katia’s Nigredo later in 2014.
Final
rate: 75/100
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