Nidingr-Wolf Father

Vendlus
2011

It's been five years since the last album from Norway's Nidingr, but they roar back with their latest brutal assault. We get six songs of mythology themed black/death metal that's big on churning fury and there are even a few guitar melodies lodged in there as well during their speed picking attacks. Although the vocals are slightly less typical for the style because I can actually make out far more words than normal for this style. That's actually an asset for their overall sound. The drums are the typical tappa-tappa-tappa style that annoys the crap out of me because they don't allow for rhythm, heaviness or much of anything except flying forward with a steady, but paper thin sound. Four of the six songs are five minutes long so most of the tracks are very straight forward without a great deal of build-up. So this is an effort that's very raw and basic, but that works fairly well for Nidingr. Nothing new here, but slightly more stylish than others of this genre.