However, once again Flight of Sleipnir show their effectiveness at bringing variety to their compositions. ‘Earthen Shroud’ takes a different approach, with acoustic guitars and melodic vocals proving to be a genius move given the previous songs heaviness. However, the band know when to mix things up, and after a brief respite, clean vocals and guitar harmonies bring the song to a fantastic conclusion. ‘Tenebrous Haze’ is perhaps the dirtiest number on the album, the first half consisting of sludgy, southern metal riffs that will please fans of Eyehategod or Noothgrush.
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The band, throughout the 5 songs on Skadi are keen to show how effectively they can combine their influences. Psychedelic guitar solos often push through the waves of guitars, adding layers to the already extremely heavy sound.
Skadi by THE FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIRThe opening song perhaps best demonstrates The Flight of Sleipnir’s mission statement waves of sound, punctuated by solid drumming that can go from Om-like mantras to blast beats in seconds.This is crucial you don’t want to miss a thing. The production assists to bring out the nuances of the band’s sound throughout Skadi everything is perfectly audible, and nothing is lost.
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The band waste no time getting to the point on bludgeoning opener ‘Awaken’, where droning doom metal riffs give way to ambient clean sections, only to build up again, heralding the arrival of the harsh vocals. This may be the case, but when faced with a myriad of exciting bands that push the envelope of what it means to be heavy, it’s difficult to avoid being pigeonholed, even if it may not be a particularly bad thing to be compared to the more forward thinking metal bands to have made waves in the past few years.Ĭolorado’s The Flight of Sleipnir fit comfortably into this category, but once again, being labelled as post-metal in this scenario is definitely not a bad thing. Many seem to complain about the “post-metal” label used to describe the recent rise of grandiose, layered and textural metal pioneered by Neurosis, Isis etc, saying that it is perhaps too restrictive and even degenerative at times.