Vidharr - Rising From Abyss
Nowadays it’s very simple to record your own demo. There are tons of simple and free recording programs on the internet. I like that, this way I get to know a lot of bands. On the other hand it also gives crappy bands the opportunity to release crappy demo’s and albums. Let’s find out if it is a good thing Vidharr recorded their own demo.
Vidharr was founded in 2003. In 2005 they found a stable line-up to record this demo called Rising From Abyss. Well the quality is really not bad for a black metal demo. I’ve heard albums released by labels that sounded very bad compared to this demo. The demo contains four songs, two own songs, a demo and an outro.
The style cannot be called unique, it’s just some nice old school black metal like they are used to play in Scandinavia, but performed very well. I really love the second song, ‘Evil’s Glory’ , it’s very aggressive, and has some strong simple riffs.
Then there is the cover ‘Carpathian Forest’ of course by Carpathian Forest. And it sounds like Carpathian Forest. This cover was a good choice, because it fits well with their self written songs. The outro is varies from an acoustic part that turns into a dark and sinister black metal atmosphere without any drums, it’s sounds very simple but in my opinion it’s a nice sinister outro that fits very well.
Two (little) minuspoints: 1.the drummer should practice a little more on his double bass skills. 2. This demo is way too short, I want more!
Tracklisting
1. Murder in snow
2. Evil’s Glory
3. Carpathian Forest (cover)
4. After the war (outro)
2. Evil’s Glory
3. Carpathian Forest (cover)
4. After the war (outro)
Line up
Nuriel – vocals
Velnias – guitar
Morke – guitar
Kyllian – bass
Fo – drums
Velnias – guitar
Morke – guitar
Kyllian – bass
Fo – drums