The album finishes with Stillhet, a very inspired instrumental song.It is necessary that whatever is moved, be moved by another. Ve's vocals then come into play in the most inspired way, shining throughout the entire song! Cold, raw shrieks, spoken passages, and the invocation that keeps appearing throughout the song, its theme! The entire song is an invocation of Lucifer and, to me, this is the best song off Dödens rike!! It's so cold, raw and emotional at the same time. It starts with a cold guitar passage and continues with a rhythmed pace, almost like an ongoing, neverending journey. In i tomheten is the longest track of the album (almost 7 minutes and a half), but in my opinion also one of the most beautiful songs off Dödens Rike. The ending of this song is a melodic and raw fairy play of pure black magic! Gengång starts with a delicious mixture of guitars and drumming, after which Ve's voice comes into play into an almost ritualistic way, giving the feeling of an old, forgotten story about past times and wars. The changes in pace, the whirling guitars and the relentless drumbeat infuse magic and melody into this song! Its cold, acoustic guitar ending with passages in Swedish recited by Ve increase its dramatic effect. ![]() ![]() Invokation is even more theatrical and dramatic, crawling slowly and menacing like a curse that is being cast.ĭet ögat döljer is a bit faster and very rhythmed, highlighting Ve's great vocal qualities. The drumming is impeccable, the accompanying guitars - perfectly fitting, and the vocals - infusing coldness and darkness into the song.ĭen värld som var continues in the same vein, adding a touch of melody as well as the right amount of rawness! This song has so much atmosphere that it's hard not to start imagining different settings for that music: a dark, dense forest, hills lit by the full moon, wooden houses thrown on foggy mountain backs. If Blodmåne was good, Preludium is even better, being one of my favourite songs of the album and reminding me a bit of Gorgoroth. The album starts with Varsel, a short acoustic guitar intro which is indeed a good omen, because, after about a minute, it turns into a full, encompassing melody, as cold, heavy and magic as a winter night when the moon is full! Ve's cold and harsh vocals soon enter the stage, setting the tone for the entire album. Here is the tracklist and, in brackets, a translation of the songs' titles I tried to make from Swedish:Ĥ. ![]() The longest song, In i tomheten, is around 7 minutes and a half and the shortest (an outro called Stillhet) lasts around one minute. While the split album Invokation was released under the Darker Than Black Records label in 2015, the full lenght album Dödens rike was released on February the 13th, 2013 in independent format, just like the Demo from 2011.ĭödens rike (translated from Swedish as Death's realm/Death's kingdom) has a total lenght of almost 32 minutes and consists of nine songs, most of them short, having 3-4 minutes in lenght.
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