Long after the MP3 comp trend has faded...
I have a strange penchant for shit like this, you know, Norwegian albums from 1996 that took the emphasis on synthesizer work and atmosphere on works like "In the Nightside Eclipse" and "Dark Medieval Times" and exaggerated it more than is healthy, and then they put castles on their cover art. There's something special in the atmosphere of many of these bands, although they're maybe not always "black metal" as such, and even though pretty much all of the bands included below have since turned to complete sell-out garbage. Listen to this shit though... They don't make music like this anymore
1. Dismal Euphony "Et Vintereventyr" (Soria Moria Slott)
2. Old Man's Child "Manet Sorgfull Igjennom Skogen" (In the Shades of Life)
3. Troll "Drep De Kristne" (Drep De Kristne)
4. Covenant "Visions of a Lost Kingdom" (In Times Before the Light)
5. Mundanus Imperium "Winds of the Frozen Stars" (Ode to the Nightsky)
6. Forlorn "Lik Av Falne Menn" (The Crystal Palace)
7. Dimmu Borgir "Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde" (Inn i Evighetens Mørke)
8. Malignant Eternal "Into Twilight" (Tårnet)
Download this shit
I have a strange penchant for shit like this, you know, Norwegian albums from 1996 that took the emphasis on synthesizer work and atmosphere on works like "In the Nightside Eclipse" and "Dark Medieval Times" and exaggerated it more than is healthy, and then they put castles on their cover art. There's something special in the atmosphere of many of these bands, although they're maybe not always "black metal" as such, and even though pretty much all of the bands included below have since turned to complete sell-out garbage. Listen to this shit though... They don't make music like this anymore
1. Dismal Euphony "Et Vintereventyr" (Soria Moria Slott)
2. Old Man's Child "Manet Sorgfull Igjennom Skogen" (In the Shades of Life)
3. Troll "Drep De Kristne" (Drep De Kristne)
4. Covenant "Visions of a Lost Kingdom" (In Times Before the Light)
5. Mundanus Imperium "Winds of the Frozen Stars" (Ode to the Nightsky)
6. Forlorn "Lik Av Falne Menn" (The Crystal Palace)
7. Dimmu Borgir "Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde" (Inn i Evighetens Mørke)
8. Malignant Eternal "Into Twilight" (Tårnet)
Download this shit