J. said:
It's not bad, but not original or mindblowing at all. It actually reminds me of Falkenbach a lot. The vocals are nearly identical, and if you replace all the viking stuffs in Falkenbach and replace it with folky stuffs, and then slow everything down for the entire album, you have Rivendell. Half the songs are good, half are OK, but really forgettable.
Thing is, this guy probably has the potential to release one of those entirely-unoriginal-but-classic-albums kinda like Dawn of the Dying Sun. He just needs to be more varied in his songwriting.