RECOMMENDATION: Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve

dill_the_devil

OneMetal.com Music Editor
Sorry for the belated recommendation, folks - just managed to snatch a few minutes to see whether I could dig up something you folks might be interested in. Tranquillian mentioned these guys back in 2008, and a few folks seemed to quite dig them - they're a Finnish proggy death metal act with strands of folk. Kind of Amorphis-esque, in places. Here's a track from their latest album, The Devil's Resolve;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcFpXSTbHrI
 
Yep got that and loved it on first listen. Definite AOTY candidate. I believe the keyboard player has a solo or two on the new Ensiferum, if anyone cares.