2013 press on black vinyl with printed innersleeve

Few albums such as this debut of the Norwegian pioneers Taakecan claim to have instilled a new breath into an artistically dyinggenre, Norse Black Metal. Formerly known as Thule, this bandreleased a considerable amount of demos and ep’s until it reachedthe peak of its creativeness with this album. Recorded in therenowned Grieghallen studios, the music posseses and ambient-likequality due to raw and full of reverb sound which is reminiscent ofearly Emperor recordings. The music itself points towards the firstbands of the Norwegian Era; Darkthrone, Emperor, Burzum and Ulverare the backbone of the musical subconcious of this band, howeverTaake are far away from being called a rip off. Though theaesthetic of the band does not differ significantly from the“Norsecore” standards the music evolves in a manner possibly firstto be heard until then. Taake’s riffs and melodies resemble folkmusic in feeling and character and classical in the density andevolvement of the musical phrases; melodic, epic and tonal theytranscend typical power chord riffs and move on to a way ofsynthesis we could compare to the baroque counterpoint(contrapunctum) meaning two or more series of partas (melodies)unfolding independently but combining themselves to createpolyphonic music, thus enhancing the overall quality of the music.It should be said ofcourse that Taake were not the originators ofthis particular technique (it was Darkthrone and Burzum) but inTaake it is excecuted more developed, in my opinion. So Taakemanaged to make a technical and musical breakthrough, but is thiswork destined to stand at the same height as the cornerstones ofNorgwegian black metal namely Hvis Lysset Tar Oss, TransilvanianHunger, Nattens Madrigal and a couple of others? The answer is no,but Taake were close. The quality of 1-2 songs does not reach thegreat level of chapter 1 and 3, Hoest vocals are not anythingspecial, some riffs shouldn’t exist, some others could be evolvedmore… Some details in other words that if they were paid the properattention Nattestid would be the greatest masterpiece of theNorwegian scene at least from 1994 and on. In conclusion NattestidSed Porten Vid is an album every follower of quality Black Metalshould have; it marks the transision of black metal from rock-basedmusic to a neoclassic and artistic approach without betraying theaesthetic, musical and ideological standards this music standsfor.

Track listing:
1. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part I
2. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part II
3. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part III
4. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part IV
5. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part V
6. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part VI
7. Nattestid Ser Porten Vid: Part VII

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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