Änterbila – ‘Änterbila’ (Nordvis)
This self-titled debut album by Änterbila, the most recent addition to the Nordvis community, is described as “a conceptual homage to the struggles of the 18th to 20th-century peasantry in their home country of Sweden… the anguish and fury of the downtrodden are embedded in every fibre of a musical score ranging from – and transcending – what would traditionally be categorized as black and folk metal”. The PR blurb goes on to tell us that “lurking amidst the metallic darkness are passages featuring violin, acoustic guitar, and traditional arrangements… [a] formula [that] has produced a collection of songs deeply imbued with that wistful, sinister, and folkloric feeling present in various Nordic masterpieces by the likes of Storm, Isengard, Taake, Panphage, and Arckanum”. Sounds intriguing, so lets get into it…
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