Valdur – Raven God Amongst Us
Genre: Blackened Death Metal
Label: BloodyMountain Records
An original-sounding black metal album? From the States? SWEET!
It’s been awhile since something that sounds like this has raped my ears. It’s not another rehashing of Transilvanian Hunger or Deathcrush or Panzer Division Marduk. It’s a little bit of all three put together, with some (naturally) USBM elements, and touches of death metal here and there, but almost not enough to call this blackened death.
I’m really liking it, especially the song “Berserrker”. Check them out if you’re into the classics, as well as Bloodthrone, Twilight, and Begrime Exemious.
7.5 out of 10.
Valdur on MySpace.
The founder of Funeral Rain Records in January 2009 and Funeral Rain Zine in March 2009, Dustin "General Blaspheme" Ekman has been listening to rock since he can remember and metal since 1998, starting with nü-metal then quickly moving on to death, then black, then expanding onwards to what he listens to now: everything. ///
Favorite bands: Darkthrone, My Dying Bride, Cannibal Corpse, Bush. ///
Favorite album: My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings. ///
First live show: Kittie with Disturbed supporting and Shuvel opening.
General Blaspheme