A band still in balance ...
Album name: Rekreatur
Label: Nuclear Blast
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Genre: Folk Metal / Viking Metal
Introduction:
The beautiful design of the cover presents evocative of 2010's Equilibrium. The young band has, with this new job, only 3 albums, but has managed, incredibly, to carve out a place of great depth in the landscape of world folk metal. It 'is impossible to remain astonished in front of their masterpiece and Sagas predecessor, an album so pumped in the production which evokes the atmosphere of folk thick and involvement. After the release of Sagas, some problems have undermined the line-up band (primarily, the departure of singer Helge Stang), but this too seems to have hit the goodness of these young Germans of the songwriting. With this new Rekreatur fact, we have basically the union and reproduction of the ideas that have made great Turis Fratyr onset and the already mentioned Sagas, without making major changes to full-bodied choral sound of the band. Nevertheless, the work, as we shall see in the track-by-track, has some great new ideas and arrangements, however, accompanied by several less successful episodes, lower potential compared to previous episodes on the disks. On the other hand, the hardcore fan of the German group were unlikely to be disappointed by engaging melodies and symphonic-choral evocation system proposed by them, which is now a clear and unique trademark (along with singing in native language) in their music. The Nuclear Blast , you know, always offers his audience the band very good and often very interesting, which include also those Equilibrium, that despite the short life so far, have succeeded in bringing a good percentage of freshness in 'crowded market of European power from the plant folklore. That said, I do not can only recommend listening to this album and wish you good to be fascinated by what is proposed by the atmosphere and the music of Equilibrium.
Track By Track:
The opener is entrusted to "In Heiligen Hallen" , perfect song to open the dance and to imply that changes line-up did not hurt the band's modus operandi. The song reaches out through a structure very power-speed, on a major rug-symphonic folk, embellished with deceleration, acceleration, and just as many stop'n'go several changes of atmosphere, which makes the song sublime and elegant, at the height of those already proposed by the band in the past. The new singer's vocal following in the footsteps of the previous singer, with several changes of styles scream and growl. The next "Der Ewige Sieg" offers the same matching styles of the previous track, but, being shorter, is of greater impact and therefore more direct. The song (chosen, no accident, as the first single) opens with folkeggianti melodies, accompanied by a rock guitar riffs and sudden riding faster, until the explosion of melodic chorus. A song and then, once again, very successful and enjoyable from the first listen. An introduction to symphonic and a slow and heavy riff opens the dances "Verbrannte Erde" , ride slow and powerful rhythms which are then slowed down in favor of symphonic arrangements pugnacious and evocative. A more pressing atmosphere we think the growl of Robert Dahn, which in the long run, in my view, turns out to be too overly cavernous for songs like this. Good chorus, which presents more relaxed than the melodic verses. We think "Die Affeninsel" to revive the classic rhythm sped up electrocuting the band: after a few sounds, typically folk, the song opens with a riff granite and rocks, paving the way for an up-tempo hit songs from, but which fails to stand out on the rest, probably because of refrain or pieces that can not be remembered as they should, making the track rather anonymous and bitter in while his carefree rolling. The journey continues with "Der Wassermann" epic and triumphant song from the plant. Some slight symphonic scores from open this mid-tempo melodic and airy winning. After a brief ex-folk in the middle of the song, the song picks up speed and then slow down again superb in the final part, incredibly epic and triumphant, flavored with fresh melodies, solar and exciting. Then, after a slight and apparent dispersion in the initial series, the track, caused by anchors and compelling riff on each other, it is very successful and exciting. "Ferner Aus Zeit is a long suite of nine and a half minutes in duration, characterized by the common elements in the band's sound. The pace is initially attractive, the pace once again be accelerated (with hints of lightning blast beats), the melodies folkeggianti always enhance the overall structure (otherwise rather monotonous). This piece gathers force, in fact, through the many tunes and by slowing down particularly melodic and evocative, but loses a bit 'fresh during its continuation, where some parts seem to have been put almost as filler, making it rather forced. It 's the case, for example, the various riff played without orchestral accompaniment, placed in the second half of the song. So at the end of the audience, a song is not particularly effective, due to excessive protraction little studied, and therefore less compelling than the previous tracks. Definitely better with the following "Fahrtwind" , unmistakably marked by the tension of Equilibrium, speed of execution with the gun cotton and triumphant melodies. Impossible, with pieces like this, not to return to the old with the mind Blut Im Auge Sagas, a real pearl among all songs born from the band. Thus, a great song, given its characteristics, is ideally suited to serve as a potential future single. The long "Wenn Erdreich Bricht" might be called the ballad of the disc (nell'accezione ballad "equilibrium" of the term, mind you). It appears, in fact, as a mid-tempo epic and evocative that fails, however, the aim in the right way to capture the listener's attention, perhaps because of an excessive and repetitive growl always a particularly exaggerated for the kind proposed (in my opinion), especially if combined with airy riffs and in their own way, "Sugar." The song is closed by a recorded female (by the host Gaby Koss, a former soprano of Haggard) on a symphony, but this is not enough to raise attention. At least, with long instrumental (13 minutes) "Kurzes Epos" that follows in the footsteps of Mana, long instrumental suite Sagas of closing. The ingredients are the same, or winning melodies and orchestrations and pompous, epic frescoes pugnacious, acceleration-deceleration and Nordic atmosphere to accompany the whole. And 'the clear intention of our recall the old song above, and in the end, while not adding anything new album and discography, the suite is nice and quite smooth in its mood and atmosphere exchanges, without going into too dispersed scores. In conclusion, we are before a new album was successful and rich, that you can not deny some small slip style. But these slips of course no way encroach on the quality of the band ... and its inherent balance.
Techniques and Concluding remarks:
The great strength of the band has always been able to surprise with arrangements and ultra-pompous bombast, with simple but fresh tunes, on a technical basis of respect, but that does not stand out for qualities particularly excelled. Forget guitar solos or asides like, you only get a double bass that travels at the speed of a train, merged with powerful and precise rhythms, but never solo. Therefore, the new drummer Tuval Refaeli, the beautiful bassist Sandra Völkl and territories on the two axes are continuing safe and precise, flawless and without glory. What is striking, again, are the folk-symphonic arrangements that never fail to surprise us and to immerse ourselves in the mythology of Equilibrium. It seems fair to say a few words about the new singer Robert Dahn: just a stage animal, has a stamp scream less acute than its predecessor, and seems to prefer the growl than to scream. In all honesty, I preferred the old singer, owner of a scream and sharper teeth. Moreover, as already mentioned, Robert tends to exaggerate the body of the growling, making his score often out of place with the music. Without quibble on the composition of the band great kindness and very good production, we conclude by saying that Rekreatur is a "creature" successful, but less than Sagas, perhaps, than this is a more sliding the first listen (and shorter). The cover image is not a masterpiece, but its cool colors do justice to the icy atmosphere composed by the band. I do not know German, so I can not have a say on the lyrics, although it is expected to be strongly based, as always, on Germanic mythology, so dear to our own. We can only hope that Equilibrium is not too successful adagino Sagas and experiment more and more through their sound, but meanwhile let's enjoy a worthy return for a band growing in style.
Tracklist:
02. Sieg Der Ewige
03. Verbrannte
Erde 04. Die Affeninsel
05. Der Wassermann
06. Ferner Aus Zeit
07. Fahrtwind
08. Wenn Erdreich Bricht
09. Kurzes Epos
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