Midnattsol - The Aftermath (Limited Edition Digipak) (2018)

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Midnattsol - The Aftermath (Limited Edition Digipak) (2018)

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Midnattsol - The Aftermath (Limited Edition Digipak) (2018)

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Year : 2018
Style : Symphonic Folk Metal , Female vocals
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 353 mb


Bio:

Midnattsol are a gothic/folk metal band from Germany. The band was founded in 2002 by Norwegian vocalist Carmen Elise Espenæs and German guitarist Christian Hector.In 2002, singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector founded the German symphonic metal band Midnattsol; their intention was to start working on this project once they found like-minded musicians to join their band. The new members were then identified in Chris Merzinsky (former drummer for Penetralia), Daniel Fischer (keyboard player), and later on Daniel Droste (guitarist) and Birgit Öllbrunner (bassist).Their sound is essentially symphonic metal with influences of folk metal and power metal. The band prefers to call their style "Nordic folk metal" because of the folk elements in their music and occasional Norwegian lyrics.Their lyrics are largely based on Norwegian folk tales. Their first full-length album, Where Twilight Dwells, was released in 2005; their next album, Nordlys, was released on March 28, 2008.Midnattsol means midnight sun in Norwegian (even though the phenomena is actually spelled midnattssol and not midnattsol).Guitarists Daniel Droste and Christian Hector recently joined forces with Stephan Adolph to form Ahab, a German funeral doom metal band.Chris Merzinsky and Birgit Öllbrunner are also playing in the band R:I:P.Carmen Elise Espenæs is the younger sister of Liv Kristine, former vocalist of Theatre of Tragedy and Leaves' Eyes.On July 10, 2009, Midnattsol announced guitarist Fabian "Fabz" Pospiech had left the band to concentrate on his family.The band won the "Best Hope" award at the Metal Female Voices Fest 2009 due to the majority of votes by the fans.In spring 2010 they announced their return to the studio to record Midnattsol's third album from May to about July 2010. They've been keeping their fans up to date via studio reports on YouTube posted on their official Twitter[6] In November 2010, they announced the title of the new album, The Metamorphosis Melody. In December 2010 they announced that the album would be released on April 22, 2011. They also announced the departure of guitarist Daniel Droste. In 2013 it was announced that Carmen with The Sins of Thy Beloved members Anders Thue and Stig Johansen formed the band called Savn.In 2017 an announcement was made via the band's official Facebook page that Birgit, Matthias and Chris had all left the band for personal reasons, and their replacements would be announced shortly.On December 14, 2017, it was announced that Liv Kristine is the official second vocalist for Midnattsol, she was originally announced to be a guest on their new album but after some discussions, the band picked her up as a permanent member.

Album:

Having fronted symphonic Viking metal act Leaves’ Eyes and goth metal legends Theatre of Tragedy, as well as appearing as a guest vocalist on countless different projects over the years, Liv Kristine Espenæs has finally united officially with her sister – who has herself appeared as a guest vocalist on several Leaves’ Eyes releases – and joined Nordic folk metal act Midnattsol.Formed in 2002 in Germany by Carmen Elise Espenæs, and former guitarist Christian Hector, Midnattsol added Liv Kristine to their line-up late last year, and new release The Aftermath (Napalm) is the result. The band’s fourth album, The Aftermath benefits from the addition of a second female voice, and also wisely sticks to relying on Midnattsol’s folk influences rather than trying to shoehorn Leaves Eyes’ more commercial symphonic stylings into their sound.Folky melodies and soft intertwining vocals make ‘The Purple Sky’ a great choice for an opening track, but it’s with ‘Syns Sang’ and ‘Vem Kan Segla’ that the album really opens up: the former heavier and more dramatic, the latter a serene folk ballad with shared vocals and a more metallic climax. ‘Ikje Glem Meg’ is similar to the previous song but a wee bit riffier, and their interpretation of traditional Swedish ballad ‘Herr Mannelig’ is darkly atmospheric and features Death Metal vocals. An excellent song for sure, but at nearly ten minutes in length, it does go on a bit.Although not a bad track, the title cut is actually one of the weaker entries, and ‘The Unveiled Truth’ with its gentle keyboards and clean guitar urging itself on to a powerful finale is much better. ‘Evaluation of Time’ is an instrumental which sounds like Opeth doing their Seventies Folk thing, but changes up a gear into something heavier about halfway through. Again, it’s a fine track, but it’s also another one that goes on too long – which is rather ironic considering its title. Closer ‘Forsaken’ is decent but unspectacular, and the traditional sounding bonus track ‘Eitrdropar’ is another song which is arguably better than the title track.A wonderful showcase for the Espenæs sisters’ lilting, ethereal and occasionally almost soporific vocals, The Aftermath is an enjoyable, if rather undemanding album with most songs moving languidly along until the heavy parts jab them into life – sometimes rather unnecessarily. So, if you like your Folk Metal catchy but quite lightweight, then you could do a lot worse than this.

Line Up:

Daniel Fischer Keyboards (2002-present) - See also: ex-Penetralia
Carmen Elise Espenæs Vocals (2002-present) - See also: Savn
Alex Kautz Guitars (2009-present)
Stephan Adolph Guitars (2017-present) - See also: Stillborn, ex-Ahab, ex-Endzeit
Liv Kristine Espenæs Vocals (2017-present) - See also: Liv Kristine, ex-Leaves' Eyes, ex-Atrocity (live), ex-Eluveitie (live), ex-Savn (live), ex-Theatre of Tragedy, ex-The Sirens

Tracklist:

01. The Purple Sky
02. Syns sang
03. Vem kan segla
04. Ikje glem meg
05. Herr Mannelig
06. The Aftermath
07. The Unveiled Truth
08. Evaluation of Time
09. Forsaken
10. Eitrdropar (Bonus Track)

+ Video "The Purple Sky" (Official Video)

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