Album Rating: 4.5

glazing is allowed

Album Rating: 4.7

Hell yeah, glaze away boys!!

Album Rating: 5.0

Permanently my favorite album of all time. Like my FFVII of metal, you can argue with me that there are better albums but it will do you no good. After over 30 years of listening to heavy music, this is it. Nothing will ever beat this for me. I've just accepted it at this point lol

Album Rating: 4.5

but but but... erm, great choice actually. Essential.

I plan on revisiting their entire discog (including checking the debut and one after this, as I'm yet to hear them) but this is still shaping up as their #1. Verisäkeet has marginally more superfluous filler, comparatively.

Album Rating: 4.5

only thing on Verisakeet that isn't just sky-staring bliss for me is the opener. damn song has like four false endings. it's like Return of the King. yes this has been great, now wrap tf up already before I change my mind.

Album Rating: 4.5

I would cut the entirety of the last track tbh. It's basically an outro. Perhaps I just don't 'get it'. Loads of great material mind. Pimea, wow!

Anyway, I love how lean this is. Everything here feels so purposeful.

Album Rating: 4.5

I love "Kaiku". it's like we just finished watching a master storyteller recount the Poetic Edda and now it's time to zoom out and rejoice by the fire. (lore that nobody asked for: I named my first DnD character after that song.)

but I can also see not vibing with that change in scenery. like, I'm not a fan of "A Desolation Song" and wish The Mantle had concluded with "Great Cold Death" reprising the album's intro.

Album Rating: 4.5

Ooh, that fire does sound nice but maybe I just have an aversion to camping? 😄 (my refs are struggling otherwise, I’m impressed with the nerdiness levels here as I’ve never played D&D).

I agree on The Mantle.

Album Rating: 4.5

*scribbling notes in case we ever end up on a roadtrip*

Album Rating: 5.0

One of top 3 metal albums ever, and peak Moonsorrow.

Album Rating: 2.5

2nd worst moonsorrow agreed

Album Rating: 4.7

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Album Rating: 5.0

Even if true, by no means an "average" album.

Album Rating: 4.7

Correct.

Album Rating: 2.5

hey, i wouldn't consider it "average" either. I didn't choose the one-word labels attached to the numerical ratings.

Album Rating: 4.5

You have verisäkeet rated 5 and this 2.5, why do you think this is so much weaker?

Album Rating: 4.7

Doesn't make sense agreed.

Album Rating: 4.5

don't bother, he's just here for attention.

Album Rating: 2.5

"You have verisäkeet rated 5 and this 2.5, why do you think this is so much weaker?"



They dropped a lot of the unique folk elements that made Verisakeet so special. That album is full of individual memorable moments. Here they leaned more into the black metal side of their sound which is by far the least interesting of the two (if comparing this band as both a "folk metal" and a "black metal" band). In general, I love the silly folk shit from their earlier albums, and this is boring and uninteresting by comparison, with the track lengths not doing it any favors.

Album Rating: 4.5

I stand corrected. he's here to throw hands and his reasoning is the same as mine for ranking this down in their discog.



I just uhhh have four of their albums at 4.5+ so