Solstafir   Svartir Sandar
3.9
excellent
Release Date: 2011
Tracklist

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0.0 someguest | October 10th 11

shut up

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2.5 averageDarkNoctus | October 10th 11

oh dear oh dear oh dear... it's not like i needed another reason to earn the negative noctus title but oh no :[ranyway the songs don't progress, they just meander through a few similar ideas before going to the next track and doing the same thing again. the sound that solstafir inhabits just isn't interesting when they're not going balls out and crushing mountains and rthis whole album is just the total opposite of that.rit's barely atmospheric enough to suck you in, it's barely climactic enough to keep you interested and the way it's structured and put together just seems so aimless. kold already dragged on in places, but the lack of interesting songs here make that album look like a masterpiece.

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5.0 classicterminusest | November 13th 11

DarkNoctus do not review this incredible piece of art, you will never understand it, you cannot HOPE to understand it. It is beyond your pop-tainted ears to understand.rNk, this is not BM at all.

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4.5 superbGary STAFF | February 16th 24

Very moody post-rock/metal record with some experiments in it. I love simply love the melancholic atmosphere, the slowly blooming songs, the "palpable" organic and "honest" sound of this album... "Fjara" and "Melrakkablús" were my favourites.

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3.6 greatErwann S. STAFF | July 19th 19

Excellent post/prog metal, but it's clearly too long : a 77 minutes-record is not an easy thing to produce, and unfortunately they lose some steam over this running time. Still great music obviously.

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3.5 greatTAJ | March 10th 14

There are great moments, and then there are moments when the album sort of drags on. I'm fairly sure I will change this rating and give it a higher score later on, once I manage to fully concentrate on it throughout the whole album (it's really long you know...) But even now, I find this very enjoyable.

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0.0 MO | October 11th 11

So uh is this bm? cause I sure as shit can't hear any..

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0.0 the original metal understander EMERITUS | October 11th 11

no u

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