Son of the Morning

I'd sound thoughtless or frivolous to some limits, but this release did give me the "goosebumps", I wouldn't say from the very beginning or from the first time after listening to it, since I'm positive sure that we've listened to such wave of symphonies and blast in the second generation of black metal, but after listening to this assault for more than once I started considering my opinions regarding this project - Elderblood - from the east side of Ukraine. This album is an absolute trip to give you the chance to hear the early wave of symphonic black metal in a great mixing, and a mastering of gold. I never thought that an act like Elderblood would come and place the same traces of the legendary bands that they did in the past, with such quality and performance Elderblood should gain more concerns for the example and proof of the astonishing talent, and the atmosphere of orchestration they place for us in a dish of gold.

Son of the Morning starts with an epic intro that overhauled the path in this release for the second track Dies Irea, which in return the second mentioned song absolutely resonated in my ears, and undoubtedly it came in the right place to steal the attention. the fourth and fifth tracks are my personal favorites, the drumming is non-stoppable here, it twisted my mind to the limits of not believing that a human like Mr. Sevruk until the moment I saw him playing these tracks live without a gleam of rest. Re-Birth is considerably the 10th track, the tracks comes with silence and emotional atmospheric symphonies with epic consciousness then suddenly changes into frost and grimness with blast and marvelous drumming.

The keys here are haunting, horrific and theatrical. The guitars are viciously evil, cold as ice in parts and a knife in butter in others yet there still are amazing solo parts and tremolos that completed the image of this successful onslaught by Elderblood. This band is not just another band from a random neighborhood in Ukraine, the band is based by skilled musicians and former members of legendary acts in this spot in earth, which this was and still one of the reasons for me to look more for an upcoming work that is already on the way for the next year, hopefully.

The minimum I have to say is my special regards and appreciation to Mr. Veryovkin (Astargh) for the kind offer of blazing symphonies and guitar riffs, to Odalv for the blasting that still ring in my thoughts over and over again, and to Hagalt for giving the album the needed background with his bass riffs. This project has a future not just in the east side of Europe but worldwide, it worth giving it a chance and wasting the time on, it's a gem for those who trace the past and the glory of the 90's in a modern way. You won't find this release in Paragon Records since it had already been sold out, but some other labels like Wolf Tyr Productions are giving you the chance to own this audible gold, and I mean physically.