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Ode to nature - 90%
Fjoergyn sounds something like the bastard child of Summoning and Falkenbach, with a composer, conductor and symphony on the side.
Perhaps because of the off drum production and odd instruments like Summoning and the distinct brassy, epic keyboards in a Pagan theme like Falkenbach.
The instruments can become rather heavily layered, with more than a couple melodies playing at once. Also, the music often removes itself from metal, with everything up to and including wind instruments leading the way and no distorted guitar or fast beats. The album touches on everything from wholly symphonic Wagnerian moments, to Windir-like black metal parts, to somber hymns, to extremely tranquil soft moments, to half-Gothic melodic death metal parts, and beyond.
Absolutely epic in all senses. A range of vocals from folk singing, to harsh screams and growls. Blast beats to rock beats, always melodic guitar parts which leave plenty of room for all the other instruments, which again, range vastly: bells, violin, wind instruments, piano, some kind of string instrument, and assorted keyboard FX.
The songs follow a loose and unconventional structure, with no simple direction, and ever changing instruments. There is certainly more focus on harmony than your normal "riff" based thinking in the structures of the songs.
Refreshing, unique, huge, musically accomplished, and just a joy to listen to. Their name means "nature", a very fitting name seeing as how this album recalls many seasons and forms of nature. This album is not to be missed.
