Between Two Worlds

After hearing the radio-rip of "The Storm I Ride" awhile back when “I” was just being announced, I was a bit unsure on what to think of this band. Coming from Immortal's front man Abbath, I was expecting to hear Immortal. But this is not Immortal, this is I! And that being said, this album is phenomenal, from beginning to the end. The amount of energy, atmosphere and even catchiness of this album is to be recognized.
Complete with cold Immortal sounding riffs and structures, mixed with Motorhead and Bathory influences.

Now onto the music itself…

The album starts with “The Storm I Ride”. This is basically an introduction song of what’s to come, but do not over look it! For this will show you what kind of coldness, atmosphere and catchiness the rest of the album will provide. Shortly after comes the track “Warriors”. There is not much to be said about this song other than it’s pure brilliant. This song is the album’s “battle song”, in my opinion. It will make you feel as if you are a warrior, fighting within a cold, frozen battlefield. With that being said, every song on this album is extremely cold! “Between Two Worlds” comes next, and need I say how incredible this song is. Very Immortal epic-sounding, think of Sons of Northern Darkness.

The album continues with songs like “Battalion” and “Mountains” (Highlight song of the album, in my opinion), then onto the “Days of North Winds". Now I must say, this song is excellent but rather a standard track - nothing that hasn’t been done before by Abbath. “Far Beyond the Quiet” will hit you hard, being a tribute to Bathory’s Quorthon. Although, sadly, this track is my least favorite, the vocals ruin it for me (Why I rated this album 95% and not 100%).The album ends with “Cursed We Are” which is an excellent ending track.

All in all, this album will blow you away if you’re an Immortal, Black Metal or Metal fan in general. Expect something fresh and new, with an old twist! A very cold, atmospheric and groovy album featuring the best from Immortal, Enslaved and Gorgoroth. This is a must have album!