Ahnstern
Svarrogh : Balkan Rennaissance (BG,2007)°'
Dark gothic music with spoken word and certain folkloristic elements...not really my cup of tea, because it is too dark for my taste, but I like to mention the album. Koen Birds made a review :
"Svarrogh is a Bulgarian post folk record. Apart from the traditional eastern European instruments we can hear Goth and black metal influences. The record is dedicated to the spirits of nature and the holy earth water Yer Su. Listening to it makes someone fantasize of secret rituals by a brook in a deep dark forest (long black shrouds and sinister chants included). If you’re into this kind of experience, Svarrogh offers you in an imaginable way the Hail-Wotan-Full-Moon-Party of a life time. Invitees digging good music might get disappointed though. Most of the tracks are built around too many doomfolk-goth-clichés like the obvious eerie synths, voices from the grave and shaman on percussion shakin’ ‘m all down. Musically this is a bit pathetic and therefore not very interesting. But again, the ideal soundtrack for a sabbath in the very, very dark." Koen Birds
