Weh – Origins

Releasedate: 10-12-2010; Label: Soulseller
By: Sabine van Gameren

Weh is formed in 2002 by Erik E planning to make it an acoustic project. The Norwegian created a double-release which contains all songs from previously made Demo’s and a couple of new recordings. “Origins” is out now.

A dark singer/songwriter, that’s what you though. Especially since the voice of Erik reminded me to Sivert Høyem, also from Norway. So Erik and his guitar can create quite an interesting journey. The first EP, “The Death”, knows some moments of experimenting. Sometimes using the vocals as a growl in singer/songwriter style, which gives it that extra push towards the darker side. The further you get in this track list, the more you hear an advance from an almost teenage way of putting the lyrics out about the big evil dark world, to a more mature way. The atmosphere gets better when the child is out of the song’s soul.
At the second disc the band meets another transformation. In general the songs seem to lose a bit on speed, but whatever remained throughout this whole release is the dark side, stating that Erik E has, indeed, a metal background. At the end we run into the newest recordings. Some in Norwegian, giving homage to the folk side that is there too.
“Origins” is an interesting journey through time with Erik as your tourguide. Plenty to listen to, two hours of your day are filled but since his voice is very comfortable, with the winter season in the head, this release will probably take way more playing hours than you could have foreseen.

Tracklist: The Death (2002) 1.1 Deadline 1.2 Darkness Part One 1.3 Hang ‘Em High 1.4 The Justice Song 1.5 Lady Death All The Sinners Are Sleeping Now (2003) 1.6 Where Evil Hides Intro 1.7 On Your Knees 1.8 Sealing Fates 1.9 Sometimes I Bleed 1.10 Walk The Other Way 1.11 The War Is Over 1.12 Where Evil Hides Outro	The Coffee’s Cold In The Morning, The Beer’s Warm At Night (2004) 1.13 Any Other Day 1.14 Barbed Wire Tight 1.15 Ballad To The Harvest 1.16 World Of Pain 1.17 Darling Meet Demise 1.18 The Grave 1.19 When The Raven Spoke My Name 1.20 Skeleton 1.21 Summer Went South 1.22 Desolate
2.1 Likbør Hoof & Horn (2005) 2.2 Heathen Ground ( 2.3 The Endlessness 2.4 Ruin North (2006) 2.5 And The Bells Are Ringing Doom 2.6 North 2.7 Darkness Part Two 2.8 The Man Of Gallow Proud Origins (2010) 2.9 The Seaward Song 2.10 The Road And The Forest 2.11 Nihil Interit 2.12 Sigars Øyk 2.13 Origins 2.14 En Bekk Av Blod

Links:
Weh Official