Wulfshon – Prinnit Mittilagart

Releasedate: 20-04-2012; Label: Art Gates Records
By: Martine Goffard

Prinnit Mittilagart is the first album of the argentine band Wulfshon. Their metal is strongly influenced by Scandinavian black death. Some songs like, for example, The Calling Of Ancestral Blood, sound like some Amon Amarth production.

The Calling is a very good song by its rhythm and the spoken passages bring much to the atmosphere, even if, considering their accent, it would have sounded better in Spanish. In other situations, I find more interesting when the bands sing at least half in their own language. It favors a higher sincerity in the voice and often allows a contribution of traditional tunes. Now, Wulfshon’s illusion is perfect. You would hardly believe that you are listening to a South American formation; so much the atmosphere of pagan Nordic Europe is recreated. The music alternates between melancholic passages, gloomy as a pine forest in winter, and brutal elements to describe the rage and the energy of the son of wolves. The voice is deep-throat dark and sometime turns into clean vocals. The male choir on Pride Of Death and on Cosmos Generalis carries a deep sadness, the lament on a cold battlefield, men facing their fate. You are taken away in the magic displayed by the guitar riffs. The acoustic guitar shows her nose from time to time to emphasize the tragic parts. The album ends in a thunderstorm cut in its middle to open a way for your imagination. Prinnit Mittilagart leaves you with a very good impression. We could not spot a weak song on it. We hope we won’t have to wait too long for a second album.

Line up:
Fernando Larriestra : bass
Paulo Bianchi : lyrics, guitar
Matias Taubas Oyola : lyrics, guitar
Martin De Angelis : drums

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