Review: Farawisa's debut album "Darraðarljóð"

So today Lachryma Christi was pleasantly surprised with an email from Naturmacht Productions with the debut album of Farawisa for review.

For those who don't know, Farawisa formed in 2017 in Vienna. They will be releasing their debut album called Darraðarljóð on the 2nd of May.

Oh man, this is so good. 

They seem to be very loyal to the Scandinavian old times, since they only sing in Old Norse, and their name Farawisa is also derived from Proto Norse, and it means "the one with dangerous knowledge", meaning a master of Runes and of their magic. 

However, their concept is based on Norse mythology and Old Icelandic literature.

So what can you expect from such a masterpiece? Yes, it really is a masterpiece.

Well, you can expect Black Metal music as a basic ingredient, but then there are a lot more ingredients added, which create a fantastic result, such as keyboards that add a great atmosphere, as well as very dragged and angry guttural voices combined with clean majestic voices, and which are quite powerful and respectful indeed. Then there are some raw cold riffs. And when appropriate, there are also some acoustic guitars. The rhythms are sublime.  They really didn't leave anything out, it's terrific, formidable.

It is like it takes you to a different world. A magical and mighty ancient world of ice and beautiful landscapes.

It is so bloody good, difficult to describe in words, really.

They made a song available, Darraðarljóð, which is the track 6 of the album.

My favourite track of the whole album is track 1, Baldrs Draumar. So, when you have a chance, listen to the whole album. You might even have a different favourite. The whole album is brilliant.

Well, you can stream Darraðarljóð here: