Forest - Like a Blaze Above the Ashes
From Russia hails Forest, a band on the BlazeBirth Hall roster (read: NSBM). Like many other bands associated with BlazeBirth Hall, Forest is heavily influenced by the likes of Burzum and old Emperor (not to mention ancient Bathory). Like Burzum, Forest is dark, atmospheric and enjoys writing epic-length songs. Like a Blaze Above the Ashes is about 45 minutes long and has four songs. If you average things out, that means each song is roughly 11 minutes in length - give or take a couple seconds here and there. Minimalistic riffing and song structures abound on this album, beating one good riff into the floor before starting another one. The production isn’t as treble-heavy as the bulk of this particular genre tends to be - though they’re nowhere near as heavy as Drudkh or Weakling. This is definitely a step upwards from their debut, which was also pretty decent. While their political opinions are kind of radical, they don’t let it infect their music. If you didn’t know BlazeBirth Hall was NS oriented, you’d never know it from listening to Forest. NS or not, this is still a solid piece of Norse-influenced Black Metal.
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