Frostbitten - We Prayed Under the Altar of Luna
Have you ever listened to an album where one track is so out of place that you just stop and say, “What the fuck happened here?” This is one of those albums. The first three tracks are pretty much what you would expect from a band called Frostbitten. It’s straight-forward Black Metal in the Darkthrone/Burzum vein. The guitars are a bit thicker and fuzzier, but stylistically this is by the numbers Black Metal with no surprises. Then track four, “Altar of Luna,” kicks in, and it’s… Stoner Doom, complete with Black Sabbath/Trouble inspired guitar playing and melodic clean vocals. After that, the album is pretty much back to being straight-forward Black Metal. That one track is so out of place that it makes you wonder what Frostbitten was thinking when it came time to put the LP together. Even the placement on the album is strange. It’s literally right in the middle, sandwiched between a bunch of Black Metal songs. I could have excused it if this had been a bonus track, but those generally come at the end of the album. Another thing about “Altar of Luna” is that it’s hands-down the best song here. That’s what makes it weirder. It’s well played, heavy and a hundred times more memorable than anything else on this whole LP. Personally, I think Frostbitten would be better off playing Stoner Doom instead of Black Metal because their attempts at Black Metal were pretty generic and essentially forgettable. When you consider that they have a considerable amount of releases in their back catalog, that’s not a good thing. This is their second album, and there are three EPs, and two demos out there, too. Maybe a name change and a different musical direction is in order.
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