Ygg - Ygg

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011

I can’t remember the last time a Black Metal band had a 5-minute ambient wind intro that I actually wanted to listen to (maybe never!), but then again, Ygg is no normal band. Comprised of two former members of Nokturnal Mortum (Vrolok on bass/vocals and Odalv on drums) and Khors’s ex-guitarist Helg, this is a Ukrainian supergroup. At first, these baleful, majestic, melancholy songs might seem simplistic, but every listen reveals more and more depth, and the evil atmosphere is expertly balanced with bursts of intensity. Vrolok’s tormented wails can be a little too much at times, and there is a weird, sort of twangy instrumentation in a couple of the songs that I don’t understand. But despite, or maybe because of, these possible flaws, this is an amazing debut album that is somehow both a “first listen” and “it has to grow on you” experience.

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