I am really, really picky when it comes to black metal. This is my favorite album of the year hands down. Excellent from beginning to end, making 11 minute songs not long enough.
Always love your reviews man. You know your shit and well spoken. Your channel is underrated as fuck. This album is some of the best shit thats ever graced my ears.
Thanks, I really appreciate that! And ya totally agree, this album is so killer, I have pretty much had it in constant rotation since it came out, one of the best black metal albums of the last 5 years or so for sure!
I'm hearing you mate along with their E.P!! Love the album art back drop too. I actually found your channel by accident! The 20th anniversary you did for Immortal sons of northern darkness. What an album!
@@hodslate2582 Oh I love the EP also, can't wait to hear even more from Stormkeep! Thanks man, glad you found my channel! And ya, Sons of Northern Darkness is so epic, one of their best for sure!
I got some serious Bathory vibes from this album, you know those mid tempo Viking marching riffs, I got hints of bands like Keep of Kalessin with the fast trem picking stuff, and of course the dungeon synth stuff is a harken back to early Satyricon and even bands like Mortiis. But there’s also some serious Dissection vibes going on too, mostly Storm era. Totally caught me off guard who cool this record is.
Completely agree! Definitely an album that brings in so many influences from the glory days of black metal, but then puts their own spin on it too. I am still listening to this album so much, definitely one of my favorites from the last year
@@HammerheartMetalReviews and I just found the son of a bitch today by accident. I guess Spotify has its perks with the recommended artists. I was just giving Këkht Aräkh another spin and just decided to look at similar artists (something I rarely do) and Stormkeep popped up. The cover art made me give it a listen, I love that almost Dissection vibe it has going. The man with the hood reminds me of the reaper guy from Storm and the Live album. Obviously it’s a wizard but I still can’t help but feel those oldschool vibes in the cover alone. Totally killer band.
Hammerheart reviews hey man nice video next year can you do a decapitated album ranking please my favourite albums are winds of creation nihility organic hallucinations and the negation oh by the way the band when they were making winds of creation the band were like 15-18 so yeah fucking amazing can’t believe they were that age when they made that album but anyway love your videos and keep up the good work man killing with the videos at the moment 😁😁😁😁
Thanks man! They are on my list of bands to do a ranking of at some point for sure! not sure exactly when I will do that one, but eventually it will happen
Galdrum was my favorite record from last year so my expectations were sky high but this album really got fucked by the production. Not only the guitars have lost all the edge but they also sound like mush; I have to constantly strain my ears to hear the riffs and melodies cause they are so muffled, it just gets exhausting. Most of the time the keys are so faint they might as well not even be there. I'm honestly pissed, this could have been great.
That's too bad..I honestly don't have the same issues with the production. It is definitely on the cleaner side compared to Galdrum, maybe doesnt have that same old school sound production-wise, but I still really enjoy this album a lot.
@@HammerheartMetalReviews To it's not just the fact that it sounds cleaner: it just doesn't sound good, even by clean production standards. The riffs are buried in noise, you can barely tell them apart
This album totally caught me by surprise and is easily climbing the top of my list for AOTY. Great review mate, keep it up!
Thanks man! And totally agree...this one is definitely gonna be near the top of my end of year list!
I am really, really picky when it comes to black metal. This is my favorite album of the year hands down. Excellent from beginning to end, making 11 minute songs not long enough.
Nice! I can't stop listening to this album, it is so good! Easily a top 2 or 3 black metal album of the year for me for sure
Fantastic album , bringing back the golden era of black metal, my favorite type of black metal, cant stop jamming this masterpiece
Completely agree! One of my favorite albums from last year, it is still in constant rotation for me too, cant stop listening to it! Cheers!
My reaction when I saw the wall behind you: I like this guy! Great work. Subbed!
haha thanks! I appreciate it!
Always love your reviews man. You know your shit and well spoken. Your channel is underrated as fuck.
This album is some of the best shit thats ever graced my ears.
Thanks, I really appreciate that! And ya totally agree, this album is so killer, I have pretty much had it in constant rotation since it came out, one of the best black metal albums of the last 5 years or so for sure!
I'm hearing you mate along with their E.P!! Love the album art back drop too. I actually found your channel by accident! The 20th anniversary you did for Immortal sons of northern darkness. What an album!
@@hodslate2582 Oh I love the EP also, can't wait to hear even more from Stormkeep! Thanks man, glad you found my channel! And ya, Sons of Northern Darkness is so epic, one of their best for sure!
isaak faulk from blood incantation is actually on guitar/vox for stormkeep, just for future reference. awesome review. this album is a modern classic.
Thanks! And totally agreed, this is a modern classic. An album I will be continually going back to over and over again, so good!
I actually would listen to An Ode To Dragons on its own. Such a pretty song
Awesome review for an awesome album!
Thanks! This whole album is amazing!
I got some serious Bathory vibes from this album, you know those mid tempo Viking marching riffs, I got hints of bands like Keep of Kalessin with the fast trem picking stuff, and of course the dungeon synth stuff is a harken back to early Satyricon and even bands like Mortiis. But there’s also some serious Dissection vibes going on too, mostly Storm era.
Totally caught me off guard who cool this record is.
Completely agree! Definitely an album that brings in so many influences from the glory days of black metal, but then puts their own spin on it too. I am still listening to this album so much, definitely one of my favorites from the last year
@@HammerheartMetalReviews and I just found the son of a bitch today by accident. I guess Spotify has its perks with the recommended artists. I was just giving Këkht Aräkh another spin and just decided to look at similar artists (something I rarely do) and Stormkeep popped up. The cover art made me give it a listen, I love that almost Dissection vibe it has going. The man with the hood reminds me of the reaper guy from Storm and the Live album. Obviously it’s a wizard but I still can’t help but feel those oldschool vibes in the cover alone. Totally killer band.
Hammerheart reviews hey man nice video next year can you do a decapitated album ranking please my favourite albums are winds of creation nihility organic hallucinations and the negation oh by the way the band when they were making winds of creation the band were like 15-18 so yeah fucking amazing can’t believe they were that age when they made that album but anyway love your videos and keep up the good work man killing with the videos at the moment 😁😁😁😁
Thanks man! They are on my list of bands to do a ranking of at some point for sure! not sure exactly when I will do that one, but eventually it will happen
Galdrum was my favorite record from last year so my expectations were sky high but this album really got fucked by the production. Not only the guitars have lost all the edge but they also sound like mush; I have to constantly strain my ears to hear the riffs and melodies cause they are so muffled, it just gets exhausting. Most of the time the keys are so faint they might as well not even be there. I'm honestly pissed, this could have been great.
That's too bad..I honestly don't have the same issues with the production. It is definitely on the cleaner side compared to Galdrum, maybe doesnt have that same old school sound production-wise, but I still really enjoy this album a lot.
@@HammerheartMetalReviews To it's not just the fact that it sounds cleaner: it just doesn't sound good, even by clean production standards. The riffs are buried in noise, you can barely tell them apart