T O T E N K V L T ▄░ ▄▓ ▐▓ ▀░ █▓ ▀▓ █▓ █▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▄▓ L V X S A T U R N I ▄▓ ▀▓▀░ ▌▓█▓ ▀▓▄▓ █░ ▀▓ ▀▒ ▄▓ ▌░ 3 █░ ▀▓ ▄▒ █▓█▓ ▀▓ █▓ ▐▓ ▐▓ █▓▄░ ▀▓ █▓ ▄░█▓ ▀░ ▄░ ▄▓▀░ █▓ ▄▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▀░ ▄░ ▄▓ ▀░ ▀░ ▀▓ ▀▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▀░ ▄▓ 45 ▄▓ █▓ ▄░ ▀░ ▄▓ ▀▓ ▀▒ ▄▓ █▓ ▌░ █▓ █░ ▀▓ █▓ ▄▓█▓ ▀▓ ▀▓ ▄▓ ▄▓ █▓ █▒ ▌░ . ▄▓ ▀▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▐▓ ▀▓ ▐░ ▄▓ █▓█▓ ▄▓ ▀▓ ▄▓ ▄▓ ▀▓ █▓ █░ ▄▓ █▓ ▄░ 9 █▓ ▀▓ ▐▓ ▄▓ ▄▓ ▀▓ █▓ ▄▓ █▓ █░ ▐▓ ▀▒ ▄▒ ▀▓█░█▓ █▓▀░█▓ █▓█▓ ▌░ █▓ █▓ █▒▌░▐▓ █▓ █▓█▓█▓█▓ ▄▓█▓█▓ ▀░ █▓█▓█▓ ▄░ █▓█▓ ▄▓ █░ █▓ ▀▓█▓█▓ █░ █▓ ▀▓▀░ ▐▓█▓ ▄▓ █▓ █▓ ▄░ █▓ █░ ▀▓ 15 █▓▄▓ ▀▓ █▓ █▓ ▀▓▀▓ █▓ █▓ █▓ ▐▓ █▓ █░ ▀▓▄▓ █░ ▐▓ █░ █▓ ▄░ ▀▒ █▓ ▄░ ▌░ █░▄▓▄▓ ▄▒ ▀▓ ▐▓█▓█▓█▓▀▓ █▒█▓ ▐▓ █▓ ▄▓ ▀░ ▀▓ █▓ █▒ ▀▓▌░█▓ █▓ ▐▓▀▓█▓ ▄▓ █▓ ▀░ ▄▓ ▄▓▀▓█▓ █▓█▒ █▓ █░ █▓█▓ █▓ ▐▓█▓█▓ █░ ▄░ ▀▓ █▓█▒ █▓ █▓▐░ ▄░ █▓ █▒ ▀▒ █▓ ▄▓ ▄▓ █▓ █▓ ▐▒ ▐░ ▐▓ ▄▒ ▌▒ █▓ █░ █▓ █▓ █▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▄░ █░ T O T E N K V L T █▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▄▓ ▀▓ ▀░ Artist : Blakylle Album : Wo uralte Wasser fliessen Year : 2019 Genre : Black Metal Style : Pagan Black Metal Date : 07.08.2025 Grabber : - Encoder : LAME 3.1 Quality : 320kbps / 44,1kHz / Joint Stereo Songs : 08 Playtime : 40:12 Company : N/A Size : 92,21 MB Language : German Country : Germany Format : MP3 Type : Album Source : WEB Catalognr: N/A Band Info: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Blakylle/3540380381 Buy here : https://www.qobuz.com/de-de/album/wo-uralte-wasser-flieen-blakylle/e43sxly96bfmc 01.Aesir [04:50] 02.Wo uralte Wasser fliessen [05:31] 03.Weiser Mann [05:51] 04.Windmal [04:25] 05.Der Stab [05:00] 06.Die Frauen vom bleichen Wald [04:43] 07.Skalde [04:45] 08.Wanderer [05:07] ------- 40:12 min The debut full-length of German pagan metal act Blakylle, Wo uralte Wasser fliessen is, fundamentally, an aggressively average take on pagan black metal. I've struggled to really think of something to say to sum up just how 'decent' and 'okay' the music of this album is, while also recognizing that it's not a bad album but also one that doesn't really draw any memorable moments. It's not mediocre, it's just mostly bland. Musically, it's melodic black metal with pagan flourishes to it, both in the lyrical content and the aggressive nature of its guitars and drums. Nevertheless, it's cleanly polished, and melodic chords pepper nearly all tracks; tracks which tend to flow and blur between one and another. Vocals for the most part are mid-throat, raspy though clear enough to recognize the thick German of the band's songwriting. Indeed, the lyrics are entirely German, with content focused on the stories of pagans and their gods of old. Sadly, the vocalists don't seem to be particularly enthused by the content; it sounds like they're reading more from a songbook than singing about the glories of the past with any difference in tone that might indicate passion for the lyrical themes and content. In other words, their vocals and their chosen style are fairly generic and forgettable. And, don't expect any variety here; the singing drones on much the same for each song. Nevertheless, I'm not entirely turned off from the music. It makes for good background metal, but it's easy to find the mind drifting to other things when this is playing. There's little if anything that sets any tracks apart from the others; nothing extraordinary worth even indicating as unique or deserving praise or contempt. Eight tracks or four tracks or two tracks, it makes little difference how long this album is, you're looking at relatively ordinary, if not aggressive melodic black metal with pagan themes. As far as pagan black metal goes, this is on the light side; easily palatable for event organizers looking for a filler band. Which is a shame, because I'm not really sure where this band could improve beyond this album. More enthusiasm for their music? More rawness? Some diversity? The options are endless and at the same time seem almost out of reach, like the band has found its comfort zone here. ▀▓ ▄░ █▓ █▓█▓ █▓ █░ ▐▓ █▓ ▀▓ ▀▓ ▀▒ █▓ █▓ ▐▓ █░ █▓ ▄░▌░ ▀░▌▓█▓ █▓ ▀▓▄▓ █░ ▄▓ █▓ █░ █▒ █▓█▓ █▒█▓ █▓ █▓ ▐▓ ▄▓█▓ ▀░▄░ ▀▓ █▓ ▀▓▌░ █▓ ▀░ █▓ ▐▓ █▓ ▄▓ ▀░ ▄▓ ▄▓▀▓ ▐▓ █▒ █▓ █▓ █▓ █▓█▓ █▓█▒ █▓▐░ █▓ ▀▒ T O T E N K V L T ▄▓ ▀▓ █▓ ▄▓ ▀▓ R.I.P. MY <3