▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Brokdar ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: In Fetters Glacial █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-12-07 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Fono Ltd. ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Russian epic fantasy melodic black death metallers █ █ Brokdar from Krasnodar released in the end of 2014 █ █ their debut full-length album ôIn Fetters █ █ Glacialô. Brokdar is a new band, formed in 2011 on █ █ the ruins of a few black metal bands. They started █ █ as a melodic death metal band with dark fantasy █ █ themes and black metal elements in their sound. █ █ After a digital single, Brokdar signed to Fono Ltd █ █ and released their debut full-length album on █ █ December 23rd, 2014. █ █ ôIn Fetters Glacialö lasts for almost 42 minutes, █ █ including 8 songs, plus a short intro and outro. █ █ Like most Russian bands, Brokdar have a very good █ █ and professional crystal clear sound. Their music █ █ is mid tempo melodic black death metal with a █ █ quite dark, epic and melancholic atmosphere. They █ █ balance perfectly between the rhythmic brutal █ █ technical nature of death metal and the melodic █ █ melancholic nature of black metal. The band has █ █ very powerful and technical guitars that dominate █ █ their sound. Rhythmic riffs and melodic leads, █ █ often accompanied by epic symphonic synths, create █ █ a very heavy solid musical canvas, which is █ █ completed by brutal screaming vocals, closer to █ █ the death metal style. There are differences in █ █ style between each song; some of them have a █ █ heavier death metal approach, others are clearly █ █ more epic and melodic and some of them reveal more █ █ black metal influences. Most of the time they move █ █ in mid tempo rhythm, with only a few faster █ █ outbreaks and some calmer atmospheric, almost █ █ cinematic passages. All of their lyrics are in █ █ Russian, but itÆs more than obvious they deal with █ █ epic fantasy themes. According to their official █ █ Bandcamp page, ôIn Fetters Glacialö is a concept █ █ album which tells about the harsh lands of the █ █ northern barbarians. █ █ Brokdar is a very promising band and their debut █ █ album is recommended to fans of epic melodic death █ █ metal, especially to those who like the addition █ █ of black metal elements in the mix. ôIn Fetters █ █ Glacialö is released by Fono Ltd in a standard █ █ jewel-case edition CD. It comes with a 12-page █ █ booklet including all the lyrics. There is also a █ █ separate 2-page insert with the cover artwork on █ █ one side and the band line-up on the other (quite █ █ unusual). The artwork by Olga Kolesnikova is █ █ really great, depicting perfectly the dark epic █ █ glacial atmosphere of the album. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Intro (Way of the Warrior) 0:59 ░ ░ 2. Dragonslayers 6:30 ░ ░ 3. Wisdom of the Northern Winds 4:04 ░ ░ 4. Towards the Legendary Shores 5:50 ░ ░ 5. Conquerors of the Seas 4:44 ░ ░ 6. Polar Wolves 4:10 ░ ░ 7. Moment of Glory 3:57 ░ ░ 8. Stare of the Death 4:30 ░ ░ 9. Blizzard Bound 5:30 ░ ░ 10. Outro (Crimson Dawn) 1:35 ░ ░ 41:49 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░