The Metal Crypt on Facebook  The Metal Crypt's YouTube Channel
Review: Heulend Horn - The Fall of the Howling Horn
Heulend Horn
heulendhorn.bandcamp.com
The Fall of the Howling Horn

Label: Independent
Year released: 2020
Duration: 42:04
Tracks: 5
Genre: Viking Metal

Rating:
4.25/5


Review online: July 2, 2024
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
Readers' Rating
How do you rate this release?

Rated 4/5 (80%) (3 Votes)
Review

This band keeps putting out albums, and I keep hunting them down. I don't own the CD of their debut Saga of the Draugr anymore, and now I wish I kept it. Anyway, this is their fourth album, and it is clearly their best. Heulend Horn were always aiming for an epic Viking kind of sound, and they have finally arrived at one that works for them—kind of a mix of early Forefather and mid-period Graveland with the hammering drums, marching guitars, and keys and choral vocals layered on top. The harsh vocals are mixed extremely low, so they mostly appear as a kind of dimly-heard bellow under all the other sounds. Considering how amateurish this band started out, it is impressive how far they have come.

More about Heulend Horn...
Review: Fragments from the 13th Century (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Review: The Saga of the Draugr (reviewed by Sargon the Terrible)
Click below for more reviews
Latest 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Various Books/Zines 



The Metal Crypt - Crushing Posers Since 1999
Copyright  © 1999-2024, Michel Renaud / The Metal Crypt.  All Rights Reserved.