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The story of returning to native lands

January 29, 2024
Helgrind (CUB) - Return To Motherland

The noise of a fire, the wordless chants of invisible spirits and the distant unclear tunes of the Lands On Fire instrumental track opens the gates of the Helgrind (CUB) - Return To Motherland album's procession, ending with echoes of twilight mystery, retreating before an intriguing guitar solo, which acts as the main creative essence of the Song Of The Runes main motive, then complemented by a vocal story combining the main scream-growling vocals with clean chorales musical associates.
Rolling in waves of a mid-tempo march, the Rusalka musical tale brings echoes of forgotten legends and tales, complementing the vocal part with the melodies of clean male vocals and a saddened singing lady, then exploding with the assertive and unbridled drive of the Mighty Fallen One musical thriller, which retains similar stylistic shades and brings them to the fore in the chorus and middle part that is preceding fine guitars solo and song's final.
Setting the main theme with the intro's guitar solo, the Vainamoinen composition then combines a battle march with a marching song, bringing the vocals narrative to the fore. The Return To Motherland album's title track begins with an acoustic guitar solo, bringing shades of bards and skalds into this musical tale, accentuating and complementing this influence with the melodies of the vocals line, then developing these motives and complementing them with vocals energy and musical drive.
After the introduction, the Last Pagan Resistance song confidently and assertively brings the vocal part to the forefront of the sound, artistically complementing the vocals changes with musical transformations and exciting guitar solos. The Uppsala musical tale begins with an intriguing twilight symphony, ending with vocals chorales and serving as an introduction to the Blota composition, which concludes the album with an irresistible unity of music and vocals in joint aspirations.