Dynfari - Vegferð tímans (2015)

Hailing from Iceland, today we have yet another outstanding Atmospheric Black Metal band named Dynfari. In the band’s third full-length release we get eight melancholic tracks of mournful music with just the right amount of brutality and external influences to make them quite unique and enjoyable.

Leading the album we have the Post-Metal /The Ocean-esque intro “Ljósið”. “Óreiða” paves the way for more melodic and depressive territories with the weeping guitars in this track. The vocals are your very traditional screams that don’t sound too aggressive to be typical BM or to mellow for the hyper fast drumming. The band is not afraid of experimenting enriching their sound with some hypnotic melodic passages and droning headbanging moments.

Things get extremely interesting with on the three-part masterpiece “Vegferð”, an opus that spans more than half of the duration this release. First of we have “I- Ab Terra” setting a very heavy and hectic mood with some punishing Doom-like riffs and cool ethereal atmospheric elements. Things get trippy and very Alcest-like with the disarming “II – Ad Astra” and its lush female vocals paired with acoustic guitars. This is by far the most Post-Rock/Post-Black track in this release, and one of the best as well. The album closes with the very melodramatic “III – Myrkrið” and its haunting clean vocals. This very expressive piece features some of the finest atmospheric moments of this release.

Not easily fitting into the traditional line of bands in this genre, “Vegferð tímans” is a solid aural experience that we greatly recommend. The band nicely combines a plethora of elements into their own unique style and greatly shines while doing so. Dynfari is definitely one of the better bands of the current wave of Atmospheric Black Metal bands, so be sure to check them out.

Label: Code666

Release: March 16th, 2015

Genre: Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal

Country: Iceland