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Nàttsòl // Stemning
Rating: 2.5/5.0 — Footnotes to Ulver
Label: Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions
Websites: myspace.com/nattsolnorway
Release Dates: EU: 11.06.2010 | US: 07.13.2010

Norwegian metal is famous for two things in modern times: the rise of modern black metal, and more recently, Norway’s fall into disrepute within the metal scene. Since the latter occurred, we have often been hailed with the new band that is somehow breathing new life into the old scene or still making black metal in the old style—and the next band to be hailed in that line is Nàttsòl, whose debut album Stemning hits European shores in June and the American shores in July. Nàttsòl we are told, breathe a new and icy life into the dead Norwegian scene that has been a disappointment to us all since the early 2000s. Surely, they’ll be the ones! Continue reading