EREB ALTOR

Origen: Suecia, Gävle.
Formados: 2003
Estilo: Black. viking
Temática: Depresion, fantasía y naturaleza
Enlaces: Ereb altor y facebook
Miembros:

• Mats   Bajo, guitarra, teclados y voces
• Mikael Bajo y voces
• Ragnar   Bajo, guitarra y voces
• Tord       Batería

Discografía:

• The Awakening Demo 2003   
• By Honour CD 2008
• The End CD 2010
• Gastrike CD 2012
• Fire Meets Ice CD 2013
• The Lake of Blood EP 2014   
• Nattramn CD 2015  
• Blot - Ilt - Taut CD 2016
• Ulfven 2017CD
• Järtecken CD 2019
• Eldens Boning EP 2021
• Vargtimman Single 2021  
• Vargtimman CD 2022

FIRE METS ICE (2013)

"By Honour" fue un álbum bajo mi punto de vista muy bueno, un álbum que mostraba una banda deseando comerse el mundo. Ese álbum contenía unos tremendos riffs de guitarras, soberbios en ocasiones y desprendía un aire vikingo que recogía de manera soberbia la llama encendida por ejemplo por lo extintos Mithotyn. El tiempo ha pasado para todos, sus dos siguientes trabajos no tuve el placer de escucharlos, sin embargo este "Fire Meets Ice", era un trabajo el cual no quería dejar pasar. Y bien, pues desde el primer tema se intenta darle una aire muy Bathory a toda su música, siendo el primer tema que da título al álbum el que mejor consigue recrear y homenajear a la banda de Quorthon, al aunar de manera magistral las partes más agresivas, melódicas y atmosféricas, resultando el aspecto vocal también muy completo. A partir de este tema inicial el disco se hace extremadamente predecible, faltandole algo de chispa y usando una y otra vez la misma fórmula de ritmos lentos y pesados, atmósferas y pasajes melódicos con un fuerte sentimiento vikingo y las voces van alternando entre registros más limpios y otros agresivos, con un música por momentos más black, a los que da paso otros más death melódico. Un aspecto destacable, que no se ha perdido con el paso de estos años ha sido el aspecto de las guitaras, cada tema de este trabajo cuenta con unos riffs de guitarra muy trabados y de bella factura. Gracias a un producción muy currada se consigue ahondar en aspectos épicos, en pasajes más doom y en un mayor número de arreglos que enriquecen su propuesta, eso si a costa de perder espontaneidad y violencia. Sin ser un mal trabajo ni mucho menos, parece que se han acomodado un tanto en la orilla contemplativa del viking, y el doom melódico más accesible, desbordado de arreglos y producción pulida para olvidarse un tanto de su orientación más pagana y black. (8,3)

1. Fire Meets Ice 09:23

 The cold mist in the land of shadows

Burning heat in the land of fire

The birth in a gaping hole where fire meets ice

Building the sleeping giant of rimfrost

Ymer, the father of the rimthurs awaken by the fire of Muspelheim

Giving life to all kinds

Betrayal, defiance, act of Gods

Three gods, Ve, Vile, and Oden, the slayers of Ymer

Drowning in blood, destroying his heirs

Hatred was born

Born by blood, fire and ice

A world built by the flesh of the father

Surrounded by the ocean of blood

The sky, up high, carried by the four

North, South, East and West

The skull of the giant placed by the black elves

2. The Chosen Ones 06:30

From the black water we once came

Out on this water we will go

Ask and Embla, the chosen ones

The wise god gave us the breath of life

The god of wish gave us our mind

The god of holiness gave us our vision

Ask and Embla, the chosen ones

The gods gave us shelter and hope

In the castle of Midgård we thrive

The sons and daughters of the chosen ones

To the Gods we hail for them to grant us our strength

Our songs still echoes within the mighty halls of stone

Surrounded by the great ocean on the shore we stand proud and tall

And for glory and for longing we will search throughout the mighty Ash

3. Nifelheim 06:14

Beware of the Northern wind

Sacrifice to the mighty eagle to spare our skin and bones

His cold wind thats pierces through all

Shores of longing, winter's gone

Guide us, sons of Oden

Ruler of the sky protect us 

Don't take us down below

We set out sails

Our journey has begun

The mighty sea seales our fate

Waves so strong carries the Dragon ship

To arrive in foreign lands to conquer to trade

To depart from foreign lands, leave the shores in flames

Those who stand against us will fall by our hands

Send them down the river cold to the shore of the dead

To Nifelheim, they will travel the cold wasteland of the ninth world

In Nifelheim, they will suffer the wrath of the snake of the ninth world

4. My Ravens 04:16

Give me wisdom

Give me knowledge 

To see through all the lies

Over nine worlds from dawn til dusk

they fly until they return

Bringing me my gift

My power to forsee

For the battle we must prepare

I'll send the ravens

I'll send them far

I'll send the ravens

I'll send them far away

Fly my ravens, fly

5. Sacrifice 08:10

  Sacrifice his left eye

Sacrifice for the well of wisdom

Sacrifice, the ash so old

Sacrifice, Oden's galow

Sacrifice nine long nights

Sacrifice, baptized in blood

The runes he found, the runes of power

Nine are the magic songs

Learn the nine magic songs to cease the power of the runes

The mead of wisdom, the tounge of poetry

And to speak with the dead with Miner's head

The magic runes, the ancient spell must be read and written from the heart

The scars of the runes are filled with blood

And not to fall a sacrifice must be done

Rista Råda Färga Fresta Bedja Blota Sända Slopa

6. Helheimsfärd 06:35

Nine nights he ride through valleys of darkness

No light, nor shadows for nine nights so black

The river so fierce kills all the sounds

The bridge he must cross, the bridge of the dead

The path to Hel where only the pale can pass

The gates of Hel where only the dead can pass

Carry me Sleipner fast as the wind

Fly Sleipner, fly over the gates

To enter the halls of death

To enter the dead ones fate

To enter his brothers grave

To enter for his return

All must weep, all must sacrifice

Their tears of life for his return

7. The Deceiver Shall Repent 04:10

He was hiding behind four doors, north and south east and west But there is no escape from his sins and his betrayal will be redeemed One of his sons forever condemned to the shape of the greatest of wolfs Destined to take his brother's life The deceiver shall repent Chained down to the three mighty stones bound by the chains of flesh A poisonous snake above with an andless stream of venom tearing his face apart Damned by all but his beloved, Sigyn is always by his side She will ease his torment and pain with her cauldron of relief The ground will shake along with his pain and wrath Bound until the day of days  

8. Post Ragnarök 04:33

Under the blackened sun the earth is drowning Stars burst into flames, falling The mist, the fire, the heat touches the sky All chains are broken, all seals are open the world rises a second time A new beginning Resurrection of truth and light Beneath dwells the snake of shadows The shimmering cold snake Will we succeed where the mighty has failed To follow the true path Beware of the cold that dwells in the dark Waiting, longing for our sins

9. Our Legacy 05:13

Behold our land, our land of the North Our legacy to keep untouched The lakes are so clear The forests, our dark forests A nocturnal beauty that takes the breath away The silence cries The winter, the absence of the sun Fires burning bright through our darkest nights Fires burning bright within our hearts

  55:04