No need to be a soothsayer to guess the kind of music played by this one man project. Just take a look to the cover of «Stridsmenn» and you shall directly understand the rules of the game here. This is pure Norwegian Satanic Black Metal. The roots of Stridsmenn are actually in the bands named Borgarholt and Austkrigar, Arnjeir (the musician behind the project) mixed the spirits on those projects to create a nice hybrid. «Stridsmenn» is thus black metal played in the purest Norwegian vein and it absolutely got the spirit this kind of black metal needs. Arnjeir combines the aggression delivered on Hoest first album with a more depressive / folk approach such as encountered on the fabulous «Trollskau, Skrømt og Kølabrenning» released by Lars Jensen. I also found some musical similarities with Enslaved’s black metal as Stridsmenn are able to combine a lot of good depressive atmospheres with hypnotic frenetic riffs in interesting ways and that’s maybe Arnjeir strongest side. Enough said, get this if black metal means something for you.
Patricia

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