ORKAN - ELEMENT - Review by Gravarson

 Dark Essence 5th October 2018

Having fought their way through cancer and rare, crippling muscular diseases, ORKAN are now ready with the follow up to 2015's LIVLAUS. The new album, titled ELEMENT, deals with the power and ferocity of the four elements, and is a homage to the unforgiving strength of the earth, and the landscape of their native land, the Island of Stord.

Elements is the 3rd album by Orkan, I remember writing about their first album here witch I found somewhat similar to Taake, especially the vocals. Maybe not so strangfe considering the fact that Orkan has musicians from Taake and Krakow.

All that is more or less gone now and Orkan has their own style and they set the bar high with the first track 'Lenker' witch is a fast and chaotic track, yet there is harmony if you listen closely and the words I sit with after this is fuck yeah!

The 3rd track 'I Flammar Skal Du Eldast' is one of my personal faves at the moment alongside with 'Iskald' and 'Avmakt'

Orkan really use elements in their music and if I had to chose it would be air and fire.

Air for the powerful and majestic blizzardstorms of hellfire they create and fire for the destroyd earth that is left where Orkan's sound ranges.

Dark,majestic,powerful,fast and enegic describes their music well. 

I'm eager to hear more of tis band in the future s they have created their own identity, to put it that way.

If you listen beneath the surfce there will riuse a landscape, so the album demands alot as listener and is not for hangover on sunday, or who knows?

There are 7 tracks on Elements but they are all relatively long, from 5 to over 9 minutes mostly so you get value for the money here if you decide to buy it.

This is for those who  like the extreme form of metal in case you had not figurd yet.

Agressive and energic the band rides towards the storms that faces and leave no trace of what have been.

I recomend you listen to this album several times as you'll see another dimension rise nd fall into a world only Orkn know how to create.

 A solid album and recommended by Gravarson. 

            

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