From: DrCidd | #206
I'll admit. I won't post much mainstream stuff here. Most, if not all of it will at least be somewhat obscure, but I think it will all have something to offer.
Just wanted to get that out of the way.
Eluveitie - Slania's Song
(Heads up: They sing in a "dead" language so don't expect to understand any of it.)
I somehow doubt that "not mainstream" is necessarily bad to someone whose tastes in metal are largely focused on genres that don't get much play time, and whose best styles are generally criminally under appreciated.
Eluveitie isn't even what I'd consider that obscure! I thought they were fairly big in the whole folk metal craze of a few years ago that seems to have slowed down a bit by now. Anyway, the song. Eluveitie doesn't annoy me to the degree most folk metal does, they tend to be less prone to excess silliness than, say, Korpiklaani. This is a pretty interesting example in that pretty much every time the guitar takes center stage with prominent chugging, it kind of sucks, and when the folk elements are more pronounced...it's actually not bad. Kind of like the lead female vocalist here, she fits this music and the harsh vocals in the background work decently in contrast. I'm really surprised here, this is a lot of stuff I normally hate but I'm sort of enjoying this. It's not amazing but me not hating it is shocking enough to merit it an extra .5 over what it deserves, and thus...
6.5/10
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