| CD REVIEW Fir Bolg |
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Band: Fir Bolg Fir Bolg is a French one-man project by Dagoth, also the founding member of Assacrentis (formerly known as Cursed Artefact). Fir Bolg started up in 2006, and since then making use of session members, both in the studio as on stage. In 2006, Dagoth recorded a four-track demo at the Harkam Azilum Studio, called Paganism. It was put on CD in a very limited version (Summer 2008) (500 copies), but luckily the small yet interesting German label Schwarzdorn was smart enough to give the audience the opportunity to enjoy this material too. Vielen Dank, Schwarzdorn crew… Paganism brings superior Nordic Black Metal. Again, something I mention a lot in my reviews, it is a common misunderstanding to consider ‘Nordic’ as some synonym to ‘Norwegian’, yet in Fir Bolg’s case it isn’t that idiot. The music on Paganism sounds a lot like many Norwegian bands from the (Viking / Pagan) Black scene (think: early Satyricon, Windir, Mock / Kampfar, Enslaved etc), as well as some Swedish ones (Thyrfing, Vintersorg, Rimfrost); even German horde Desaster is a band that comes to mind. Paganism isn’t Folk-oriented (no clean vocals, no traditional instruments, no lots-of-beer-after-victory-joy-and-fun-with-a-smiling-face-mentality); it stands for Pagan stuff with an old stylish attitude, a grim and freezing approach, and an epic yet somewhat unpolished sound. A full length soon to come??? 90/100 Ivan Tibos. |
