
Embracing the black abyss and writhing in doom’s claw, Vörnir’s debut LP Av Hädanfärd Krönt exhibits a spiraling descent into blackened mass and disarray. Inspired by early 2000s orthodox black metal and dark ambient works, Vörnir reinvigorates a sound seemingly resting, but not forgotten. Av Hädanfärd Krönt purveys a frenzied campaign of stampeding fury and blinding maniacism, still rooted in occult and the traditional boundaries of black metal’s wretched core. [read more...]