Helheim (NOR-SA) - Rignir (2019)^{Release ID: 12443}

Competently performed viking metal in the vein of latter day Enslaved. However, sadly, I found it a bit bland and unable to raise the pulse or move me much in any way. The couple of albums I've heard from the band ('94's Niðr ok norðr liggr Helvegr demo and 2015's raunijaR) I enjoyed quite a lot, but their sound and songs now seem to have been overpolished and over-produced leaving it lacking the bite that, I feel, any decent black metal derived music should have.