Reviews list for Sólstafir - Til Valhallar (1996)

Solstafir have proven themselves a couple times to be post-metal geniuses.  Ironically, the similar black metal genre seems to be their weakness.  Early Solstafir demos aren't exactly worth looking up unless you're THAT big on them.  Their second extended play, Til Valhallar, is a 20-minute EP of generic black metal that doesn't really do anything for me.  These compositions have been done before by better artists with more flair.  It's as if the band didn't care about the music at all, and just decided that black metal was an easy enough genre to make and get instant success.  You know?  Harold P. Warren said that same thing when he made the movie Manos: The Hands of Fate.  Of course, this EP isn't Manos bad, let alone "bad," it's just another passable black metal album that's only good enough to get by.  All it really has to its name is a decent level of heaviness.  It's an OK EP, but stick with the studio albums.