Review by Shezma for Windir - Likferd (2003)

This is a folk metal album with black metal elements. Not quite perfect, but I feel closer to 4.75-5 stars then just 4.5 so "perfect" it gets. I think it deserves the love. I've mentioned before that I prefer folk metal over black metal, and that's what we get here. The blackened parts are there, I just have to really listen for them and pick them out of the other elements. I actually found more of a heavy metal and even at moments power metal influences in this one and when I think of black metal those elements don't shine through like they do here. I don't get the raw sound, blast beats, or the vocals as often as you would think from a typical release. As a more veteran to the folk and even Viking metal styles of music this is much more akin to that in my opinion. My favorite was "Deuden", which is entirely a folk metal song. Though there was some odd bits such as the digital or cyber stylings in "Blodssvik" which wasn't awful just felt out of place. This will definitely be one I go back to, up there with some of my favorite releases. I even preferred this one over Arntor. Still need to listen to the other releases,  but for now it's my favorite of the discography.