Music reviews #23

Arkona „Lunaris”

Today, the face of the band is defined by the album "Lunaris". Recording of this album was preceded by a solid reshuffling of the line-up and it had a significant impact on the shape of the music. But let's start from the beginning. The cover is like this, how many lyrics can you watch? The nuance in the form of short titles of songs and the extension of their duration is also eye-catching. Something different than before. What about music? I know that there is no chance to record the second "Empire".... It's a great pity... What we hear on the latest release doesn't even sound like Arkona's cover band. Kurwa completely different music than on "Chaos. Ice. Fire", which, by the way, also somehow didn't suit my taste. "Lunaris" is a hit album, accessible with perfect sound. And in a certain percentage symphonic.... Arkona had some strings for orchestration and this type of beautification, but these strings at the very beginning, that is in the issue of "Droga do salenia", surprised me a little. As far as vocals are concerned, I won't be able to cut off my hand, but for me it's Mr. Necrosodom's blasphemy on this album. Nowhere have I found information confirming my theory, but the vocal of this gentleman is very characteristic.... I don't know if it's good. I don't want it to be like Azarath.... I won't say that I don't like "Blasphemers' Maledictions", but I think I'm coming back to this release of Tczew blasphemers the least often....

Arkona - Lunaris