Fangorn - Where the Tales Live On CD

Second work of Russians Fangorn, Where The Tales Lives On, after his last album Mysterious Land two years ago. A group completely unknown, and further demonstrates the amount of emerging bands come from Eastern European countries, often in styles ranging from folk to the most extreme black.

Fangorn has the same point in favor than against, the variety. Variety is something that exalts a group, the fact that a disc to avoid becoming too linear is a plus almost always. The only problem is the variety reached separate too separated from the starting point, descolocando who is listening to the disc. And this does occur after listening. While never leave the folk, if the initial and final tracks become almost too distant.

The album begins as death good folk album, with its introduction of rigor, two minutes from epic to whet your appetite, an intro with some flavor of Equilibrium, with that touch of exotic own Teutons.

And in Germany jumped to Finland, the second cut, Stormri ... I say .. Stormbringer begins like a theme Ensiferum it were, pure energy and speed epic accompanied by a keyboard. A great start to Ehere The Tales Live On. And it is not a good subject isolated, cut the second maintains the level and even raises him, Miles Away From Home, down a little intensity contains keyboard melodies without being virtuous hooked on first listen, an epic theme alternating grunts with clean, Fangorn usual thing, which I appreciate and am very game in this style, escaping from linearity vocal. Changes of pace, acute aggressive vocals, you record, clean ... an issue really surprising for an unknown band. More than six minutes of epic continue in Siren's Island, where a touch mark reappear Equilibrium.

Now we have a stop on the way to address a track more folky, more partying, there's no room for anything extreme, a double bass reminds us that we are in a metal band, incorporating clean vocals females. Y. .. continue with another change of direction, a more extreme, where guttural again carry the weight of the voices, an issue we can remind Sbartby, with that comical edge.

We returned back to the court epic title track and her little intro Smoldering Fire, but not for long, since Troll's Hole Inn is a new change in the sound of the record. A more folky and fun, emulating the sound of a tavern, filled jars in the hands diners are drawn into the melodies of guitars and keyboards. Slavic rhythms make their appearance, and is ... Strip the mountain goat!

We return one last time to the first epic Sword Of Discord cuts to close with a slower theme, worthy of a soundtrack, this is when the hero dies and decides to take the footage destination. An interesting issue, which closes the album in a way we did not expect.

With improved sound, but without being overly negative, Where The Tales Lives On, is a good album. Very varied, almost excessively with occasional cut and dislodged without seeming concerned for the same band. A good starting point for this young band that like so many other place and waiting their chance.

1. Everything's Just Begun 02:12
2. Miles Away from Home 06:22
3. Stormbringer 04:43
4. Sirens' Island 06:37
5. Таверна "Троллья Нора" 05:16
6. Swamp Feast 05:46
7. Smoldering Fire 02:01   instrumental
8. Where the Tales Live On 05:13
9. The Road to Stonehenge 03:13
10. The Sword of Discord (The First Sword) 05:40
11. Last Way 05:47
12. Bonus Track 04:30
playing time 57:20