Trudging, powerful, and occasionally
impenetrable, Kjeld have managed to produce something terrifying, yet
also rather meditative with their new record Skym.
The kind of album that speaks to a core that is much darker and in
many ways more hopeless than that which came before, Kjeld seem to
give the listener a greater awareness of their own strength. Though
black metal is very much a dark art form and one cast aside by God,
Kjeld manage to inspire and empower, speaking to the greater power of
the genre.
Every
song on Skym seems to
have a specific function, there is no filler, you simply fall deeper
under the eldritch spells that define Kjelds sound. One thing that
especially impresses me with this record is the sense of impending
doom. Despite the high speed drum attack and blazing guitars that
dominate the record, Kjeld are not afraid to scale it back every now
and then, as they do on the outtro of Us Grun to force upon the
listener an awareness not just of their own morality but also the
triumphant, yet terrible power that death has over all of us. There
is a sense of fate that guides the hand of this record and will leave
you at times shaking with fear.
Kjeld
have managed to produce an impressive artistic statement with Skym
the kind of thing that demonstrates the otherworldly power of black
metal. As I sit here, curled up in some corner of a trai driving me
across southeastern Pennsylvania I look out the windows and see a
strange new layer of suburbia opening up before me. Kjeld understand
that this reality is in many ways superficiial and if you look beyond
with screeching vocals and terror stricken guitar lines you can just
about make out something greater than your wildest dreams.
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