Whispers of the old world

by Fenrir

metal heavy celtic melodic epic femalefronted

7 tracks

31:37

1	Fianna	4:29
2	Elven Princess	4:32
3	Fairies' Village	3:48
4	Brynhild's Complaint	3:51
5	Lost in the Twilight	5:04
6	Thunder-cliff	5:15
7	Dawn of God	4:38

Reviews

ladysherlockian

Interesting

26/12/07

This is in fact the first metal CD that I listened to in my life. I have always thought that this genre of music is rather scary and nasty so this was a nice surprise. This is melodious and creates a nice mood. That's a pity I don't recognise the language in the lyrics. Is it French or one of the Celtic languages? I wish I could understand the texts. Anyway, why is the band called after the wolf from the Edda and not any of the creatures or characters from Celtic mythologies?

liortamam

keep rocking

13/07/08

this album is good - most of the flaws stated by the other commentors here are true... but don't let it keep you down i liked what i heard - only problem is that sometimes the metal interferes with the celtic and sometimes the celtic interferes with the metal you should find a way to weld it all toghther either way great music - i enjoyed it.

Leanan Sidhe

Boring. Repetitive.

09/07/08

Do you know the feeling of having heard that before a thousand times? It's boring, it's repetitive, it's not creative at all...

Midianite616

Has potential

05/07/08

I personally am a fan of crossing metal and celtic concepts within a genre, so naturally I checked this out.

The instrumentation is absolutely fantastic. The only clear issue is mastering - the quality is poor, but I give you credit because you're talented, and this is your first release. I can barely hear the bass, and everything in the mix in general is very unbalanced.

The singer's voice is beautiful, but I can't understand your English... Don't you think you might fare better singing your native tongue? And I must agree with a past reviewer in stating that the female-fronted opera-like singing has been done to hell... but with a little work it would be fantastic regardless.

I do look forward to hearing more - I hope you're able to improve upon your sound as you get more experience.

Nocturne

not bad - not good

28/05/08

Well, to be honest, I didn't really like this album. I'm cannot say that there was any song on this album I truely liked or that was still in my ear after listening to "Whispers Of The Old World".
Sometimes the music sounds - to me - pretty much the same, so only 5 from 10

expatpaul

melodic

05/04/08

A couple of people have mentioned that this album could do with a little more polish, but don't let that put you off. It's a nicely melodic piece of Celtic rock and a cracking first album.

I'm looking forward to seeing more from Fenrir

mechanerd85

Fun Album

10/03/08

I love celtic metal, but few bands can really pull it off for me. Something about this band just rubs me the right way though. The female singer's voice is beautiful, though I do wish I could understand her better. I like the distortion on the guitar and the way the fiddle and guitar play back and forth with eachother.

What kept this album from really standing out is that it just doesn't feel completely polished. It's like something is missing though I can't put my finger on it.

Sprettur

Decent attempt

15/02/08

Well, the album is very poorly mastered, and Fenrir could do with a bit of help in that area.

The musical combination of Metal and Celtic isn't new at all, but they pull it off very nicely, but IMO that whole female opera'is singer deal has been done to hell in the last few years, and the two foremost bands in that field simply have FAR better singers. And yes, that IS actually English that she's singing. I don't know if it's the mastering or just the singer's inability to express proper English, but..

All in all, a nice album to listen to. Would I put in my player again.. nah.

chmurli

melodycznie i z atmosfera

27/12/07

album bardzo przypadl mi do gustu. ciekawa linia melodyczna. wokal calkiem przyjemny, ale nie da sie zrozumiec ani slowa, bo to chyba jakis celtycki(?) jezyk. jakosc nagran moglaby byc troche lepsza, ale za to mamy atmosfere jakbysmy sluchali wynila.

thrillseeker1

Is there a CD

03/12/07

Hey is there a CD or is this it?

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