Description
With The Long Winter, Burden of Ymir returns in full force, delivering a chilling and immersive Viking metal experience steeped in myth, magick, and endurance. The sixth full-length release from the Canadian skald is perhaps his most cohesive work yet--an album that flows like an ancient saga carved into frost-covered stone.
From the opening moments, the listener is thrust into a frozen battlefield. Tracks like Frostborn and Oath to the Allfather march forward with galloping riffs, powerful drumming, and raw, commanding vocals that echo with the fury of the old gods. Yet amid the chaos, there is beauty--Winter's Embrace offers a melodic interlude of sorrowful strings and atmospheric textures, evoking the quiet desolation of a world locked in ice.