Rating: 3/10
Release: 28 January 2011
Label: Napalm Records

After several albums of Spinefarm Records label have been reviewed, Napalm Records is now willing to share their upcoming albums with us as well. Starts with the albums “Doom Bound” Battlelore (which is handled by Michel) and “Tiurida” of Falkenbach. Falkenbach is obviously a concept within the folk-metal and despite his recent years little has allowed himself to hear is “Heathen foray” a song that you all know and that is highly valued. However Falkenbach was apparently not so happy himself with his music and decided to follow a somewhat different path. For the 2nd time I listen to the album now, the first time he did not crush me, but I was not able to write a review because the technique failed on me. A second chance for this album now, I still like the intro. Rain, trumpet sounds, but the tone is passed through a mystical sound. Suddenly this order is distorted and a merry tune starts the the second track. It starts nice and as soon as the song starts you feel like Falkenbach is back. The wonderful clear vocals we are used to of this German. For me a very strong track, but thus far also the best song of the album. Very beautiful acoustic pieces scattered through the track and in the end, he’s talking them off beautifully. Falkenbach concepts for heavy metal fills your ears as “Time between dog and wolf” begins. Well, what can you say about it, it’s a rough track and Falkenbach has decided to throw a lot of grunt in. And this grunt deploy in a completely different way than in songs like “Roman Land”. Personally, it tempts me less but may have to judge for yourself, maybe I’m a little too much to fond of the old work. Where the noise stops it starts raining again, an electric guitar comes in but leaves again quickly for a merry tune. “Tanfana” called. Quickly the guitars and drums work up each other, but it remains cheerful. After about two minutes, the gay part stops and only the metal stays. A mysterious keyboard-sound fills the song and givesit a dark tint to what started so happy. Fortunately, after two minutes the joy is back. After 30 seconds the acoustic song dies down. The rest of the album builds on the elements above, heavy metal and pure folk alternate in cheerful, wild and mystical rhythms and sounds. They will be even more grunting and it did not really have to for me, what you will think of this is of course a matter of taste. Falkenbach is back, but in my opinion you can not compare this album to “heralding the fireblade”. Alternating as always but it lacks to me just that little bit extra, even the grunts are not my taste, but maybe this is all a matter of taste and expectations.
As for me not what I hoped for, but still quite a nice album that welcomes Falkenbach back into the music world.

Tracklist

1. Intro 1:38
2. …Where His Ravens Fly… 7:25
3. Time Between Dog And Wolf 6:01
4. Tanfana 5:32
5. Runes Shall You Know 5:59
6. In Flames 7:53
7. Sunnavend 5:51