Ereb Altor – Hälsingemörker (2025) – Review

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At first, the RMR crew froze in place. Ereb Altor‘s newest and best Hälsingemörker sports a whopping 21 minutes of extra airtime over Vargtimman. In other words, the band went from a perfectly timed piece to bloatware jungle camp. And there are two lines of thought to this. Either they completely lost it in the self-edit department, or their song-smithing skills increased in spades to spare us from withering away from sheer boredom. So, what’s it gonna be?

The only way to find out is to give this piece here a few spins, painful as they may be. … [...] Click to raid more!

Ereb Altor – Vargtimman (2022) – Review

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Ah, yes. The Hour of the Wolf, or more precisely, The Wolf’s Hour. Did Ereb Altor here decide to name their newest record after a ’68 horror film by Ingmar Bergman? Maybe so, or perhaps not. Well, whatever it may be, Vargtimman feels like a logical progression to its predecessor Järtecken.

The latter already sported material that was less focused on the age-old Bathory material. And it drifted more towards a somewhat atmospheric arena, away from the austere origins of the band.

Now here, the band’s new record is even more removed from its purported origins and now wedges … [...] Click to raid more!