Year: 2012
A collection of Bardic and Pagan songs by a filk legend. How can you possibly go wrong with this?
I barely
feel qualified to review this album, since I am neither part of the filk-scene
and don’t dig into Paganism, who am I to really rate this album? Well I am
going to anyway, and I am going to rate it as any other piece of music, no shit
given about the cult-status that Fish has as a Filk-hero.
This is a
collection of medieval folk-music, with a lot of lyrics centered on praising
nature (good old paganism), and filled with classic mediaeval traits like gods,
fantasy-creatures and fight for heritage. The title track sets the stage
perfectly for what type of experience this is going to be. But let me just be
honest there is very little if any diversity on this record, and listening to
20 shades of medieval folk isn’t exactly my definition of exciting, and let’s
be honest the traditional folk music is too simplistic and repetitive in
itself.
I suppose
that if you love old folk-lore and paganism, you will probably find a lot of
value of this record. It accomplishes what it sets out to do, imitating the old
musical and lyrical traditions of the middle-age. Anyone who is not into that
particular style though, should probably stay away.
2/5
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