An album of only two songs. The resource is not new, but these initial 14 minutes and 44 seconds, and the slightly more than 19 seconds that follow, say a lot about Terdor’s technical capabilities and their high degree of self-confidence. Departing from war-themed raw black metal in 2005, the Dutch duo now present themselves as an avant-garde and progressive black metal band, without renouncing the true tenets of black metal and its spirit, that’s never going to happen. So don’t expect overproduction or polished sounds, as the gritty De Goddeloze Tolgaarder blast out without artifice, stark, and gritty.
Musically and lyrically, the war ended for them with the EP No Peace For Our Time! in 2010, already released on Negra Nit, and since then the band has not stopped evolving with two albums like Levi and its follow-up Levi II. Now, with this fourth album, Terdor have gone much further.
Written and recorded between 2013 and 2020, De Goddeloze Tolgaarder is exactly like its cover, the work of Marald Art. A strange, unholy, and desolate place, where menacing shadows loom and anything dire can happen. A harrowing and grey journey through a poisoned land that should be attended with an open mind. Thus, fans of Funeral Woods, Blut Aus Nord or the mid-era Mayhem will enjoy it.
It is hard to assimilate these melodies, instrumentation and violent assaults with just one listen. Terdor’s new record needs several chances to drag you victoriously into this mix of Elschschschappij Toveneare himself (guitars, bass, drums) and Den Zwervenaere’s mastering, to abandon you without looking back in this treacherous, muddy, and foul swamp.
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