From the Vastland
The Haft Khan
Satanath Records / Iron, Blood & Death Corp.
I had been awaiting for new songs from this band, I though their previous album Daevayasna was very decent album, and I still think it is.
The Haft Khan is very Norwegian style black metal release, musically and sound-wise. What is very good about the music is band`s musicianship. Drummer plays very diverse stuff; from atomic blast beats to rolling and rumbling drum arrangements – a perfect fit for the band. Vocals are quality shrieks with some baritone spoken moments which sound no less devilishly than those aggressive black metal ones, at least in some sequences of the album. Guitarists know how to keep you frenzy - their storming and ferocious riffs compile a furious sonic destruction. It`s not that songs are only very fast, music also involves groove, heaviness and crafty moments. There is a strong sensation in songs of this band that ties everything up in this album, either technically and musically, it`s certainly a very creative black metal record – meaning: blasting black metal songs with epic story. If you expect to hear some kind of innovations in those tracks, songs do not have it, but furious, black metal ride, many changes in music pace; it might be just your reward when you are listening to the band. This album, similarly to most of Scandinavian bands, carries something in sound, which is like a nocturnal scream, this constant, menacing darkness in music itself. There is some ambience and acoustic guitars in songs of less importance (not really remembering it when album ends playing), because music is mostly harsh and fast, just very quality black metal – this is how I memorize it.
The Haft Khan is a concept album, a Persian myth, which should not be much of a surprise - originally From the Vastland comes from Iran. They however play more like European bands and sound like them, but they just produced those tracks better than plenty of other hordes out there. Songs were recorded and mastered on Norwegian soil.
The Haft Khan is very Norwegian style black metal release, musically and sound-wise. What is very good about the music is band`s musicianship. Drummer plays very diverse stuff; from atomic blast beats to rolling and rumbling drum arrangements – a perfect fit for the band. Vocals are quality shrieks with some baritone spoken moments which sound no less devilishly than those aggressive black metal ones, at least in some sequences of the album. Guitarists know how to keep you frenzy - their storming and ferocious riffs compile a furious sonic destruction. It`s not that songs are only very fast, music also involves groove, heaviness and crafty moments. There is a strong sensation in songs of this band that ties everything up in this album, either technically and musically, it`s certainly a very creative black metal record – meaning: blasting black metal songs with epic story. If you expect to hear some kind of innovations in those tracks, songs do not have it, but furious, black metal ride, many changes in music pace; it might be just your reward when you are listening to the band. This album, similarly to most of Scandinavian bands, carries something in sound, which is like a nocturnal scream, this constant, menacing darkness in music itself. There is some ambience and acoustic guitars in songs of less importance (not really remembering it when album ends playing), because music is mostly harsh and fast, just very quality black metal – this is how I memorize it.
The Haft Khan is a concept album, a Persian myth, which should not be much of a surprise - originally From the Vastland comes from Iran. They however play more like European bands and sound like them, but they just produced those tracks better than plenty of other hordes out there. Songs were recorded and mastered on Norwegian soil.
Tracklist:
1 Khan e Aval
2 Khan e Dovom
3 Khan e Sevom
4 Khan e Chaharom
5 Khan e Panjom
6 Khan e Sheshom
7 Khan e Haftom
1 Khan e Aval
2 Khan e Dovom
3 Khan e Sevom
4 Khan e Chaharom
5 Khan e Panjom
6 Khan e Sheshom
7 Khan e Haftom
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 03.11.2020
Added: 03.11.2020