Finnish melodic death metal outfit Brymir have a definitive sound all of their own.
By combining folk elements with traditional and melodic death metal, the band produces a remarkably sounding amalgamation of style and culture that resonates long after each listen.
After steering away from the folk elements noticeably on their last album, Brymir have again returned to their roots on Voices In The Sky which will be released on August 26.
HEAVY caught up with frontman, writer, producer Viktor Storm Gullichsen to talk about the album.
"This is an interesting record for us,” he mused, “because we found a lot of new ways to express ourselves; we found our sonic identity by going back to our roots a little bit and exploring a bit more of the folk metal elements that we had almost abandoned in our previous record. We also took this new approach that we are leaning less on keyboards because we used to be a band with a keyboard player as a member so the writing was, for years, still in that kind of vein. Now we wanted to express everything that we can with the instruments that we have on stage, like all the lead melodies and stuff are done with vocals or guitar leads. We managed to reinvent ourselves by simplifying things which is really cool."
In the full interview, Viktor talks more about the folk elements of the album, the opening title track and the acoustic intro, the epic All As One that closes the album, covering Dark Funeral, having so many roles in the band and how he makes it work, their unique blending of work and how they manage to make them work together and more.
Intro track FRANKENBOK 'Triumph'