I don’t know what you expect from a new band comprised of three former and founding Amon Amarth members: Anders Biazzi (whom I am very familiar with in projects like Gods Forsaken, Just Before Dawn, and Blood Mortized), Niko Kaukinen, and Fredrik Andersson. Then throw in session bassist  Tobias Cristiansson (Necrophobic, Grave, Dismember, etc)

Power Metal? Deathcore? Prog Rock?

Of course not. It sounds like Fucking Amon Amarth.

I say that with a caveat. Relatively unknown Aussie Vocalist Clint Williams brings a blacker, more melodic death metal rasp to the proceedings, which carries over a little of the project’s entire sound; so to speak, a slightly more melodic black metal-ish version of Amon Amarth. Take that as you will.

The 5-song, 25-minute taster covers all the familiar Amon Amarth bases from raging urgent numbers like “Storms Rage” and the more somber title track, and tracks that do a little of both like “Mound of Stones”. All carrying those ever-so familiar Amon Amarth strains of melody and layering, which have a slight Viking Edge.

It’s crisply produced, if a bit less chunky than Amon Amarth, but it’s still very familiar, as you’d expect from this lineup that will hopefully make Fimbul Winter more than a one-EP affair.

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