Reviews : Albums : Urskumug, "Am Nodr"

Urskumug describe themselves as tribal black metal. I'm not really sure what that is supposed to mean, but this sounds like regular black metal to me. There are occasoinal outbursts of tribal drumming here, but for the most part this is solid fast-paced black metal. The drums aren't blasting the whole time a'la Marduk, but this is pretty fast stuff. There are some nice industrial touches on the record however. I am after all a sucker for industrial black. The songs for the most part, while solid are songs I've heard a million times. Immortal is the easiest comparison to make due to the vocals being very similar to those of Abbath. I honestly wish I had more to say about Urskumug but I really don't. If you're in the mood for really fast black metal then you will dig these guys. There is little in the way eerie atmosphere, just speed. The tempo varies enough that this isn't a boring record; I'm just too jaded to really go nuts for this.

K.Huckins