The epic, pure instrumental introduction Peregrination I shows up in felicitous manner and the first six minutes spin away because of a nice but also hardly changing guitar motive. Later on, ice-cold and fast Black Metal dominates the track Over The Seven Mountains. Fortunately, the music slows down in the middle part and attaches unobtrusive keyboard sounds as enriching element. Therefore the mood oscillates from desperation (caused by the vocals) to an also embossed touch. Sometimes one chord stands for itself, but for the bigger part ice-cold guitar riffing reigns; every now and then the drum computer is slightly enervating.
In some cases, the speed does not vary for minutes, but this deficit is balanced by the felicitous combination of keyboards and guitars. I also like the emotional use of a cello, which sets accents at the beginning and end of Through Hordanes Land. Spherical sounds in the background go together with the rapid basis speed again; towards the end, more and more acoustic layers fill the air, which cares for downright indulgence.
Afterwards, one weak point appears during the puristic parts of Still He Walks, because the music floats in monotonous manner, ere hymnal guitars raise the track above average. In my opinion, AURVANDIL definitely know to convince during the exalted and contained sequences. In this case, I really like the dynamic augmentation at the end, in addition to the swinging punch line Peregrination II with nicely elaborated guitar melodies.

I can find the one or other long-breathed and monotonous part on Ferd, but in general, the album wins me over with background melodies, sublime leads and multi-layer dynamics.