My first contact with FALLEN YGGDRASIL took place this year at Ragnarök Festival in Lichtenfels/Germany. On this Pagan Metal concert event singer Simon announced the band as “miscast of the festival” and therefore collected a lot of sympathy points. On stage the musical achievement was outstanding and the musicians were looking very friendly, not the grim metal faces. The same positive charisma is shown on the enclosed band photos – all members are laughing – cool!
I like this way of Death Metal with partly Thrash vocals and the three songs on Prospect Of Prey find my favor after the first few chords. FALLEN YGGDRASIL’s mixture consists of melodic Death Metal elements, fragmentary Hardcore eruptions (can be heard in the first song Save Me as well as in the following In The Fire) and up-tempo passages connected to a cohesive entity. On top of everything there is some space left for groovy parts to bang one’s head. Vocalist Simon changes from Thrash-like screeches to deep growls – this antiphon is excellent in the above mentioned track In The Fire. The best song was placed at the end of Prospect Of Prey, namely Memory Assassin: continuous first-class guitar melodies, diversified structure and impressing vocals turn this track into a real enjoyment.
In this good shape I am really curious about the full album - these three songs deliver an appetizing foretaste!