ODROERIR – Goetterlieder

Götterlieder is almost a little gem of pagan musical art. On ODROERIR’s sophomore the Thuringians (consisting members of XIV Dark Centuries and Menhir) commit themselves to the Edda, especially the Snorra Edda. They tell the story of the never-ending emptiness, the first day of being, creating Midgard and the humans. They narrate about the first war and genocide, Aesirs, the brilliant art of dwarfs, knowing witches, intrigues, Met, sages and a virgin maid.
Songs are mostly acoustic, living on its guitars, monumental choirs and wonderful melodies. Lyrics quickly captivate and take the listener into the realm of myths and legends. It doesn’t take many runs and you will sing along feeling the taste of Met in your throat ;) Distorted guitars – with a quite headstrong sound – add force and power to martial background of such songs as Wanenkrieg, Odroerir and Zwergenschmiede; just to get softened by female singing and mellow tunes afterwards. Besides acoustic and distorted guitars one will find all kinds of drums and the haunting dirge of a violin. Jew’s-harp and flutes you can hardly sense out. I wish they would be more dominant at times. There are quite many solos, not bad, yet not forcing enough to be used that often. Just to mention that, it’s not anything that would reduce the audible pleasure in any way.
Götterlieder – the songs of the Gods – is an album growing and developing with every run. Singings and harmonies start to melt into each other getting stuck in your ears forevermore. Every song has its own fascination. A wonderful piece of music!