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"Berdreyminn" (translated: dreamer) is the sixth studio album by the Icelandic heavy metal band Sólstafir. It was released on May 26, 2017 through the record label Season of Mist.
Berdreyminn is the first album to feature new drummer Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson.
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Perhaps Berdreyminn’s greatest strength is that it just doesn’t hold alliance for genre preference. Sólstafir blend plenty, yes, but instead of moving in and out of genres the band hits the puree switch and lets things fly. And it is gorgeous. Tracks like “Dýrafjörður” blend the beautiful with the bleak. A guitar wails over a casual piano progression. Later the track moves into an ambient drone, then picks up in energy without ever hitting the aggressive notes. The gloom and fog feeling shift but the beauty remains.
Sólstafir have crafted another gorgeous album, possibly their most emotional yet. New drummer Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson sounds right at home on the record, almost like Guðmundur Óli Pálmason was never replaced. And love this album as I do, it’s still something that requires meditation. Is it better than Ótta? Measuring the two against each other may not be fair, but for many will be inevitable. Regardless, when you turn on Berdreyminn, let it consume you again, and again, and again.
Reviewed by metalinjection.net.
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