Genre: Ambience/black metal
Origin: Germany
Released: 2009
Website: -
Label: Ashen Productions
Uploaded: 14.06.09

I’m not one for ambient music. I’ve never gotten the thrill of listening to three keyboard strokes drawn out to last for thirty minutes. But there are a few projects where I can at least understand the appeal. Every now and then I receive something labeled with ambience/noise that I have to review, meaning I actually have to listen to it several times. Not an easy task trying to push through an hour’s worth of bullshit keyboard noise that could just as well have been a looped sample from one of the Scream-movies, or something. Luckily Sieghetnar is nothing of the sort.
The thirty-three minute long track starts out quite interesting, with a spooky sound. And while I’m scared I’ll get bored out of my mind I’m still hopeful. After about seven minutes of the same thing I start to get agitated and nervous… Is this it… And suddenly I think I sense a guitar somewhere in the background, until it’s clear I’m hearing riffing. And then the drumming sets in. All of a sudden I find myself listening to a black metal track, albeit extremely atmospheric. A slow drum tempo and guitar riffing makes it interesting. The keyboard and ambience is of course still present, and at times it goes down some weird paths and glimpses into space, traveling from star to star… And just as I think I’m about to get annoyed by what seems to be heading into a sci-fi movie soundtrack it switches character again. All the black metal is gone, and what is left is pure ambience.
After a while the drumming and riffing comes back, and it sounds like a suicidal black metal tune, only lacking a tortured voice. There are tons of different moods and atmospheres presented in this long track, and it changes character several times. And while I’m not much of an ambience guy I can really understand why people would listen to Sieghetnar. While I probably won’t put this on and sit down for a close listen, it does its job and appeals even to me in some ways. It just doesn’t have a lot of replay value to me. But I can certainly appreciate the hard work behind it.

Tracklist:
01. Erhabenheit