Whereas predecessor “Milorg” was a concept album about the resistance in Norway during World War II, these dudes are more about shredding like maniacs on “V” than about telling a story. Well, they do quote Sartre and Kierkegaard as influences this time around so maybe there is more to it than I thought. I never know with black metal bands because I don’t understand a fuck of what they’re shrieking about to be perfectly honest.
Fact is that Vreid is very good at what they do. What that is? They like to mix up black metal with a bit of rock ‘n roll. And this time around they injected the songs with some thrash metal as well to top it all off. The bleak sounds and repetitive guitar lines are countered nicely by some warmer acoustic parts that rear their ugly head all over the album, making it easy to sit this one out.
My only problem with “V” is that the vocals are mixed way up to the front, taking away from everything else that’s going on and which deserves to be heard just the same. Other than that, perfectly fine black metal album for a Sunday afternoon filled with Satan worshipping!
Score: 8 out of 10
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