Album Review: Hulder - Verses in Oath

[@maxgralph]

Excellent review. Just picked it up this week here in Seattle and looking forward to playing it this weekend. They played here last year. Very worth seeing live. Love the channel and appreciate your work.

[@rockandmetalplus5248]

Excellent review,Matt. Really looking forward to this album. Loved the first album and ep.Ive pre ordered this from EMP. I've ignored the singles, so I can listen to it for the first time on vinyl. 🤘🍻

[@wheelsofmercury]

Can't wait for this new Hulder record! Great review, bud!

[@ninentythree93]

listened to it about 4 times already - I think thats her best work so far, very well written and produced. I can imagine some people will find certain elements as a bit gimmicky, especially the "true" BM listeners - but in my opinion she is bringing back the 90s spirit in a way that makes it relevant in 2024 and sounds genuine, great vocals as well

[@jamesriley72281]

Saw her live last year. Amazing show. Exceeded expectations for me.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

Yeah, man. Definitely a band I want to see live in the near future. They look amazing from the clips I’ve seen

[@elfensteen5222]

Thanks for doing this review, ! If I where Hulder, I give this review 10 out of 10 I'm going to preorder this thing, to be sure to own a copy, I have her first album and the ep and some demos , I love this band , thanks and take care

[@fuad6280]

Nice review, Matt. Heard her new singles, and it seems pretty decent. Other than Inquisition, Darkspace, Departure Chandelier, possibly Mgla, and Thy Catafalque, do you have any suggestions for upcoming black metal releases this year?

[@powerofthenight4852]

The new inquisition album will be dropping soon, will you be reviewing it?

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

I certainly can do. Definitely a fan of their work!

[@schillinger7814]

Looking forward to that, I thought "Black Mass..." was a bit of a disappointment.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

@@schillinger7814 Oh really? I dug that one quite a bit, though it took me a fair bit of time to fully embrace it

[@schillinger7814]

@@Altars_of_Mattness I've listened to it a fair bit and it's still to click with me. Amazing band with a lot of solid albums.

[@multiplesorganversagen5155]

Only judging from the singles that she released, I'm not too sure how to feel about this one yet. I much prefer the more lofi production of her previous work and the clean vocals also don't really do it for me. Maybe I'll feel differently when I get the chance to listen to the full album. Two albums that I'm really hyped for though are the new ones from Inquisition and Darkspace.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

Yeah, it’ll either make or break the album, as the production definitely leans more into the ‘bestial’ side of the Black Metal sound. For me, I think it works perfectly. Really good stuff. Love her early work as well, mind, so I can definitely sympathise. Offt, potential for two barn burners there!

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

Also, forgot to mention, I think the clean vocals are stunning. However, that said, I do like a lot of Atmosphere in my Black Metal

[@multiplesorganversagen5155]

@@Altars_of_Mattness Clean vocals are always a bit of hit or miss for me. Either they create the greatest atmosphere or completely take me out of it, lmao. Perhaps I'll warm up to them once I've listened to the full album.

[@awhiskyjourney5910]

Cool to hear your thoughts. It’s the first album that disappointed me this year, couldn’t live up to my personal expectations.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

That’s a real shame, man. I could tell from the moment I heard the production that it was going to divide people, though. Thankfully, for my tastes, it works perfectly 🤘🏼

[@Dismal-future]

The bassist Necreon is her husband

[@ceannairereibiliunach8133]

Probably the most overrated Black Metal act in quite some time ....imo.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

Fair enough, they’ve gotten a tonne of attention, for sure. I feel like most Extreme Metal bands that get this amount of hype get labelled with the ‘overhyped’ tag by default. In this case, I think the praise is justified. For many, it probably isn’t really

[@MexicanradioDJ]

I’m always for people enjoying music. You clearly find something in her work I don’t. I think you said it had an almost War metal production. Not sure I hear it at all. I find her boring and completely derivative. I didn’t like the first album and this is even weaker. On 3 listens I rate it 2/5.

[@brightmooninthenight2111]

I think he says War metal because the production just blends into a haze and you can't make out the riffs. I'm with you though. I've never listened to her debut album but her Demo was sick, very raw and unhinged and actually riffy. On this album there simply wasn't enough riffs and I don't like when black metal acts use synths to make up for the lack of riffs. I wanted to like this album more because she is an absolutely compelling vocalist. But everything else was quite conventional

[@xtransxcorex]

this is the only black metal record I know that's coming out this year, but it couldn't be for a better band. Hulder is one of the most important bands in the scene, in my opinion.

[@Altars_of_Mattness]

It’s going to rock your socks off I think. Really enjoying it! Can’t wait for it to release officially. I can see why you’d say that. Keeping the spirit alive!!!

[@ceannairereibiliunach8133]

Lmao.