Finntroll - Nattfödd

This is Finntroll's 4th studio album, and is widely recognized as their best ever. And this is probably due to one song. Finntroll are a black metal band mixed with Finnish Polka, also known as “Humppa”, which sounds more or less like an extreme version of folk metal. However, since their lyrics mostly revolve around trolls, they've been labelled “Troll Metal”, of which I think about 2 other bands exist. I'm still in the epic search of finding more Troll Metal, but it's...quite hard.

The thing that I found quite strange with this album, is that is has REALLY peculiar mood swings, one second the album will sound really evil and daunting, the next it'll be all jolly and happy. Of course this doesn't make it bad, at all, it just makes it sound DAMN trollish. They also use some weird folk instruments...I'm not quite sure what they are, but they do help contribute when they need to sound all happy and jolly, as they do. The vocalists vocals are always rough, except maybe the odd chant they put in, such as the Trollhammeren chorus. They tend to be quite atmospheric at times, using wind effects etc., which I suppose makes it...atmospheric. However now for the one song...that made this album totally unbelievably awesome. Trollhammeren. FUCK yes. The song is just amazing, though you should probably take it quite light-heartedly, seeing as it IS a bit of a joke, but then again, isn't all their music? Just, when/if you get the album, make SURE you listen to Trollhammeren first, you won't regret it.

Now I would say this album is worth buying, but not exactly everyone's cup of tea really, it's maybe a bit too heavy for some folk fans (apparently those exist), but a bit too happy for death metal fans. Personally, I HAVE bought the album, but really I only did so as a novelty item. I don't know, check them out first, and if you like them...well...you know what to do.