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THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS - Portal – The Gathering of Storms · BLACK LP

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Black vinyl.

More about 'Portal – The Gathering of Storms'

It was but the very beginning of 2022 when THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS released their momentous debut album, Monumental - The Temple of Twilight, through PRIMITIVE REACTION. The record was presciently titled, too: hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish scene, THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS were a brand-new formation with a very old heart, with their chilling-yet-breathtaking ruminations harkening to the golden days of melodic, nature-inspired black metal back during the mid '90s. Names invoked included old Borknagar, Kvist, Old Man's Child, Norway's Gehenna, and even earliest Dimmu Borgir, but on the songwriting strength across Monumental, these still-young Finns were well on their way to forging an odyssey all their own.

Two years later, THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS return to deliver the next awe-inspiring chapter of that saga. Titled Portal - The Gathering of Storms, the band's second album is indeed the next part of a trilogy, but whereas the not-inconsiderable debut was but a mere 38 minutes, this second full-length is an epic near-hour of mesmerizing majesty, its golden rays stretching infinitely beyond the horizon - laced with black, of course. Truly, Portal's textures are equally summer and autumnal: the warm embrace of the sun, with the stern suggestion (or at least austere awareness of) the eventual cold, and of course those mossy, turn-to-brown sensations of fall's inexorable transitions to darker, colder days.

But, that's simply a surface sweep of THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS' ever-growing sonic palette, for thematically, Portal is quite a different beast. A sea-themed album, the band explore its standing as untamed, dynamic force of nature that cannot be negotiated with: equally fierce, calm, and beautiful in all its inconsolability. As such, the Finns stretch their songwriting to more varied lengths; the melancholy and longing typical of Finnish music is fully accounted for, but there's a pronounced emphasis on immediate(ly hummable) melodies, cleaner vocals, and more engaging downtempos. One could call it more accessible, and that one would not be totally wrong, but more so does Portal reveal THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS as weavers of utterly cinematic soundscapes, of magick and wonder taking fuller flight (and hitting waterier depths) that put the band in league with the likes of Moonsorrow, and Borknagar. But, lest one think that this is a more "mainstream" move, the album is not without its share of blasting battle-rage, betraying a truly vast canvas that can now only be distinctly THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

The sea is a portal to new worlds - and, in mythology, also to the afterlife. THE MIST FROM THE MOUNTAINS once again paint an absolutely poignant picture with Portal - The Gathering of Storms, and hereby cement their status as Finnish folkloric masters.

Track listing

  1. And So Flew the Death Crow (10:11)
  2. The Seer of Ages (07:59)
  3. At the Roots of the Vile (08:38)
  4. Among the Black Waves (10:43)
  5. The Longing Times (08:19)
  6. Saiva (10:28)

Placer on the market according to GPSR: Four Flames GmbH & Co. KG, In der Garte 38, 49479 Ibbenbueren, Germany, Contact: fourflames.com

Artist: The Mist From The Mountains
Color: Black
Color effect: Single color
Label/Manufacturer: Primitive Reaction
Genre: Black Metal

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