Wintersun – “Wintersun”
Combining a few genres, this band comes across as a pretty talented power black metal outfit. The bm blasting drumming, the bm-style vocals and the tight guitar work all sound in tune with bm, while the melodic, though not really clean, singing and the melody of the guitar suggest power metal. In addition, there are some viking-folk elements to round this album with a symphonic vibe, too. This sounds like a strong beginning for what they are trying to do. Promising, for sure. Let’s see where the symphonic power black metal thing goes from here. I know the “category” I’m giving is stupid, but trying to describe this accurately is not easy. I could say that this is a fast version of Dimmu jamming with Stratovarius, but that sounds silly, too. They don’t have a website, but check out