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The Wings that Sang of Midgard's Fate @ Orkus
The epic musical tales of Andrea M. Haugen are dealing with the values and traditions of heathen, especially the old northern culture, resolutely fighting the battle against the destructive Christians that pushed aside the pagans and their natural way of life. Considering this, the melodic music, played with acoustic instruments like recorder, guitar, bag-pipe, fiddle and shaman drums, cannot really be described as medieval, since the middle-age was strongly dominated by the merciless Church. This kind of music is these days often named Neo-Folk, where Andrea makes it clear that her expressions on this solo project are not just to be seen as a lamenting view into the past, but also a hopeful perspective for the future. Her voice, which is sometimes supported by male and female backing-voices, has a charismatic, natural beauty that gives the lyrics and music a graceful atmosphere which, at least in my mind, let's the ancient times return. The "Heavenly Voices" and Dark Wave fans will enjoy the CD just as much as the pagan Neo-Folk/Ritual disciple fan and thus one can only hope that this excellent piece of work will rise from the underground, even if it is about sensuality and atmosphere instead of club hits.

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