SAGA DE RAGNAR LODBROCK

Mysterious record from a very unknown band. As one can imagine when looking at the cover picture, it is going to be a dark record. But a dark folk recod, rather than a dark progressive record. It doesn´t mean it is a bad record. Great sad, dark and intimate songs ("Le Temps de Geants", "Chant de la Lance", Rèvelliez vous Picards", "Lai ou Rondo à la Mort" or "Ballade Finale") and the masterpiece and original project for the record: "Chants Funèbres de Ragnar Lodbrock", an epic about the Viking warriors who came to invade France in the XIIth Century: great dark choruses, tragedy, atmospheric and orchestral keyboards... and over all, very intersting musical work that blurs every prototypical category in music.

No doubt this is a grat record. For prog listeners, the main point of interest is "Chants Funèbres de Ragnar Lodbeock", and in fact this song makes worth getting the record. For tose interested in folk music, this record is very enjoyable. 4 stars