Origin:	Germany
Genres:	Black Metal

Helrunar

Helrunar is a Norse-inspired black metal band from Germany, with two releases under their belts as of this writing, the second being that reviewed here, 2007's Baldr Ok Iss. The overall style is prime Norwegian black metal, though thankfully it doesn't suffer from the non-production or messiness of the early pioneers. Instead this alternates between mid-paced and faster black metal that often brings to mind Moonfog bands like Satyricon or Khold, especially given the icy, razor-sharp guitar tone. There's also the odd clean vocal and some acoustic passages to add a bit of variety to the proceedings. This certainly isn't groundbreaking, but it's clearly above average for the genre, very nicely done.