Nokturnal Mortum "Weltanschauung" CD

Descripción Well the last review posted had some reasonable views, but none that were proven...
Although Nokturnal Mortum is known for their folk and unique style of NSBM, a lot of it was due to the band being such BM elitist. As much as I like Black Metal, I don't like close minded bands. For a while, I wondered how NM would sound if they changed it up a little, new vocals (But Only Done By Varggoth), faster and clearer riffs, faster drumming, so that whoever listens to it can appreciate it for the instrumental aspect and not only the idealistic value of the band.
This was Nokturnal Mortum's first album that broke away from that, the vocals are heavier (Somewhat resembling light DM), the instrument is better produced, and riffs and melodies as far as I can tell in some of the songs, are a lot better. The intro isn't 11 minutes long like some of their others, so new NM listeners won't get discourged. Finally, they kept their lyrical themes the same as always. I really like how they included some riffs and sound affects from other albums. It didn't take me more than a second to pick up on the horns played from The Funeral Wind Born In Oriana in the intro of Weltanschauung! Track 6, Hail Be The Heroes, has a great riff in the beginning followed by folk techniques, including the riff that any NM fan loves, from the song Kolyada on Goat Horns.
I will say, and this goes out to the last reviewer, that it isn't at all the same as Lunar Poetry or NeChrist. But would you honestly want it to be? Those albums are priceless, whether NM or any other band try to make another album like them, I don't think it'd be possible. Sometimes bands make really good albums which you listen to first and nothing else from them can top it. This album does show Nokturnal Mortum in a different style and perspective, but I think it works for them in some ways and some not. My girlfriend, who has always hated NM, finally admitted that she like this album. Hopefully this will open a new window for people who didn't like them before. Either way, NM will always be one of the greatest National Socialist Black Metal bands, \m/
Sample:  Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung (2005) [FullAlbum]