Mörk Gryning meaning "Dark dawn" in Swedish are a duo black metal group formed in 1993 when both members Goth Goron and Draakh Kimera were only 14 and 16.
Both teens were extremely talented for there age i mean they wrote this fucking master piece within a year of being together, Goth Goron on the recorded all the Guitar,bass and keyboard parts at the age of 15 and Draakh Kimera was only 17 when he recorded the drums at vocals for this album.
The full length Album Tusen År Har Gått (Thousand years have passed) contains 9 intense tracks taking up a total run time of 34 minutes is one of the most underated black albums within my eyes.
The opening track Dagon kicks the album off straight away with a small 59 second epic composition this first track basically makes you want to say 'lather the world up in Perma frost and take me to the tallest mountain in Norway!' following that is the first true song in the album and wow its the definition for me of the perfect mix of great black metal. the track starts out with intense riffing and blistering drums blasted behind it the track also contains the first sample of the fantastic keys recorded by Goth Goron, this track sets the entire standards for this album to come the whole album.
One of the tracks that sticks out the most in the album is Aramagedon has come to pass... This for me has one of the greatest intros to a track ever, it is an acoustic track lasting only 1 minute and 44 seconds, when listening to a track it simply gives you an image of a waste land destroyed by war.
The stand out track on the album for me has to be Min sista färd (en visa om döden) Meaning in English "My Last Journey (A song about death)" i think this is a fantastic ending to an album due to it being the most adrenaline pushing track you can hear so many diffrent genre influences within one track (Death,jazz,classical,blackmetal,thrashmetal) all within an 5 minute epic. i also find it great how the intro song and the final song link up, as the first track is "Journey" and the last one is "My last journey" its a great finale to an amazing black metal master piece.
Sadly Mörk Gryning disbanded in 2005 due to lack of interest into 'Extreme music' which is a shame but they have left behind a gold mine of great material that i highly recommend you check out!
For fans of - Immortal, Death, dissection,Britney spears,Venom,Watain,Wintersun
I would give this album 4.6/5 - I would be giving this album a 5/5 if it was only it contained a bit more content but hey everything they delivered on this album is golden.
All song title translations done by Veronica T.
Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB2i6O7cAG8
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