Arckanum – Beswærilsin
Arckanum – Beswærilsin
Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Release Date: 31/10/2026
Review by: The Metalphysicist
9/10
Arckanum is a Swedish-based one-man band project which has just released its 10th album, “Beswærilsin”, via Darkness Shall Rise Productions. The band orbits around Shamaatae’s Thursian musicianship, Old Norse beliefs, and a respectable knowledge concerning the myths and rituals so as to connect to ancient gods, and a lot of avant-garde Black Metal sonority in the process..
“Beswærilsin” is a great record, full of blast beats, hypnotic conductions providing landscapes to the guitar playing and the intimidating and persuasive Shamaatae’s Thursian voice. He isn’t only singing; he is performing his folk system of beliefs. As a producer, he orchestrates all the timing and great guitar melodies along with amazing solos.
I used to say that fundamentalist Black Metal bands enchant me, but I love when the band adds to the mix other kinds of textures upon to Black Metal basics. In “Beswærilsin,” the track brings folk instruments in the middle section. A good example is the track “Utgarþzeþer”,in which the band changes the pace between Folk harmonies and Black Metal mayhem.
Once I realized that the album seems to be a ritual, I just dove into “Beswærilsin”’s trip, which Shamaatae’s Thursian shares with us. It is obvious that I don’t understand the lyrics, sung in the band’s native tongue. Anyway, I think that you don’t need to, because you can feel the vibration and the context of the song. Listen to the track ‘Gyghra Hirþi’, in which the band explores a doom-like atmosphere and atonal bass section surrounded by forest sonority – especially a crow, that seems to me that the bird is responsible for the backing vocal in this song.
If you are into Dark Folk / Black Metal music, just forget the lyrics and take a chance to trip into the amazing and introspective ritual evoking ancient forces that take us to a very dark and noisy place, during the 1-hour album’s length.
Tracking list
- Mz Fianda Raþi
- Utgarþzeþer
- Wilianz Kniwer
- Rymz Rand
- Gyghra Hirþi
- Eldstenz Frø
- Wiþirskapit
- Skæpna Ær Krigh
- Anskoti
- Trulmoþir
- Twæþursaspa
Line-up
Shamaatae’s Thursian’s – all the instruments and producer
Web sites
Facebook facebook.com/Arckanum.Official
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