''Salt'' is the fifth full-length album by
Danish band
Wuthering Heights. It has been received with great reviews from the fans and the press.
"Still Gaining Height"
Encyclopaedia Metallum reviews about the last Wuthering Heights album The album takes themes that involve the sea, and other myths and tales from the sailor's culture.
As usual in Wuthering Height's albums, the mixture between genres like power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
, progressive metal
Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with t ...
and folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...
can be noticed clearly. In this specific album it can be noticed a heavier but still melodic sound
Track listing
All songs written by Erik Ravn.
# Away! - 01:27
# The Desperate Poet - 06:28
# The Mad Sailor - 06:19
# The Last Tribe (Mother Earth) - 07:54
# Tears - 05:55
# Weather the Storm - 06:53
# The Field - 05:58
# Water of Life - 02:06
# Lost at Sea - 16:38
Personnel
*Erik Ravn – guitar, keyboards, vocals
*Andreas Lindahl – keyboards
*Martin Arendal – guitar
*Morten Sørensen – drums
*Nils Patrik Johansson – vocals
*Teddy Möller - bass
References
External links
Official Wuthering Heights websiteEncyclopaedia MetallumBand's MySpace
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Wuthering Heights (band) albums
2010 albums
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