The spirit of an unbaptized child haunts the minds of the band members who make up this Mylingar. Am I right? I wouldn’t know, as not much more about these individuals has been revealed by the German Amor Fati label. What is certain, however, is that this Út once again forms the first part of a trilogy. Previously, the band had already written a triptych, with records such as Döda vägar (2016), Döda drömmar (2018), and Döda själar (2019) each forming a part.
I already examined that final installment of the previous trilogy. Dead roads, dead dreams, and dead souls—and now there is Out. Am I translating that correctly? In my earlier writing, I also touched on a number of interesting points. First, the whole reminded me somewhat, on the previous record, of the masterful work of Kvist from Norway, the cult band that released For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike through Avantgarde Music in 1996. Second, the whole seemed to form a true unity without any favorite tracks. I now wonder what path this Mylingar will present to us today.
Before you know it, you arrive at rækta, the track from the clip above. Not that the band has chosen a different direction in the meantime; no, not at all. It gurgles, stinks, reeks like the most clogged siphon or some distant street sewer in a faraway land. Where I could faintly recognize traces of Kvist in earlier work, that is no longer the case on this latest album. A pity in a way, but still, this Mylingar clearly distinguishes itself. The more than eleven-minute closing track neðan is the ultimate example of that. But before we get there, there is still af, complete with a crude and ultimate pit-grunt.
Where Mylingar may come from, and who or what it is made of, actually doesn’t matter. The black/death metal of this formation continues to stink and reek on this Út for hours, days, no weeks, afterwards. Delightful, isn’t it!
Score:
80/100
Label:
Amor Fati Productions, 2026
Tracklisting:
- Megi
- blóð
- mitt
- rækta
- jarðveginn
- af
- neðan
Line-up:
- Unknown
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