Finntroll: Nattfödd (2004).1

The latest album from Finntroll starts off with a straight metal tracks Vindfärd and Människopesten, and you thought that's how it'll end. Near midpoint the song changes to a polka metal. The song again shifts into a viking melody, and then back to the verse. Don't forget how Finntroll started, with the sound of a humppa riff on a keyboard.

Finntroll's music has a minimal/obscure niche, and being Finn makes it easier to digest this cocktail of styles. Swedish is not a favorite language to learn for Finns, but Finntroll has chosen this language as their lingo brutalica.

Darkthrone: Sardonic Wrath (2005).1

Album dedicated to the memory of Quorthon.

Starts with the eerie Order Of The Ominous. It seems the gates of heaven are opening and the corpse-painted angels are about to prepare for the apocalyptic slaughter. The album remains at a steady pace of blasting anguish, from Information Wants To Be Syndicated to Rawness Obsolete. The sound is truly colorless, directly associating with the album art. Sacrificing To The God Of Doubt goes into a blackened jam, followed by Hate Is The Law, a somewhat punkish or 80s hardcore like kreation; a reminder of Napalm Death's early material. Rawness Obsolete reminds of Tommy Iommi's work in Black Sabbath. It drags past midpoint, appearing to ooze the last drips of nasal waste. No ballads, no serenades, only nocturnal void of hope.