Eldfödd – Risen from the Flames

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• Band:
  Eldfödd
• Duration: 00:12:25
• Available from: 10/10/2025
• Label:

• Edged Circle Productions

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With “Risen from the Flames”, the first EP on behalf of Eldfödd, Sebastian Ramstedt once again confirms his tireless desire to write and publish music. After the commitments with Necrophobic and Aphelion, the Swedish guitarist has in fact given birth to this new project, involving a handful of weight musicians of the extreme Scandinavian scene: Erik Sahlström (General Surgery) behind the microphone, Victor Brandt (Fipared, Witchery, ex entombed) on the bass, Perra Karlsson (nominon, in nominon, in nominon. Aeternum) on drums and Johan Jansson (Interment, Modark) on the second guitar. A real ensemble of veterans, gathered more for friendship and mutual esteem than for the search for a formula very different from their usual standards.

The material at the base of the EP was born directly from the Ramstedt pen, which composed the songs at home before calling colleagues to engrave the parts and give a definitive guise to the project. This aspect is clearly reflected on the result: despite the calibration of the musicians involved, “Riseen from the Flames” almost always brings the stylistic brand of its main author on fire. The four proposed tracks oscillate between Certain Blackenden Thrash and the Death Metal with a diabolical cut that Ramstedt has been mastering for decades, calling the necophobic closely in their more thrashening incarnations. Wanting to be careful of the smallest details, in some moments, especially in the most pressing situations, they also emerge echoes of the aforementioned in Aeternum, but these are more episodic and substantial similarities, deriving from those elements that the two realities have always had in common.

If on the one hand this strong and recognizable imprint guarantees solidity and consistency, on the other it reduces the space for any contaminations or distinctive features that you could expect from a formation with a pedigree of this type. The contribution of the other members therefore appears, at least in this initial phase, more executive than creative. Of course, Sahlström's cavernous and scratchy voice adds a different stamp than the usual trademark Necrophobicianointroducing a roughness that goes well with the most ignorant riffs of Ramstedt. However, it is not enough to make the Mini a truly autonomous work, able to free himself from the comparison with the so -called mother band.

In terms of overall rendering, “Riseen from the Flames” therefore does not disappoint but does not even surprise: the songs flow with energy and profession, supported by a production not too homemade, which enhances the guitars without sacrificing the rhythmic section. At the same time, there is just that kidney coup capable of imprinting a memorable character to the release, something that makes it emerge in the midst of the overexcondance of exits of the extreme panorama.

In short, Eldfödd present themselves as a curious project especially on paper, thanks to an exceptional line-up and a reliable pen like that of Ramstedt. It remains to be seen if in the future the group will evolve in a more collegial and personal direction: greater teamwork could prove to be decisive to give Eldfödd a more clear and distinct identity. For now, “Risen from the Flames” is a fairly pleasant listening, but still far from imposing as revelation.