I recall reading about this album somewhere, but I never heard it. It's... surprising. I think I like it more than the crusty stuff he was doing when RABM was the metal microgenre du jour.
So I just had this album running in the background. First song, ok, folk, instrumental, gentle stuff. Then the second song started, and I couldn't believe it. What was I listening to again? "Folk metal atmostpheric metal progressive metal" haha, it sounds crazy! Gotta admit, I have given up on listening to stuff with screaming in it a while ago. Used to be big into metal at one point in my life, but I've moved on to other things. I didn't like that I can't make out lyrics. But the musicality here can't be denied. There are some really catchy riffs here! Talented drummer behind it too. Its pretty cool how he goes between the two genres, then blends them together. I am digging it.