Although not quite as revolutionary as 2006's Om, this is a very good piece of folky black metal nonetheless. Perhaps with more concentration on the folk elements than before, this proved that Bunget could overcome lineup strife.
This is the album that made Negură Bunget comparatively popular compared to their earlier days; that said, there is certainly a limit on how popular a band who mix slightly progressive black metal with Romanian folk music can become! An outstanding album.
Negură Bunget from Romania have long been one of the forerunners of the folk/black metal scene, although their implementation of Romanian folk into the BM sound is somewhat different from the normal implementation of Scandinavian or Teutonic folk offered by most of the scene. This is a good example of that, coming before their breakthrough album, 2006's 'Om'.
