Mongol
Warrior Spirit

Mongols with warrior spirits is what we are dealing with here, or so I thought. The band is actually Canadian, from a frozen place called Edmonton, home of the Edmonton Oilers and probably many other things. They have released a pair of albums and an EP before releasing this three-track EP and I immediately come to think that “my how many mongol inspired bands that show up these days” of course there aren’t and the only other is Tengger Cavalry that I reviewed not long ago, and they are actually a rather similar band to these guys. But what shall I then write about this three-track release that required just short of twenty minutes of your time?

I could write that the first thing I thought about when first listening to this album was that they sound a bit like a band called Wolfchant, they play somewhat extreme metal with touches of folk music, Mongol folk music to be more precise. And they do it quite well, their production is good, the sound is rather powerful, although I don’t really like the vocals, but they do get the rest right. It is better than some EPs but the feeling is still that is goes about halfway and then it just ends, EPs isn’t really a great way to release music, at least not how I see it. It is too short. And I don’t think they vary it very much either, but it is short enough to remain interesting for the entire playing time.

It is a rather good EP with three good tracks, I especially like the opening tracks but they are all quite good and I don’t really think the EP has any major weaknesses, other than the aforementioned vocals that I wouldn’t describe as a highlight of this release. And I also find it good that they have a fairly fresh sound and at least they don’t really sound like everything else being put out these days and they could be quite an interesting band to look up for the one who like a little bit more folkish metal music.

Mongol certainly seems like an interesting band, this EP is fun although I would of course rather have seen them releasing an album instead of an eighteen-minute EP. But you can’t have everything and this takes you a bit on the way towards that album and it is fairly enjoyable and I think it could be worth checking out – especially if you like metal with touches of the Mongolic.

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