Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Industrial, Cinematic.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: NYIÞ is an Icelandic project you pronounce as ‘Neeth’. After several self-released productions this album is the official debut album featuring a selection of ‘older’ cuts.

Content: The sound universe of NYIÞ represents a wide sonic canvas which is however driven by darkness and oppressive atmospheres. They can be now into dark reverie accentuated by trumpet play and next into a personal interpretation of Folk mixed with Industrial elements. The Industrial exponent is next accentuated by guitar play reminding me of early Swans. The last part of the album evolves into Dark-Ambient and obscure cinematic passages.

+ + + : The work takes off by a great and original track with a brilliant trumpet sound which comes back into other cuts as well. “Hati Þá Guð Og Helgir Englar Allir” is another attention grabber with this magic trumpet sound. But I especially salute the open-minded approach of this project which is hard to label although related to familiar, darker, styles. You’ll also notice passages with vocals and chants accentuating the dreamy darkness of the work.

– – – : The work sounds a bit versatile as well and that’s maybe the tracks have been composed over different years.

Conclusion: NYIÞ is a particular project meant to entertain dark souls.

Best songs: “Decompose”, “Hati Þá Guð Og Helgir Englar Allir”, “Rót”.

Rate: 7½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/NYIÞ-919034964844185

Label: www.cycliclaw.com / www.facebook.com/cycliclaw

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The Icelandic doom metal, drone rock and progressive rock act NYIÞ sees its first four releases from 2011 to 2019 united on one 2CD album, “᛬ᚢᛁᛋᚿᛁ•ᚼᛆᛏᛁ•ᚼᚱᛅ᛬”, on the fine French label Cyclic Law.

NYIÞ’s (pronounced Neeth) first four releases from 2011 to 2019 consisted of a trilogy of tapes and material from a split album.

The tape trilogy consisted of these 3 tapes:

• “Til eru hræ sem hafa aldrei verið menn og munu aldrei verða þó þau lifi enn” (2011)
• “Hati þá guð og helgir englar allir” (2012)
• “Visni þitt hold svo betur megi hæfa þeim hug sem það hýsir” (2014)

“Caput Mortum” (2018), the final release represented in this anthology, breaks thematically with the preceding tape trilogy devoid of lyrical content.

The album comes in an edition of just 300 copies in an 8-panel digisleeve with matt lamination.

You can check out various tracks below.

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