Frost has always been the Enslaved album that I keep coming back to. Having listened to it back to back with Vikingligr Veldi for the purposes of this review, I am surprised by how fast this record is in comparison to the former. Considering they are both released in the same year, there is a surprising difference between them.
Whereas Vikingligr… had its own mid-pace, unique viking-meets-black metal vibe, Frost has a much more tried-and-true blackened approach. Unique, mystical synths aside, Frost enters the territory of frantic, melodic blastbeat passages, nothing that’s a million miles away from what Dissection would do later on, or what Trym would do with his time in Emperor.
Frost also has one of the greatest cover photos of all time, IMO.