OTYG - Bergtagen The Handsome Family Up to that point I

Up to that point I hadn’t met anyone with any an interest in any of my musical discoveries

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” is best known as the brooding instrumental B-side to their epochal “Transdance

California in 1966

” Lester Bangs

OTYG - Bergtagen The Handsome Family Up to that point ICult Scandinavian folk metal! Otygs first demo recording, Bergtagen, has been remastered from the original tapes. Before folk metal turned into a gimmick, Otyg were already there. Bergtagen captures the band at its purest earthy, melodic, and deeply Scandinavian. No posturing, no plastic bombast. Just strong riffs, breathing rhythms, violin, jaw harp, and Vintersorg sounding raw, urgent, and serious. Though often called a demo, Bergtagen never felt