"Gyvybès Medis" (Tree of Life) is not a real folk metal album per se. The band's music mostly tends towards fast heavy metal, with strong thrash and power metal influences, and still with this pagan touch which sometimes resurfaces at full speed but mostly remains in the background, only to add a welcome epic feel to the songs. The band has now completely shaken off the black metal influences, which were already almost gone on their previous release. The only thing which can still remind of their glorious past is a couple of devastating blastbeats. Unlike a lot of folk metal bands which rely on the use of non-metal instruments to disguise their relative lack of inspiration, Obtest successfully keep the old guitar/bass/drums formula. This is typically the kind of album that could appeal to fans of folk, heavy and thrash, or simply to people who really enjoy epic atmospheres. (c) metalstorm.ee
Tracklist:
1. Obtest - Apeigos (5:31)
2. Obtest - Vedlys (4:23)
3. Obtest - Sviesa (6:05)
4. Obtest - Gyvybes Medis (5:42)
5. Obtest - Sakalo Vaikai (3:46)
6. Obtest - Azuolas (4:03)
7. Obtest - Gelezinis Vilkas (4:47)
8. Obtest - Tai ne Pabaiga (4:55)
9. Obtest - Ikaitai (3:56)
