There have been rumours of a Carbon Based return this year, and here it is – unpredictable as ever, the comeback track is a pretty glorious rework of Korpiklaani’s folk metal.

It’s not quite freeform, mind, as the Toni and Teemu CB influence has led this one down the breaks path. Even so, the sound is unmistakably recent-era Carbon Based, especially those beautiful breakdowns and leads. I must admit to expecting/hoping for a 4/4 kick and some FINRG filters to burst in at some stage, but things have been reined in this time, alas.

Indeed, the atmosphere on the whole is far lighter than the dark, folky melancholy of the original, which also got me thinking about how great a range of FINRG remixes would have been. Imagine a freeform edit, or if Proteus, Nomic, or Horzi could get their hands on this?

This track is still a fine piece of work at a possibly useful 160-ish bpm, and (amazingly) suggests that if anything the Carbon Based production levels are still improving. It’s available in mp3/FLAC formats here.