Winterhymn (USA)

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Winterhymn (USA)

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Winterhymn - Blood & Shadow (Digipak Edition) (2016)

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Year : 2016
Style : Melodic Power Folk Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 118 mb


Bio:

Winterhymn (Cincinnati, OH) has proudly carried the American pagan metal flag into battle since 2009. Guitarist/vocalist Draug, guitarist Varrik, drummer Valthrun, violinist Umbriel, keyboardist Exura, and bassist/vocalist Alvadar launch a hostile campaign of black, death, and power metal, fueled by the haunting strains of folk and symphonic metal and the spirit and escapism of fantasy and folklore inspired by both their own mythos and the forests and wildlands of their North American homeland. With a melding of influences including Bathory, Primordial, Amon Amarth, and Immortal, they have cast listeners the world over into their own realm of conquest, death, and untamed wilderness.Winterhymn released their debut album "Songs for the Slain" in October 2011 and spent 2012 crisscrossing Eastern America in its support. In but one year’s time they had shared the local and regional stage with many of the heavyweights of their own genre and beyond, including Children of Bodom, Eluveitie, Turisas, Alestorm, Arkona, Skeletonwitch, Huntress, Revocation, Threat Signal, and 3 Inches of Blood. Winterhymn embarked on their first North American tour in 2014 with Paganfest America Part V, alongside Korpiklaani, Turisas, Chthonic, and Varg, terrorizing the continent with their spirit of wild bloodlust. In 2015 they joined forces with Arkona, Heidevolk, and Helsott for the Pagan Rebellion North American tour. 2016 saw them sign with SoundAge Productions for the release of their second album, Blood & Shadow, which will be released on June 17th. See them on the Blood & Shadow East Coast Tour with Yesterday's Saints and Khaotika in June 2016.

Album:

In a genre where most bands come from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, it’s nice to notice bands from more and more countries. China is up and coming, the scene in France is far from dead and once in a while we get some proper folk metal from the US of A. Not surprising that from a country that’s only recently discovered by the white man, folks, myths and the like are rather rare. And there is some Native American metal, with bands like nechochwen, but there aren’t many of those bands yeat.Second full album from Ohio based Winterhymn will try to convince us that you don’t need ancient history to make worthwhile folk metal. Did they succeed? Yes, sir.First let’s check our metal checklist. Do we have distorted guitars? Check. Pounding drums? Yep. Harsh vocals? Yes. Okay, let’s move on to the folk metal part. Folky melodies? There. Folky instruments? Yes, partly from keyboard, but also from the good old violin. So now it’s time for our nice or not so nice check. Enough speed? Yeah. Variation? All songs have their own character and within the songs speed varies and harsh and clean vocals vary. Originality? That’s slightly harder. Maybe it’s rather unique to hear the English language once more, but that’s hardly an accomplishment for an North American band. Let’s put it this way: every sound in itself is not unique, but the album ass a whole is brought so convincingly that non-originality is hardly an issue.Style wise you can think of throwing folk, Viking and power metal with a hint of pagan in the blender. The result is rather accessible powerful metal. Sometimes the bombast rules and the keyboards are in the front of the mix. Not the most dark form of folk metal ever made. A song like ‘Legacy in Flames’ will very likely make you want to raise your horn. And when your thirst is quenched, go on, go look for a mean old dragon to slay. The songs are not too long, another sign that the band knows that we listeners are easily bored.So, yes, this is a worthwhile album. Not ground breaking, not my new favourite band, but thoroughly nice. Except for the soft song Seafarer. That’s hardly memorable. But otherwise: yeah, nice.

Line-Up:

Exura Keyboards (2010-present)
Umbriel Violin (2010-present)
Draug Vocals, Guitars (lead) (2010-present) - See also: Siren
Alvadar Bass, Vocals (backing) (2013-present)
Valthrun Drums (2013-present)
Varrik Guitars (2013-present) - See also: Siren, ex-Elimination

Tracklist:

01. Blood of the Moon 03:48
02. Dream of Might 03:59
03. Blood Burner 03:19
04. Legacy in Flames 04:51
05. The Summoning 04:12
06. Seafarer 03:20
07. Silenced by the Northern Winds 06:53
08. In Shadow We Ride 04:47
09. Huntsman 05:23
10. The Wolf's Head 03:39
11. Into the Depths 06:25
12. The Chosen End 04:31


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