Winterfylleth (band)

Winterfylleth is an English black metal band from Manchester. Since their inception in 2007, the band has released five studio albums and have become a popular act in both the English underground metal scene and the wider international metal arena. Winterfylleth is self-described as "English heritage black metal"^[1] and is often considered to be musical 'brothers-in-arms' with fellow English black metal band Wodensthrone owing to the common lyrical and aesthetic themes they share.^[2][3] The band takes its name from the Old English name for the month of October.

History

Formed and releasing a demo (Rising of the Winter Full Moon) in 2007, Winterfylleth rapidly gained attention in the metal underground, earning them a record deal with Profound Lore Records on which to release their debut 2008 album The Ghost of Heritage.^[4] The release was critically well received and garnered the band considerable attention within the English black metal scene. Following this release, Richard Brass (also a member of Wodensthrone) departed the band and Chris Naughton and Simon Lucas were joined by Nick Wallwork and Mark Wood, completing the line-up that would remain until 2015. Winterfylleth then set to work on their second full-length album, The Mercian Sphere, which was released on Candlelight Records in 2010.^[4] Again, the release was a critical success (Terrorizer magazine album of the month and twentieth best album of 2010^[5]) and propelled the band to international success. This new found recognition landed the band high-profile appearances at a number of top metal festivals including Wacken Open Air,^[6] Hellfest, Graspop^[7] and Bloodstock Open Air.^[8] Winterfylleth released their third album in 2012, The Threnody of Triumph,^[4] once again to widespread critical acclaim: This release again obtaining Terrorizer magazine's album of the month and 15th best album of 2012.^[5] It also was ranked as the 12th best album of 2012 by Kerrang!^[9] and made the top ten lists of many Kerrang! contributors that year as well.^[10]

In March and April 2013 Winterfylleth toured with and supported Enslaved in seventeen shows out of their eighteen show Spring Rite European tour.^[11] Later in the year the band returned to Graspop Metal Meeting for the second year running^[12] and soon after made their Summer Breeze Open Air debut.^[13] The first half of 2014 saw two releases from Winterfylleth. The first, released in January, was a split EP on vinyl with Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh entitled Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates which featured covers of bands that have influenced Winterfylleth and Drudkh.^[14] The second, released in May, was a compilation album in which Winterfylleth participated entitled One And All, Together, For Home, featuring folk songs recorded by various metal bands including Primordial, Kampfar and, once again, Drudkh.^[15] In July 2014 Winterfylleth announced that they planned to release their fourth album, The Divination of Antiquity, in October 2014.^[16]

In 2015, they received the award for "best underground band" at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.^[17] On August 2, 2016 the band announced the album cover and title of their fifth full-length album, "The Dark Hereafter".^[18] On August 4, they confirmed the release date as 30 September.^[19] They released the track 'Ensigns of Victory' in advance of the album's release.^[20]

Discography

Studio albums

• The Ghost of Heritage (2008)
• The Mercian Sphere (2010)
• The Threnody of Triumph (2012)
• The Divination of Antiquity (2014)
• The Dark Hereafter (2016)

Demos

• Rising of the Winter Full Moon (2007)

Splits

• Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates (2014, with Drudkh)

Compilations

• One And All, Together, For Home (2014)

Members

References

External links

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• Official website