WINTERFYLLETH · The Unyielding Season | DIGISLEEVE CD

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Winterfylleth are among the most vital and uncompromising voices in British black metal — a band that has spent nearly two decades weaving the landscapes, mythology and ancient literature of these islands into something genuinely devastating. Founded in Manchester around 2006/2007 by Chris Noughton and Simon Lucas, they helped pioneer a distinctly UK-rooted strain of the genre, and nine albums deep they show absolutely no sign of slowing down. If anything, "The Unyielding Season" — their Napalm Records debut — finds them more focused and more furious than ever.

Where 2024's "The Imperious Horizon" circled a gathering threat on the horizon, this record is that threat made real. It is a raw, unflinching piece of social commentary: a rebellion against the relentless anxieties and fractures tearing modern life apart, a howl against unsustainable fear. "Echoes In The After" is a case in point — a track born directly from the senseless destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall, adapted from a Sir Philip Sidney poem of the 16th century. The album closes with a deeply felt cover of Paradise Lost's "Enchantment" from the landmark Draconian Times (1995), a nod to the towering British metal heritage the band has always carried with them.

For fans of: Primordial, Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch, Fen, Wodensthrone

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Track listing

1. Heroes of a Hundred Fields
2. Echoes In The After
3. A Hollow Existence (Featuring Backing Vocals by Flagrum)
4. Perdition's Flame
5. The Unyielding Season
6. Unspoken Elegy (Instrumental Featuring Cello by Arthur Thompson)
7. In Ashen Wake
8. Towards Elysium
9. Where Dreams Once Grew (Instrumental)
10. Enchantment (Paradise Lost Cover Version - Bonus Song)

Manufacturer: Napalm Records Handels GmbH, Hammerplatz 2, 8790 Eisenerz, Austria , Contact: napalmrecords.com