Winterfylleth (band)
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Winterfylleth live at Party.San Open Air 2015
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Origin | Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
Genres | Black metal |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Candlelight, Profound Lore |
Associated acts | Wodensthrone |
Website | winterfylleth |
Members | Chris Naughton Simon Lucas Nick Wallwork Dan Capp |
Past members | Richard Brass Chris Westby Mark Wood |
Winterfylleth is an English black metal band from Manchester. Since their inception in 2007, the band has released four 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.
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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]
Discography
Studio albums
- The Ghost of Heritage (2008)
- The Mercian Sphere (2010)
- The Threnody of Triumph (2012)
- The Divination of Antiquity (2014)
Demos
- Rising of the Winter Full Moon (2007)
Splits
- Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates (2014)
Compilations
- One And All, Together, For Home (2014)
Members
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See also
References
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External links
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