Wuthering Heights (band)
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| Wuthering Heights | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Angelica, Minas Tirith | |
| Origin |  Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Genre(s) | Progressive/Power/Folk Metal | |
| Years active | 1997–present | |
| Label(s) | Locomotive, Sensory | |
| Website | wuthering-heights-dk | |
| Members | ||
| Nils Patrik Johansson Erik Ravn Martin Arendal Andreas Lindhall Teddy Möller Morten Gade Sørensen |
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| Former members | ||
| Kristian Andrén Eric Grandin Lorenzo Dehò Kasper Gram Morten Nodgaard Henrik Flyman Rune S. Brink |
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Wuthering Heights are a Danish heavy metal band, with a somewhat eclectic musical style which falls in somewhere between progressive, folk, and power metal.
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[edit] Biography
The group formed in 1989 under the name Angelica. They recorded nothing under this name, changing to Minas Tirith for the release of a demo cassette, entitled Tales From the Woods in late 1992. By the release of their second demo in 1995 the band had changed their name to Vergelmir. They were inactive in the studio for a few more years until, as Wuthering Heights, they released Within in 1999. They followed this up with To Travel For Evermore in 2002 and Far From the Madding Crowd in 2004, which has received some critical acclaim amid the underground power metal and folk metal communities. They are currently signed to Locomotive Records.
[edit] Musical style and genre
Wuthering Heights' musical style is relatively unique, combining various elements. Classic heavy metal and power metal along with the highly virtuosic speed metal style, are mixed with strong overtones of Celtic folk music, including bagpipe sections on some songs. They are often described as being progressive metal, due to the folk influence, though they are not strictly in-line with the genre. They are quite musically distinctive, with their closest musical neighbours probably being Falconer and Elvenking.
[edit] Lyrical themes
Wuthering Heights' subject matter is somewhat varied, but typically includes Tolkienic fantasy (sometimes with specific references to locales or creatures from Tolkien's works) and more traditional folklore-influenced works, with an additional emphasis on fantasy-tinged, new-age-style nature themes.
[edit] Discography
- Tales From The Woods - Demo (as Minas Tirith), 1992.
- Promo Demo - Demo (as Vergelmir), 1995.
- Within - Full-length album, 1999.
- To Travel For Evermore - Full-length album, 2002.
- Far From the Madding Crowd - Full-length album, 2004.
- The Shadow Cabinet - Full-length album, 2006.
[edit] Trivia
The band takes its name from the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Despite this, and despite the allusion in the name of their 2004 album Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, the band does not reference 19th-century literature in their lyrics to any real extent.
