Winterfylleth (band)

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Winterfylleth

Winterfylleth performing live in Birmingham in September 2013
Background information
Origin Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Genres Black metal
Years active 2007 - Present
Labels Candlelight, Profound Lore
Associated acts Wodensthrone
Website www.winterfylleth.co.uk
Members Chris Naughton
Simon Lucas
Nick Wallwork
Mark Wood
Past members Richard Brass
Chris Westby

Winterfylleth is an English black-metal band, from Manchester. Since their inception in 2007, the band has released three studio albums and have become a popular act in both the English underground metal scene and the wider international metal arena. Winterfylleth 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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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 current line-up. Winterfylleth then set to work on their second full length album, The Mercian Sphere, which was released on Candlelight Records in 2010.[3] Again, the release was a critical success (Terrorizer magazine album of the month and twentieth best album of 2010[4]) 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,[5] Hellfest, Graspop[6] and Bloodstock Open Air.[7] Winterfylleth released their third album in 2012, The Threnody of Triumph,[3] once again to widespread critical acclaim: This release again obtaining Terrorizer magazine's album of the month and 15th best album of 2012.[4] It also was ranked as the 12th best album of 2012 by Kerrang![8] and made the top ten list of many Kerrang! contributors that year as well.[9]

In March and April 2013 Winterfylleth toured with and supported Enslaved in seventeen shows out of their eighteen show Spring Rite European tour.[10] Later in the year the band returned to Graspop Metal Meeting for the second year running[11] and soon after made their Summer Breeze Open Air debut.[12] In October 2013, Winterfylleth announced an upcoming split EP on vinyl with Ukrainian black metal band Drudkh entitled Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates which will feature covers of bands that influenced Winterfylleth and Drudkh. This EP is due for a January 2014 release via Season of Mist.[13]

Discography

Demos

  • Rising of the Winter Full Moon (2007)

Studio albums

  • The Ghost of Heritage (2008)
  • The Mercian Sphere (2010)
  • The Threnody of Triumph (2012)

Splits

  • Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates (2014)

Members

Current line-up

  • Simon Lucas: Drums, Backing vocals
  • Chris Naughton: Guitars, Vocals
  • Nick Wallwork: Bass, Backing vocals
  • Mark Wood: Guitars, Backing vocals

Former members

  • Richard Brass: Guitars
  • Chris Westby: Bass

See also

Wodensthrone

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/articles/todd-robinsons-top-15-albums-of-2012/
  2. ↑ http://www.rockfreaks.net/albums/5164
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17149-the-threnody-of-triumph/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm
  5. ↑ http://metalrecusants.com/2011/09/17/wacken-open-air-winterfylleth-added-to-the-line-up/
  6. ↑ http://www.allmetalfest.com/graspop-metal-meeting-2012/
  7. ↑ http://www.thrashhits.com/2012/08/bloodstock-open-air-2012-winterfylleth-sophie-lancaster-stage-11-august-2012/
  8. ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
  9. ↑ http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2012/12/the_kerrang_teams_top_10_album.html
  10. ↑ http://www.terrorizer.com/2013/03/18/winter-fylleth-tour-dairy-and-so-it-begins/
  11. ↑ http://www.allmetalfest.com/graspop-metal-meeting-2013/
  12. ↑ http://www.allmetalfest.com/summer-breeze-2013/
  13. ↑ http://www.terrorizer.com/news/news-news/winterfylleth-release-split-ep-drudkh/

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