Barrow in autumn
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4th December 1997 |
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CD, LP |
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7th |
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54 min 53 s |
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Hünengrab im Herbst is the first album by the German band Nagelfar . It is considered to be groundbreaking for the German black metal scene.
History of origin
In 1997 Nagelfar signed with Kettenhund Records. The material for the album was completed in the late summer of 1997 and recorded in Andy Classen's Stage One studio in September . The album was released in December 1997. A re-mastered re-release followed in 2009 with a new record cover , changed artwork and the title Fressen der Raben from the demo As the gates open on the label Ván Records from the musicians' environment.
style
Hünengrab im Herbst is a concept album about Germanic and Nordic mythology .
It is true that blast beats and a high tempo dominates, but there are many quiet passages and along with the melodic guitar riffs results in a very melancholic atmosphere. While many black metal bands use monotony as a stylistic device, there are “many rapid changes in tempo, tough breaks, hymn-like interludes and completely surprising fragments, such as in […] 'Srontgorrth (The Third Chapter)'”. In dynamic drumming, “a number of minor or major errors” can be discovered, as drummer Alexander von Meilenwald himself mentions. In addition to the usual screams , Jander also uses clear vocals, some of which degenerate into whining, crying or screaming. There are "discreet [e] and song-useful [e], but sometimes also futuristic [e] " and partly experimental keyboard passages, samples and acoustic passages, the title track was even "almost completely put together on the synthesizer " and with one electronic drums and played without an electric bass , and "the lows are also largely removed from the overall sound". With this, the band was "already with their first work Grenzgänger of a genre that was partly arch-conservative and outdated, which was bursting at the seams in front of self-appointed police officers". Despite the pagan theme, the use of mythological images to reproduce their own thoughts and ideas and the sometimes folkloric sounds, the band sees itself as belonging to Black Metal and does not assign itself to Pagan Metal .
reception
The reviews were almost entirely positive. Fierce von vampster wrote: " For me, Hünengrab im Herbst is one of the best Black Metal albums that I have come across". Frank Stöver counted the band in the Nagelfar article written for Rock Hard . Germany's best black metal band? “One of the most hopeful representatives of the German black metal scene” who “ shook the scene to the ground with their debut album Hünengrab in autumn ”. Endres from metal.de wrote that the music gives goose bumps. Mileswald's drumming, the good production and the variety were also praised. Endres described the "clear, charismatic and sometimes somewhat weird singing and speaking parts" as originally "certainly more getting used to than they are today", but the album was "beyond any doubt".
Track list
- Intro (00:26)
- Soul Land (05:21)
- Swan song (14:17)
- Barrow in autumn (05:32)
- Portrait of the Apocalypse (06:22)
- Srontgorrth (The Third Chapter) (09:35)
- The Flight of the Raven (A cry of woe in sad nights) (14:00)
The re-release contains a song called The Eating of the Ravens (04:22), which is from the demo As the Gates Open . The song Srontgorrth (The Third Chapter) is also part of the concept album of the same name. the first two tracks are also on the demos, the fourth can only be found on Srontgorrth .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Azazel: Interview with Nagelfar. metal.de, April 3, 2002, accessed March 8, 2010 .
- ↑ a b c Jay: Nagelfar - megalithic grave in autumn. (No longer available online.) Metal1.info, archived from the original on October 29, 2012 ; Retrieved March 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Fierce: Nagelfar: megalithic grave in autumn. Vampster , December 1, 1998, accessed March 8, 2010 .
- ↑ Martin Loga: Nagelfar / Hünengrab in autumn (re-release). Powermetal.de , March 28, 2009, accessed March 8, 2010 .
- ^ Johannes Paul Köhler: The WÒD-VÁN from Aachen. Legacy , archived from the original on June 30, 2007 ; Retrieved November 30, 2009 .
- ^ Christian Dornbusch , Hans-Peter Killguss: Unheilige Alliances . Black Metal between Satanism, Paganism and Neo-Nazism. Unrast Verlag , Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89771-817-0 , p. 61 .
- ↑ a b Endres: Nagelfar - Hünengrab im Herbst (re-release). metal.de, March 21, 2009, accessed March 8, 2010 .
