IN THE WOODS...

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: melancholic atmospheric pagan black metal

phenomenal debut full-length [1995] by exceptional Norwegian entity that exploded during the dominating era for black metal lays down the foundation for the entire movement of atmospheric heathen subgenre: it was a breakthrough and definite highlight of mid nineties along the first releases of Enslaved, introducing an impressive amalgam of ferocious themes, sharp buzzing guitar harmonies and powerful riffing, combined with developing sense of epic dynamics and healthy dose of usually spontaneous, intuitive, melodic, romantic, and progressive touches, enriching the whole experience with natural, pagan and primordial topics in lyrics, backed up by a philosophic thought; recent Dutch limited gatefold sleeve double white vinyl edition comes with two extra tracks from 1996's vinyl single, including Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit cover