
Märe aus wäldernen Hallen
A rough-edged but deeply atmospheric pagan black metal album whose dated synths, varied vocals and long-form songwriting still make its mystical forest world work.
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Step beyond the tree line where the production is raw, the riffs are icy, and nobody has smiled since 1993.
4 reviews

A rough-edged but deeply atmospheric pagan black metal album whose dated synths, varied vocals and long-form songwriting still make its mystical forest world work.

A huge, melodic collision of black, gothic and symphonic metal whose theatrical excess and extreme dynamics cohere into something unmistakably its own.

A remarkably catchy meeting of thrash and black metal, carried by adventurous guitar work and production that lets it breathe.

Raw, melodic black metal built around creepy German children's folklore, with rough-but-listenable production and punky sections that keep the album from settling into one mood.