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Paysage D'Hiver - Die Berge 21.32 $

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:34:32 +0200

On the third regular PAYSAGE D'HIVER album "Die Berge" ('The Mountains'), mastermind Wintherr has perfectly captured the dark essence of his mountainous Swiss home beyond those pretty picture postcard landscapes. Ragged peaks that unfathomable tectonic forces have crushed upwards and out of the thin cold crust of this planet create a harsh and hostile environment for humans, which is reflected within the sound of raw black metal. Note for note, these grey giants of rock come awake to life in song. Majestic, powerful, dangerous, threatening, and yet also inherent of a fierce beauty, these massive tracks of epic length echo the huge proportions of their source of inspiration and amount to a playing time of more than 100 minutes. With each release, PAYSAGE D'HIVER narrate a new chapter of a continuing story about a mysterious protagonist called 'Der Wanderer'. "Die Berge" takes the wanderer into the 14th chapter, which might end up as his last. The main theme of "Die Berge" is death and this time the enigmatic wanderer's journey is comparable to that of a Zen monk who hikes to the peak of a mountain on feeling that his time has come. Founded in 1997 in the Swiss region of Bern, PAYSAGE D'HIVER remained a strictly underground phenomenon at first. Wintherr unleashed a steady stream of 10 full-length "demos" and 4 split-EPs that earned him an excellent reputation while a massive following grew by word of mouth. When the Swiss came "out of hiding" with "Im Wald" ("In the Forest") in 2020, their regular debut album even entered the German charts, which meant mainstream recognition despite standing firmly with both feet in the underground. With "Die Berge", PAYSAGE D'HIVER continue to expand the horizon of Nordic black metal without ever stepping away from their roots.

Tracklist:
1. Urgrund
2. Verinnerlichung
3. Transzendenz I
4. Transzendenz II
5. Transzendenz III
6. Ausstieg
7. Gipfel

Digipak 2CD (A5 format) with folded 8-pages booklet in black envelope

Moirai - Blood Treasure, Woven Fates 19.38 $

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:50:09 +0200

MOIRAI specialise in the musical treasures of the middle ages with a focus on what has been lost in time, long before current notation systems came into use and of which only tantalising glimpses remain. The unique trio use original written sources and oral traditions, which they artistically interpret and respectfully recombine.
"Blood Treasure, Woven Fates" is a fascinating case in point. On their new album, MOIRAI bring an ancient story back to life that they have extracted from Old Icelandic manuscripts and perform in the original language. On eight of the ten album tracks they sing of the hero Sigurd, who kills the dragon Fafnir and wins a cursed treasure of red gold. They also sing of a bitter feud between two powerful women, Brynhild and Gudrún, and deadly intrigues at the Burgundian court that finally lead to three kings meeting their terrible fate in the halls of Atli, king of the Huns.
With the first and the last track, MOIRAI embed their tale in a frame built from lines taken from the prophetic Old Norse poem 'Völuspá' ("The Prophecy of the Seeress"). Yet while "Blood Treasure, Woven Fates" is firmly rooted in Old Icelandic language and literature, the trio takes a much wider perspective. The story of Sigurd is derived from much older Germanic sources that also inspired the Middle High German epic "The Song of the Nibelungs". This poem was written down around the year 1200, and is therefore nearly contemporary with the 13th century Icelandic manuscript Codex Regius that MOIRAI went to study in Reykjavik in preparation of this album.
While in Iceland, MOIRAI also studied the later Icelandic rímur type of poetry that probably began in the 14th century and last until the early modern period – and even underwent a modern revival in popular music. In a parallel to the story of the dragon slayer Sigurd told in Iceland and under the name Siegfried in continental Europe at the same time, MOIRAI created a musical reflection of these cultural connections by blending melodies and patterns from the rímur tradition with the monophonic song that became popular in Europe during the 13th century. This process laid down the foundation of "Blood Treasure, Woven Fates".
MOIRAI were conceived as an American-Swiss duo creating songs in the context of "Alte Musik" ("old music"). The beautiful voices of Hanna Marti and Mara Winter are combined with a sparing yet very effective use of acoustic instrumentation. In addition to their singing, Hanna plays lyre and Mara the flute, which she also does in a recently begun residential role in SANGRE DE MUERDAGO. They expanded to a trio when French musician Félix Verry joined and brought his subtle fiddle playing to the group. Mara Winter was formerly the vocalist and keyboard player in the Cascadian black metal band EIGENLICHT, before moving from Olympia, USA to the Swiss city of Basel (CH) to form MOIRAI with Hanna Marti in October 2015. Hanna performs frequently with the legendary medieval music ensemble SEQUENTIA. Félix and Mara also released three albums together as the experimental dungeon synth duo URGHUN.
With "Blood Treasure, Woven Fates", MOIRAI take us on a captivating journey through Germanic space and time. The epic tale of the hero Sigurd might go back as far as the migration period, which began with the Huns pushing Germanic tribes into the territories of the late Roman Empire, which was already weakened by internal strife until it fell. Whatever his original story was, it got reshaped again and again through the centuries until a version of it reached the North at the latest by the time of the Viking expansions, and finally was written down by Christian monks in the medieval period. In their musical retelling "Blood Treasure, Woven Fates", MOIRAI join the present with an age of dragons, swords, old gods, valkyries, and heroes through their exciting recital of Old Norse literary monuments – and let us experience ancient emotions that are otherwise hidden by the veils of time.

Tracklist:
01. Völuspá I
02. Sigrdrífa
03. Rúnar
04. Brynhildr ok Sigurðr
05. Guðrún
06. Eiða svarna
07. Helreið
08. At Gunnars höllo
09. Atli
10. Völuspá II

Edition:
- Digipak CD (A5 format) with 20-pages booklet

Nordgeist - Frostwinter 14.53 $

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:10:03 +0200

NORDGEIST were conceived in the Siberian city of Bratsk in the Irkutsk Oblast at the junction of the rivers Oka and the mighty Angara. This territory once belonged to the nomadic Buryat people, who are related to the Mongolians and renowned for their close relationship to nature. Bratsk lies in the subarctic climate zone, which results in dark, long cold winters.

It is therefore quite easy to see, where T, the mysterious mastermind and musician behind NORDGEIST took inspiration from. Her approach to black metal is obviously shaped by the Nordic scene, with which T's music shares a penchant for majestic melodies and cineastic soundscapes, but also delivers an extra dose of viscious fury.

Founded in 2017, NORDGEIST caused an immediate stir in the black underground with the split-release "Nordwinter", which they shared with VINTERKULT.

Now NORDGEIST unleash their ice-crowned album debut "Frostwinter", which will hit the world like a black blizzard from Siberia.

Tracklist:
1. Зима (Winter)
2. Старый волк (The Old Wolf)
3. Возмездие (Revenge)
4. Тоска (Sorrow)

Edition:
- Digipak CD (A5 format) with 8-pages booklet

Paysage d'Hiver - Kristall & Isa 16.47 $

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:48 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Isa
2. Austritt Aus Dem Koerper
3. Aether
4. Der Kristall Ist Eis
5. Wachen / Innere Stimme
6. Kaelte

Paysage d'Hiver - Schattengang 16.47 $

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:50:06 +0200

Re-release

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope.

Tracklist:
1. Moloch
2. Die Zeit Des Torremond
3. Atmosphaere

Paysage d'Hiver - Nacht 16.47 $

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:48 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Des Lichtes Sterben I
2. Ein Getriebener Im Schneestreiben
3. Finsternis, Tod Und Einsamkeit
4. Des Lichtes Sterben II

Paysage d'Hiver - Kerker 16.47 $

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:48 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Tiefe
2. Schritte
3. Schatten
4. Gang

Paysage d'Hiver - Winterkälte 16.47 $

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:34:32 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Ich Schreite
2. Ich Starre
3. Einsamkeit
4. Winter
5. Eintritt In Die Sphaeren
6. Finsternis

Paysage d'Hiver - Die Festung 16.47 $

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:40:11 +0200

Re-release

Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Eishalle
2. Koenig Winter
3. Schneekoenigin
4. Eisprinzessin
5. Prinz Frost

Paysage d'Hiver - Steineiche 16.47 $

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:48 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Die Baumfrau
2. Der Baummann
3. Der Baum

Paysage d'Hiver - Einsamkeit 16.47 $

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:20:10 +0200

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook in black, sealed envelope. Limited!

Tracklist:
1. Einkehr
2. Inneres Licht
3. Kraft

Paysage D'Hiver - Geister 16.47 $

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:28:28 +0200

Founded in 1997 in the Swiss region of Bern, black metal solo-project PAYSAGE D'HIVER remained a strictly underground phenomenon at first. Mastermind Wintherr unleashed a steady stream of 10 full-length so-called "demos" and 4 split-EPs that earned him an excellent reputation and large following When the Swiss came "out of hiding" with "Im Wald" ("In the Forest") in 2020, his regular debut album even entered the German charts underscoring the organically achieved status. Each full-length release, including the so-called "demos" and regular albums, constitutes a chapter of a continuing story, which PAYSAGE D'HIVER narrate about a protagonist called "Der Wanderer", who roams an otherworld realm. In "Geister", the Wanderer has a lucid dream in which he meets beings from another dimension, which is in fact our world. To him, we terrestrials appear as the ghosts. Our only means of contacting the Wanderer in the world of PAYSAGE D'HIVER is through the rites of winter, such as the Tschäggättä, which is a traditional mask cult from the Lötschental, a valley in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Such a hereditary mask is depicted on the album cover and the lyrics are set in the local dialect.

Tracklist:
01. Schattä
02. Bluet
03. Wüetig
04. Undä
05. Äschä
06. Wärzä
07. Anders
08. Schtampfä
09. Gruusig
10. Schuurig
11. Geischtr

Edition:
- Digipak CD (A5 format) with 20-pages booklet in black envelope

Paysage d'Hiver - Das Tor 16.47 $

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:34:32 +0200

Das Tor ("The Gate") is the long anticipated successor of "Einsamkeit", Paysage D'Hiver's latest release so far. Once again in four epic pieces, mastermind Wintherr draws harsh images of archaic Black Metal and Ambient.

Paysage d'Hiver - Im Traum 9.68 $

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:40:06 +0200

Paysage D'Hiver's double album "Im Wald" was recently released and immediately became a favorite among both fans and critics. Now Wintherr offers us an addendum in the shape of the EP "Im Traum", which contains two album songs as re-imagined versions.

"In my inner ear," the Swiss artist explains, "I heard deeper levels of music when recording 'Le Rêve Lucide' and 'Kaelteschauer', which are not possible to include in the limited physical audio spectrum, as it often happens with Paysage D'Hiver. So these two tracks, wherein it seemed particularly clear and intense to me, are a realization of these deeper levels for the first time."

"Im Traum" is available as limited 10" and A5 Digibook MCD.

Tracklist:
1. Dans le rêve lucide
2. Im Kaelteschauer

Edition:
- Handmade A5 digibook