Winterfylleth announce new live album ‘The Siege of Mercia’
WINTERFYLLETH have announced a new live album!
Titled The Siege of Mercia, the upcoming live album from the UK black metallers is scheduled to be released in September this year.
The live album features a span of the band’s classic material, as well as a previously unreleased bonus track, and serves to demonstrate the formidable live abilities of WINTERFYLLETH, as performed as part of their main stage appearance at Bloodstock Festival 2017. Bloodstock is often seen as the only domestic open-air festival to really focus on providing a stage for underground bands and they were one of the first to take a chance on adding the band to their line up almost 10 years ago; something for which the band have always been grateful.
Speaking about the live album, guitarist/vocalist Chris Naughton says, “back then, playing the festival coincided with us releasing our second album The Mercian Sphere (our first for Candlelight Records), and provided us with a huge platform on which we were able to launch that release. It was also the first time we had performed those songs on such a national scale. Having done so, our profile grew quickly and we were able to push the band forwards to where we find ourselves now. We have been fortunate enough to have been asked back to perform at the festival on a number of occasions since those early days, and it has always felt like ‘coming home’ when we do. Looking back, the highlight of all our appearances to date was in 2017 when we were invited to play the Ronnie James Dio stage. It was a great show for us.”
Alongside the announcement of the new live album, the band have launched a video clip for The Swart Raven.
Watch the official live music video for The Swart Raven here:
Mixed and Mastered from the original desk recordings by long time collaborator Chris Fielding (PRIMORDIAL/ELECTRIC WIZARD/NAPALM DEATH), with the live DVD footage professionally filmed on the Ronnie James Dio Stage, The Siege of Mercia is an absolutely essential release for fans of atmospheric black metal. The band adds, “with no overdubs, and a lot of passion; this is WINTERFYLLETH live in 2017. We hope you enjoy it and we look forward to seeing you from another stage very soon! Until then…”
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
01. The Solitary One Waits For Grace (The Wayfarer Pt. 1)
02. The Swart Raven
03. Whisper Of The Elements
04. A Valley Thick With Oaks
05. Defending The Realm
06. Children Of The Stones (Synth Version)*
*CD/DVD version only
The Siege of Mercia is set for release on September 13th via Candlelight Records.
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