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Each song from Elder gives the impression of an explosion of life, tendrils reaching into every available crevice in barely contained ten minute stretches of supercharged evolution. They rumble or burst into multicoloured view, filling our senses before disappearing into the dark, leaving behind a warm afterglow.

Their philosophy is imbued with overwhelming positivity, songs as expressions of gratitude at the beautiful universe we find ourselves in. If sorrow and pain creep in at any point, ... read more

After 10 years of making music, Winter feels like the album Fen were destined for. A consolidation of all their past work, whilst building cavernous gates to something entirely new; a dark monument pointed towards the stars.

Beautifully recorded and produced (by Jaime Gomez Arellano), exquisite melodies abound, with earthly nods to folk roots (Grungyn's bassline in Penance) and misty shoegaze (The Watcher's harmonic progressions in Interment), all wrapped in the wind and rain of black metal. ... read more