Windfaerer

Glorybound

Self Financed 2009

On their two song demo New Jersey's Windfaerer, usher forth an era of pagan-inspired melodic, blackened death.  A folky violin lead rides the surface of In The Wake of War as heathenish Gothenburg melodies populate the metallic landscape.  A rhythmic central passage gives way to a melody that brings to mind the days of old all the while the song's tempo alternates between galloping mid-tempo sections and blasting explosions.  The Great Fire is up next and continues with a fondness for the yesteryear.  Melodic passages echo a middle-ground between modern Dissection and latter-day At the Gates.  The songwriting resurrects a rustic aura which paints sweeping and forested landscapes bathed in sunlight which are brought to mind through the use of nostalgic melodies.  Liz's Violin is used to bring those melodic leads into play rather than the typical method utilizing guitars for that purpose.  Muted guitars closing out the track accent the realization that the era that lives within Windfaerer's music exists no more and is but a faded, yet longed for, memory.  The carefree and laidback rural countryside of hilly and forested European landscapes finds new life and breaths once again within the structure of Windfaerer's songs.  I am eager to hear what they can accomplish with a full length album.