Vlad Tepes - Winter (CD)

One of the most essential releases from the LES LÉGIONS NOIRES circle. If you claim to understand French black metal and don't own this, you're lying to yourself.

"Winter" is cold, desolate, and utterly misanthropic. This is the sound of isolation made manifes. Minimalist riffs repeated into hypnotic oblivion, lo-fi production that adds to the atmosphere rather than detracting from it, and Vorlok's tortured vocals echoing through frozen wastelands.

For fans of: Mütiilation, Belkètre, Torgeist, early Burzum

Bands have been trying to recreate this atmosphere for 30 years and failing.
Drakkar Productions reissue. Remixed and remastered, but the spirit remains intact. CD format.

Essential. Period.