Somebody just shared a link with us asking if we are playing in seattle tonight. Wintersuns long awaited third fulllength album the forest seasons has an absolutely. Wintersun the forest that weeps summer official lyric video. I still however enjoy listening to this album very much. The music on wintersun is quite similar to its album art. As a whole, the forest seasons has glimpses of wintersun of old, although not the most technically advanced album of the band. The forest seasons is a music studio album recording by wintersun techextreme prog metalprogressive rock released in 2017 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. It requires an above average dedication to the style to understand how big this little 4 song assembly is, comparing to the noise coming out every other month from albums with. Loneliness winter wintersun the forest seasons the 3rd new full length album from wintersun.
Kritik zu wintersun the forest seasons metal hammer. After 5 years, wintersun has released their third studio album, the forest seasons, inspired by antonio vivaldis violin concerto the four seasons. Wintersun are a band that you could write a book about. The new record the forest seasons is now ready for release. The night falls upon the forest that weeps father of shadows that forever sleeps in the dark rain the grey mountains sing a sad song of winter and the howling wind visions of the past in the haunting dreams under the dead sky, under the withered trees the night falls upon the forest that weeps father of shadows that forever sleeps 3. Wintersun the forest seasons nuclear blast dead rhetoric. A band continually threatened to be swallowed by the weight of expectations, wintersun should further stave off criticism and fan frustration with the forest seasons. The forest seasons is an average album, neither great nor crappy, that is fated to be collateral damage of the wintersun hype machine. Wintersuns new album the forest seasons is set to release this month, and i find myself falling head first into this very enchanting album. The band cited antonio vivaldis violin concerto the four seasons as an inspiration for the album title. Put it like this if the forest seasons was a ten track record, thered be about four killer tracks surrounded by six disappointing fillers. Wintersun the forest that weeps summer official lyric. The sound of hype and expectations being butchered by delusional arrogance and empty promises. Wintersun the forest seasons progressive music planet.
This time around, fans were able to take part in helping the completion of the album through a crowd fund started by. It is however different than time i with it focuses more on the riffs rather than on the melodies. Get all the lyrics to songs on the forest seasons and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The forest seasons carries the same victorious torch that jari lit with the first two wintersun albums. After 5 years wintersun return with their 3rd studio album entitled the forest seasons. Until then, however, fans may be disappointed that the forest seasons is all wintersun could muster up after a long fiveyear gap. It is truly a masterpiece of musical art and compositions. The forest seasons concept focuses on spoiler alert. Wintersuns longawaited, latest foray in the releasing of albums game.
Wintersun is epic without being too cheesy, virtuosity without being pretentious, enjoyable and accessible, yet layered and deep worthy of multiple listens. The forest seasons by wintersun, released 21 july 2017 1. Reaching their goals, the forest seasons hits the public via nuclear blast records on july 21, 2017. The spring season, awaken from the dark slumber spring, opens the record and instantly reminds me of the more bombastic moments of time i. The forest seasons is more or less a logical part of the bands discography. Wintersun the forest seasons formats trailer streaming. The forest seasons continues the melodic death metal genre with interconnected lyrics and themes throughout the album. This album is a classic, and even at its 10th birthday, it continues to stand the test of time. Yep, you heard right wintersun is actually back with a new album.
Wintersun the forest that weeps summer lyrics genius. Mit the forest seasons veroffentlichen wintersun ihr drittes studioalbum. And it starts with the first song, awaken from the dark slumber spring. Theyve had an interesting career to this point which includes a brilliant debut album, an 8 year span between albums, a second album time that was split into two albums but only the first part time i has been released. No idea where this info originated from but its 100% false. It will not be your fast consumable album that you listen for a week and forget in the shelf. It was released on july 21, 2017 via nuclear blast. The forest seasons is a melodic death metal music album recording by wintersun released in 2017 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. Its a continuation of one mans pilgrimage through the natural world, time. Being a long time wintersun fan and following the advancement of the beleaguered time ii, and the recent foray of the band into crowdfunding the creation of their own headquarters, their latest album the forest seasons was always going to have some gigantic boots to fill. I believe this may have been done on purpose, however, even if not well received by some. Preorder via the bands indiegogo page, and check out a trailer below outing the album formats. Wintersun discuss the forest seasons album artwork.
The forest seasons by wintersun album, melodic death. Finnish bashers, wintersun, will release their new album, the forest seasons, on july 21st via nuclear blast. The forest seasons is the third studio album by finnish heavy metal band wintersun. Time i was very heavy on atmosphere and orchestrations while wintersun was much more bandoriented and concise in its compositions.
In under 60 minutes and 4 songs only, the forest seasons grows bigger and larger as the listener give in to it. With only 4 tracks on the album, but all of them clocking in at 12 to 14 minutes each, bringing the album to 54 minutes, the amount of detail and listening concentration needed for it is at an alltime high. And contains just as many songsall ranging from twelvetofourteen minutes in length. Wintersun the forest seasons official full album youtube. The forest seasons takes us through various assortments of musical arrangements and emotions, the quality of wintersun has not dissipated. Its release is accompanied by a massive crowdfunding campaign the band set up to finance their planned wintersun headquarters. Wintersun the forest seasons lyrics and tracklist genius. Preorder the forest seasons via the bands indiegogo page. Through all of the stellar metal releases and gems in our lifetime, were. Finnish melodic metal band wintersun began a new adventure on march 1, 2017 to crowdfund a new studio and deliver a new album entitled the forest seasons. Wintersun is one of those bands that most people know, but the band doesnt release albums as often as fans would like. Albums include wintersun, time i, and the forest seasons. Wintersun is known for creative harmonies, fast tempos and both harsh and clean vocals. One month has gone since the forest seasons release this release has been just amazing.
Wintersuns the forest seasons is a rollercoaster of a release that achieves its set goal of carrying the listener through a large range of emotions and throws in some extra introspection and selfreflection to boot. Our new album the forest seasons now available directly from us. In the midst of all this, riding into the fray with a folksy, symphonic and epic gloss stands the forest seasons, the third studio offering of one of metals most polarizing and least prolific characters jari maenpaa. I am the mist in the morning i am the moss in the ground you are the light that cuts through the stone i am the worms in the dirt i. It wouldnt look like such a paltry offering if it wasnt being turned out to the fanfare of being a wintersun album, and if it wasnt being. A controversial symphonic stopgap that exceeds expectations. Website facebook twitter every once and awhile in your life, youre going to come across things so extraordinarily. Order our new album the forest seasons and other cool stuff like instrumental versions and isolated tracks, r. The forest seasons isolated tracks the forest seasons instrumental. Gone completely are the rich guitar melodies of the ensiferum days and the eponymous wintersun debut and with them the dynamic and succinct songwriting that accompanied them. The album cover off wintersuns debut album portrays a cold winter night, probably in the wilderness of maenpaas home country of finland. The degree of detail and matter the album contains is simply immense, allowing wintersun to. Was it going to be much like the first album, or more along the lines of time i. And thats a shame because when wintersun fire on all cylinders, it sounds immense.
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