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Dutch atmospheric black/doom metal act Witte Wieven has set 14 April as the release date for its highly anticipated debut album, Dwaallicht, to be out on vinyl via Babylon Doom Cult. The band has also revealed the first album's single, "Drogbeeld", which awaits you in the player below.
Since its formation in 2014, Witte Wieven has been patiently perfecting its sound, first with the Silhouettes Of An Imprisoned Mind EP in 2016 and then a split with Reiziger, Vlucht, in 2018. A blend of dissonance, dreamy landscapes, and alternately grooving/gnarly riffs, C. (guitar, vocals) and S. (drums) try to find their way through the echoes of creating. But the recorded experience is not only side to Witte Wieven: the duo made its live debut at Roadburn 2019, accompanied by W. Damiaen (Laster) on guitar and Dave (Gott, Ggu:ll) on bass guitar. By and large, that esteemed performance introduced this apparition to the wider world, but now it's set to fly farther and freer...
At last: Witte Wieven's debut album, Dwaallicht. Both a summation and extension of their prior short lengths, the six-song/42-minute Dwaallicht lays bare a stark-yet-sumptuous canvas of shimmering black metal and delirious doom, threaded together with the subtly unfolding dynamics of the best post-rock. It's at once an incredibly physical experience and one that's ghostly and atmospheric, its ripples of shadowy sound revealing everything and nothing simultaneously; one must possess the fortitude to peer deeply into their abyss to see the full fathom of emotions and sensations lurking down there. One minute compared to the other might suggest combative contrasts, but each minute is as crucial as the last as well as the next: with songs at their briefest being five minutes and stretching all the way to ten, the journey itself is arguably more important than the destination. Put another way, Witte Wieven is like the beings that lurk in the mist - a pretty sight but with tempting, dangerous darkness. And Dwaallicht's landscape seemingly stretches infinitely... Link
Dwaallicht tracklist:
1. Ontsponnen uit de diepte
2. Koorddanser
3. Drogbeeld
4. Het mistige zicht
5. Kringen
6. Met beide benen in het niets (Live)
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