Piper Haqim
What a ride. Finally listened to it this morning and I can’t put it down. There’s so much of all the elements that make a great black metal band here and Krigsgrav take it to the bank in a heartbeat. So much zeal and fire! Absolutely blistering melodies.
Favorite track: In Seas of Perdition.
Luke
I found this album while having a scroll through the "death doom" tag – the weather being miserable and all. I found this. And it isn't that. But what it is is a very engaging piece of blackened melodeath with a wonderfully expansive and interesting character. The description says this album was a counterpoint to the previous release which is more straightforwardly heavy. My first impressions of comparing the two are that that's true. This one feels much bigger and more exciting.
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Jewel Case CDs with a stunning full-color insert. The CD version contains the bonus track "When I'm Gone, Let the Wolves Come." NOTE: This is now the 2nd edition of the CD with a new layout designed by David Jaggar.
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12" LP on 180g heavy vinyl. Limited to 200 copies. Comes with a full-color 2-sided insert. Mock-up images are an approximation, actual colors and design may vary.
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"Every once in awhile, an album captures your attention and immediately convinces you of its vitality and importance. And while it may sound like hyperbole, I can say with confidence that Krigsgrav's Fires In The Fall is one of the best atmospheric black metal albums you will hear this year. In fact, it's one of the best ones I've heard in the last five years." - Metal Injection
The sky darkens. The wildfires roar. A new album from Krigsgrav emerges from the smoke. Wise Blood welcomes the Texan black metal trio back to the coven to release their new masterpiece of eternally doomed black metal — Fires in the Fall.
Formed in 2004, Krigsgrav approaches two decades as a project co-created by D. Sikora. After releasing The Sundering with Wise Blood in 2021, the members barely breathed before crafting the record’s successor. The resulting songwriting sessions expanded on Krigsgrav’s foundation of brooding black metal and melodic death/doom.
“We wrote Fires in the Fall almost immediately after we completed writing The Sundering, so it almost feels like a double album, but they are very different,” shares J. Coleman. “We intentionally approached writing Fires in the Fall with the idea that it would be more atmospheric, and we would let the music breathe a bit more. That’s why the songs have more of a tempo change than those on The Sundering. With Fires, we wanted everything to be grandiose and bigger, but really emphasize giving each song a haunting feel.”
Krigsgrav incinerate the genre boundaries between downcast doom and razor-riffed black metal. Fire in the Fall appeals to the autumnal heart beating within fans of Agalloch, Mother of Graves, and My Dying Bride alike. Fires in the Fall rages as furiously as anything in Krigsgrav’s stellar discography. Named after a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, it’s a record that illuminates beauty within the world’s darkest shadows.
“In my interpretation, the poem represents the magic in the changing of seasons from Summer to Fall,” Coleman offers. “There is an intangible mystique in the air. It feels like there is something different coming, almost menacing. Taking that basic idea then considered how there are celebrations of Pagan traditions (Samhain/Yule) that were reinterpreted into modern Christian holidays. It seems like we as humans have always found mysticism in those autumn/winter times. “As we are all heavily inspired during those times of year as well, we wanted to create an album with songs that gave off that similar feeling.”
Fires in the Fall will blaze into the world on June 23rd, 2023. Wise Blood Records will release Vinyl, CD, and Cassette formats featuring stunning artwork by Cameron Hinojosa. The CD and Digital versions contain the bonus track "When I'm Gone, Let the Wolves Come."
credits
released June 23, 2023
Krigsgrav is:
J. Coleman – Vocals, Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Synth
D. Sikora – Drums, Clean Vocals, Bass
C. Daniels – Rhythm and Lead Guitars, Bass*
*bass on “Alone With the Setting Sun” performed by C. Daniels
An Everflowing Vessel (M: Sikora, L: Sikora)
The Black Oak (M: Coleman, L: Daniels)
The World We Leave Behind (M: Coleman, L: Coleman)
In Seas of Perdition (M: Coleman, L: Coleman)
When I Am Gone, Let the Wolves Come (M. Coleman, L: Coleman)
Shadow Lands (M: Coleman, L: Coleman)
Journeyman (M: Sikora, Coleman, L: Sikora)
Alone With the Setting Sun (M: Daniels, L: Daniels)
Cover concept by Krigsgrav
Artwork and layout by Cameron Hinojosa
Nature Photography by Corey Smith
“Fires in the Fall” was recorded between December 2022 and March 2023 by Krigsgrav
Mixed and Mastered at Wolfthrone Studios by Owe Inborr
Guest vocals on “Shadow Lands” performed by Chris “Blutjäger” Sweigart
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Blackbraid quickly followed up their 2022 debut in 2023 with more native folk infused furious black metal. This is by no means a sophomore slump as it is equally excellent, methodical, melodical, and approachable as the first record. 9/10 RJ
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What an impressive piece of black metal. This one-man hurricane is pure art. Sgah‘gahsowáh creates an haunting atmosphere. He puts so much soul in his music. Sælzer Bub
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Extremely inventive and multifaceted sci-fi prog death, just like iridescent ethereal world on the cover art. Best band's achievement up to date. And easily in 2023 AOTY list Dmitry Nevozhay
