Artist......: Falls of Rauros
Album.......: Hail Wind and Hewn Oak
Year........: 2008

Genre.......: Black Metal
Label.......: Morbid Winter Records
Cat.No......:

Source......: WEB (16bit)
Encoder.....: libFLAC
Quality.....: 799 kbps avg. / 44.1kHz / 2 channels

Playtime....: 01:00:22  (388.74MB)
R.date......: 2023-02-03
S.date......: 2008-07-20

Website.....: http://open.qobuz.com/album/vyynpasxlcesa

Disc 1 / 1

01. The Sun Tonight Has Her                                          1:19
02. The Fire We Fathered                                            12:01
03. Hail Wind and Hewn Oak                                           7:38
04. Fury in Our Blood, Thunder in Our Hearts                         2:05
05. Of Stone and the Stars in the Sky                                9:00
06. In Waves of Golden Light                                        10:16
07. To Witness Existence                                            10:10
08. And Never Shall There Be                                         7:53

From the coniferous forests of Southern Maine, hail the black metallers
FALLS OF RAUROS. With two lo-fi demos and a self-released full-length to
their name, the band recently signed with the Canadian MORBID WINTER
RECORDS for the release of their sophomore album, "Hail Wind and Hewn Oak."

While the new release (like the others) is self-recorded, the quality is
even better: both with production and performance. "The Fire We Fathered"
and "Of Stone and the Stars in the Sky" (from the demo before this release)
are included here, re-recorded and HOLY SHIT they sound fucking fantastic.
Kudos to FALLS OF RAUROS, whatever they're doing different to record
definitely shows.

Their influences shine through, specifically early Ulver and Agalloch.
However, they are far from being clones - "Hail Wind and Hewn Oak" is in
fact a tremendous breath of fresh air for the black metal scene. With all
these suicidal, bedroom black metal types popping up every day, it's always
nice to discover a gem like FALLS OF RAUROS amidst the rubble.