Hexenwind
Occupation
- Vocals, guitar, tambourine: Jochen " Eviga " Stock
- Vocals and synthesizer: Thomas " VALNES " Stock
- Drums: Michael Stone
Hexenwind is the fourth album by the Austrian Dark Metal band Dornenreich that was four and a half years after the previous album Her by wither nights, on 18 November 2005 published. For the first time an album by the band was released in both a standard edition as well as a limited digipak version.
Layout
The cover is different from the past and shows instead of the previous rather barren front pictures now part of a forest with fog in front and the band name and album title. The CD itself is provided only with the album title and the production number.
Prehistory
In October 2001, the message went around that will appear a new side project Dornenreich under the name Hexenwind, then got laid in February 2005 that it would not be a side project, but the next album of the band.
The titles are all from the Sharrektim sessions 2001/2002, where already the songs for the follow-up album created by the dream.
Title list
Style
With only five songs, but the total come back to a playing time of over 40 minutes, Hexenwind represents the album with the fewest songs
Musically, the work differs significantly from its predecessors, as the entire musical conception is kept extremely quiet and the black metal influences are now completely disappeared, which is also indicated by the fact that the guitars are now undistorted for the most part. In addition, Jochen floor almost completely omitted now on the aggressive voice ( with the exception of a few faint screaming in the background during the second title), and the Flüstergesang used. Thomas Stock sings, like on the previous releases, of course.
Criticism
Even before the release it was clear that the album under the weight of the much acclaimed predecessor Her hand will stand by wither nights and came to the fans therefore very different due to the strong musical changes from previous releases to. Many fans who had expected a continuation of the development on the previous album, saw the album as a bitter disappointment. Jochen Stock therefore said in an interview to the critical voices that Hexenwind considered as atypical for Dornenreich, as follows:
" Personally, I am of the opinion that people who were able to internalize Dornenreich beings for themselves, " " recognize as total Dornenreich album and never ever a " Hexenwind have expected from withering nights 2 "or even willed forth. Dornenreich albums act for me in their intensity as a completely autonomous beings, they have soul and are only the flow of all being committed, which excludes a repeat. "