The Threnody of Triumph
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| The Threnody of Triumph | ||||
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| Released | 25 September 2012 | |||
| Studio | Foel Studios | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 63:30 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Candlelight Records | |||
| Producer | Chris Fielding | |||
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The Threnody of Triumph is the third studio album by the English black metal band Winterfylleth, released on 25 September 2012 through Candlelight Records.
The English black metal band Winterfylleth formed in Manchester in 2006 and released two albums—The Ghost of Heritage (2008) and The Mercian Sphere (2010)—before The Threnody of Triumph. The Threnody of Triumph was recorded at Foel Studios and produced by Chris Fielding.[1]
Music and lyrics
A threnody is an ode about someone who has died, and Chris Naughton of Winterfylleth describes The Threnody of Triumph as an album about celebrating the lives of deceased loved ones. The aim was to combine a sense loss and celebration, which the band tried to do by contrasting the darkness of fast-played black metal with soaring lead singing and vocal harmonies. According to Naughton, the album has a spiritual theme related to "how our ancestors viewed spirituality in the sense of how the soul and the body were connected",[1] and was made with an ambition to engage listeners socially by evoking history.[1]
Release
The track "Void of Light" debuted on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show.[1] Candlelight Records released The Threnody of Triumph on 25 September 2012.[2] The cover art is a photograph from the Snowdonia National Park.[3]