Winterlong - Discography (2001 - 2008)

Length /Продолжительность: 00:44:13
Tracks / Треклист:
01. From Heaven to Hell
02. Sky Travellers
03. Winterlong
04. Valley of the Lost
05. The Water Spirit
06. Nosferatu
07. Mystery of Life
08. Victory
9. Written in Blood
10. Driven by Insanity

Length /Продолжительность: 00:47:24
Tracks / Треклист:
01. Locking Up The Gates
02. Twisting My Tail
03. Northman
04. Retaliation
05. We'll Be Immortals
06. Call Of The Wild
07. Wild Winter Nights
08. In Worlds Of Illusions
09. Ride Into The Skies
10. Messiah
11. Evolution
12. Aurora Borealis (A New Beginning)

Length /Продолжительность: 00:43:58
Tracks / Треклист:
01. The Priest
02. Ten Digits of the Future
03. Judgenment Day
04. A Vision of the Wolf
05. Ragnarok
06. Each Day We Die
07. We'll Ride from the Dead
08. Bloodshred
09. Demise
10. Oblivion
11. The End of the Longest Winter

Length /Продолжительность: 00:38:39
Tracks / Треклист:
01. The Hunter
02. And So We Remember
03. Go To Hell
04. My Nevermore
05. Like Ships In The Night
06. Shutting Out The World
07. On A Demon's Night
08. The Touch Of Evil
09. Cleaning The Machine
10. Badlands

Length /Продолжительность: 01:18:56
Tracks / Треклист:
01. Sky Travellers
02. The Priest
03. Northman
04. Bloodshed
05. Like Ships In The Night
06. Nosferatu
07. Wild Winter Nights
08. And So We Remember
09. Each Night We Die
10. Twisting Your Tail
11. The Hunter
12. Retaliation
13. Winterlong
14. Judgement Day
15. The Prediction Of M. King Hubbert
16. Dragon Breath
17. The Heartland
18. Elements

                

Winterlong is the brainchild and early home of now Sabaton guitarist  Thorbjörn Englund. Proving to be purveyors of some of the finest neo-classical Nordic power metal to have come out of Scandinavia in the 21st century. The band went through a series of line-up changes yet retained their own identifiable sound for their first 3 albums before changing track to a heavier style of metal for their fourth (and to date last) album ‘Metal/Technology’.

“Longing For Winter” sees tracks compiled from the bands career and along with 4 previously unreleased tracks from the bands archives makes this an ideal starting point for anyone that has yet to sample the Winterlong sound.

Winterlong started out as a band and first came to prominence with their debut album “Valley Of The Lost” in 2001 which received strong critical praise. Subsequent albums saw Thorbjörn creating the music himself with a variety of musicians.

For “The Second Coming” (2003) with drummers Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, ex Malmsteen) and Andreas Lill (Vanden Plas). Italian keyboard virtuoso Mistheria (as with the debut) contributed keyboard solos yet it was the presence of vocalist Mikael Holm that had the most impact from the then new release whose powerful soaring vocals worked to perfection with Englund’s fleeting fingers.

The Englund/Holm magic was then further enhanced for the band’s 3rd release, the self titled “Winterlong” seeing Leif Eriksson handle drums and this album saw the bands sound honed to perfection. Even Englund himself wondered how this could be bettered. So instead Thorbjorn took the decision to create Winterlong’s fourth album alone with a new sound, The result was “Metal/Technology” which saw heavier Pantera style riffs coupled with Thorbjörn Englund handling all other instrumentation and vocals himself. Whilst this is a departure from the traditional Winterlong sound, Englunds guitar trademarks are still here in spades.