Idzie siódmy album BERGRIZEN

 

Today, Purity Through Fire announces December 21st as the international release date for Bergrizen's highly anticipated seventh album, Die Falle, on digipack CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

For 15 years now, Bergrizen have been standard-bearers for the new wave of Ukrainian black metal which honors the old. The work of one Myrd'raal, Bergrizen have released five studio albums and even a live album, nearly all of which have been released in some manner by Purity Through Fire. Just this autumn, the band released a stopgap album in Orathania, largely comprised of ambient and dark folk with fierce-yet-fleeting moments of black metal. Now, born in the hardest days, Bergrizen deliver their all-new (and all black metal) album, Die Falle.

And that they do across the album's five-song/42-minute runtime. It's a consolidation of everything that's made Bergrizen so paradigmatic of modern Ukrainian black metal, but also a windswept treatise on how far their grandeur can stretch; with three of the tracks clocking in at 10 minutes apiece, the scope is vast and penetrating, and so are the chills. Die Falle, in essence, is that perfect middle point between authentic "underground black metal" and black metal that aims for more - plausibly, and with success. No sane listener will be spared the poignancy of Bergrizen's increasingly daring dynamics.

"Looking back on our way," the band conclude, "sometimes it is hard to believe that we did it. Die Falle is a very important album for us because it's unique both in terms of music and the story of creation. We support Ukrainian art in every possible way. And if someone wants to explain how to create music, especially black metal, sitting on a comfortable couch, welcome to Ukraine."

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Ich Vergesse Nicht" HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Bergrizen's Die Falle

1. Ich Vergesse Nicht [10:20]

2. Ich Vergebe Nicht [10:07]

3. Der Rituelle Mord (Öffnung Der Tore) [6:04]

4. Die Falle (Der Wanderer 3) [10:02]

5. Verschneite Winternacht [4:34]