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Today, Swiss black metallers Ernte reveal the new track "Ritval Pyre." The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, Der schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis, set for international release on February 13th via Purity Through Fire. Hear Ernte's "Ritval Pyre" in its entirety HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel.

Ernte are True Helvetic Black Metal. After almost 20 years of creating dark ambient music, photography, painting, and graphic art, Häxär decided that it was time to return to the roots: In 2020, his long-time passion for black metal found a form of expression in Ernte, where he is the main songwriter, guitar player, and responsible for recording and mixing. In Askahex (vocals, bass, violin), he found an appropriate and experienced co-musician. She played bass and violin in the all-girl doom band shEver before she started as frontwoman in the Swiss black-doom band Ashtar.

Both original and traditional at the same time, Ernte capture misanthropic, anti-modern thoughts while calling back to a distant past with an invoking of old energies and spirits. In December 2023, Ernte made their successful live debut, accompanied by two session musicians. Following the band's previous two albums, 2024's Weltenzerstörer represented a further development of Ernte's earlier work, emphasizing their melodic and atmospheric elements while remaining true to their black metal origins.

"It is our oath to the old ways," Ernte conclude about Der schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis, "to values forged in fire and blood, long before the rot of modernity crept in. We stand in defiance of this decaying world, waging war against the hollow progress of a sickened society. The modern world is a blight—may nature rise and devour mankind. Let the Black Flame consume what never should have been."

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Ritval Pyre" HERE at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Also hear the previously revealed "The Rise of the Older Ones" HERE, also at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Ernte's Der schwarzen Flamme Vermächtnis

1. Warrior of the Black Flame

2. The Rise of the Older Ones

3. To Ashes

4. Lucifer

5. Lord of Ascending Flame

6. Wo sie wandelt

7. Ritval Pyre