| Winterwaker LP/CD 2016 by Hammerheart
Records
1: Bodemkruiper
2: Aan de aarde gebonden
3: De bekroning
4: Eeuwig onheil
5: Winterwaker
6: Kale vlakten, desolatie
7: De hal van het geheugen
8: Hogere machten
     
Review: Few bands manage to
pack their first seconds of the album with enough impact
to immediately lift the listener’s spirit to the
level: "here’s something I should listen
to!" Tarnkappe’s first song Bodemkruiper,
which is an awesome title (literally ‘soil
crawler’, but I can imagine several different
meanings), does this and introduces an album that hardly
ever loses your interest. The sound is crystal clear. The
riffs are interesting. The vocalist’s sound is
perfect for the band’s Dutch lyrics, and keeps me
glued to the music. Tarnkappe is one of the bands that
our black metal scene can take pride in. Perhaps veteran
instrumentalist Nortfalke (formerly / also known as
Swerc) has a lot to do with this, since he is also the
composer of Standvast - one of my favourite Dutch bands
at the moment.
Source: NLBMe exclusive,
September 2018.
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