Vinternatt update (march 08):
Vinternatt is proud to present you some new music. It was hard working, but the results are not disappointed. These two songs are the beginning of a demo/cd that will probably recorded in the summer. More info to be announced!
Check the music out en be welcome to give your comment!
Vinternatt news (december 07):
Vinternatt will once again hit the studio. Not once, but twice in the coming months! First step will be preproduction in January-February. We want nothing to stand in the way of delivering a killer release so this should help us to get rid of the last problems and to perfect our songs.
After that we will enter another studio (tba) in april to record our next release. We will reveal the artwork, title & much more when the time comes. This album will be released through the label Sandstorm. www.sandstormvzw.be They are fantastic guys who do great things for the belgian metal scene.
Biography:
The Early Years
During the cold winter of 2004, Vinternatt came about. The band was started by Koen T. and Stef M. as a way to set their musical ideas into reality. Shortly after finding a drummer in Alex B. and having young singing talent Bert B. join forces, they started writing material. There was still need for a second guitar player - hence the melodic and harmonic nature of our music. Philip B. was the man to do the job and after that we could really take a start. After some months of songwriting we felt there was some atmosphere and harmony missing in the music. Therefore we decided to add violins to our music. Kerstin V. proved suitable for the job and so we went on as a 6-headed band.
Yggdrasil
2006 marked the beginning of more to come as we decided to make a CDemo. As there is no use in making a garage-style recording, we decided to go into the Grindhouse Studio's to record and mix the demo. Mastering was done by CCRstudio's (Aborted, Leng Tch'e, ...) and Harbinger Design made us the beautiful artwork. So far, we've received a lot of great responses to the CDemo. Take a listen!
On the CDemo, our "style" can be best described as "Folk-inspired blackish metal with a tad of sexyness and melancholy". The lyrical concept in most of the "Yggdrasil" songs deal about pure metaphorical, existential ideas of spirit & conciousness whilest in others a more socio-critical undertone takes the upperhand.
Yggdrasil, as the CDemo is called, also brought a less favourable decision to drop Stef M. as our bassplayer. We found a new force pretty fast in the person of Jef V. A week after he joined we played two gigs and he officialy became the new bassplayer. Fortune was not on our side as drummer Alex B. decided to stop with the band, for personal reasons. We all wish him luck in his future music career. Jelle K. is the man that will support us from now on! First show with him was the biebob show.
Evolution
Since the CDemo, Vinternatt has evolved into a band with a mature sound and music, partly to do with the new influences of drummer Jelle K. & bassplayer Jef V. yet still perfecting their typical melodical & melancholic sound ad summum ingenio et labore.
The efforts put in "Yggdrasil" & more live shows pay off. The next album will be released through the label Sandstorm. Vinternatt wants nothing to stand in the way of delivering a killer release so extensive preproduction and a vastly improved sound will definately make this release something worthwile.
Members:
Bert: Vocals
Koen: Guitar
Philip: Guitar
Jef: Bass
Kerstin: Violin
Jelle: Drums, Backing Vocals