IRRLYCHT "Wolfish Grandeur" [12" LP, Black Vinyl, Gatefold]
2022 - Black Metal from Germany
Detailed Description
Isegrimm (vocals / Wolfish Voices) and Nordger (guitar / Strings of Dignity) felt still the urge and the determination to create mystical, primordial, and misanthropic music after the end of GEWEIH in 2004 (R.I.P. Grim Pagan Kult 1996 - 2005.)
Ultimately, this decision of the two Black Metal musicians from the romantic cultural city of Heidelberg resulted in the debut MCD/MLP "Irrlycht", which was released in March 2007 via Blackmoon Records (R.I.P.). The song "Urangst" hit the European Black Metal underground like a wolf driven by rabies, plague and covid. The first appearance of Irrlycht on stage took place at the " Night of the Threatening Shadows V" in 2007 in Speyer. The two following years were characterized by energetic performances with a unique combination of coldness and fire, woods and wolf worship. On various concerts in Germany and abroad (especially in France and the Netherlands) IRRLYCHT underlined their special position as a live band with a very own sound and a special old spirit of the 90s in the German Black Metal underground. A tribute to the wild forces of nature as they once manifested in our homeland was released in 2009 via KETZER Rec./URWOLF Prod. as a limited split 7" with MEGAERA. The included anthem "Der Letzte seiner Art" consequently continued IRRLYCHT's development. Over the complete period of 2010, the first full IRRLYCHT album titled "Schatten des Gewitters" (CD/ LP via Undercover Records) was completed. With this one, the band showed a faster, angrier, but also colder side, with sick rapturous melodies, grim riff attacks, thundering drums and sublime, nasty and fierce vocals of wolfish superiority. Isegrimm and Nordger revived the old fire after a long break in 2017 and started working on new songs, now as a trio with Goatruler (Vargsang / Chant of Blasphemy) as session drummer. Thus, in 2020, the first new sign of life was created through the split with the French band Malcuidant called "Unendliches Nychts". This work is a German-French interpretation of the timeless book "The Neverending Story" and a tribute to Michael Ende and his visions. With seven more tracks and their new album "Wolfish Grandeur", IRRLYCHT stoke the old fire in 2021 in a time when only a few protagonists of the early 90s still play and embody this style. "Wolfish Grandeur" is a catharsis of the soul. A shamanic journey, leading to a hypnotic self-healing and an enlightening cleansing of the mind. Leading from the abysses of being, towards resurrection in new splendor!
