{"id":91110,"date":"2021-11-09T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T00:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=91110"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:01:38","slug":"news-darkwoods-my-betrothed-release-fourth-studio-album-angel-of-carnage-unleashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-darkwoods-my-betrothed-release-fourth-studio-album-angel-of-carnage-unleashed\/","title":{"rendered":"DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED Issue Lyric Video For New Track \u2018Black Fog And Poison Wind\u2019 (November 9th, 2021) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED Issue Lyric Video For New Track \u2018Black Fog And Poison Wind\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nNovember 9th, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Finnish black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed have released an official lyric video for the track \u2018Black Fog And Poison Wind\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Regarding the song, the band stated: \u201cThis is one of our favourite songs from the new album. Lyrically, it tells the story of the so-called \u2018Death March Of The Carolinians\u2019 where 3000 soldiers of the Swedish army froze to death when withdrawing from Norway across the fells in the winter of 1718. We chose to approach this topic from an anthropomorphic perspective: the storyteller is the poisonous icy wind which \u2013 in the service of the Angel Of Carnage \u2013 mercilessly murdered the soldiers in the snowy mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story is accompanied with a black metal anthem that combines brutal blastbeat-driven passages with slower and melodic eerie parts featuring choirs and female vocals. We feel that the song captures the atmosphere of the lyric perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darkwoods My Betrothed issue fourth full-length studio album Angel Of Carnage Unleashed<\/em> on November 12th, 2021 through Napalm Records.<\/p>\n

Angel Of Carnage Unleashed<\/em>\u2019s lyrics are based on the human history of the Great Northern War of 1700-1721: how Finns experienced the many manifestations of the Angel of Carnage, sent by God to punish them for their sins.<\/p>\n

Bassist Teemu Kautonen commented: \u201cThe lyrics are based on the work of the renowned Finnish historian Teemu Keskisarja. His research inspired us both to carefully embed all lyrics in the appropriate historical context and to bring forth the human dimension by focusing on stories of individual people and how they experienced this perhaps darkest period of Finnish history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vocalist \/ guitarist Pasi Kankkunen added: \u201cIt was very important for us to have the original line-up on the comeback album. We also agreed right at the beginning of the process to share the songwriting in equal proportions just as we did on the 1996 classic album, Autumn Roars Thunder<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angel Of Carnage Unleashed<\/em> marks the first Darkwoods My Betrothed album in which Nightwish mainman Tuomas Holopainen is a fully fledged member of the band. \u201cTuomas was featured as a session keyboardist on all previous albums,\u201d guitarist Jouni Mikkonen stated. \u201cThis time he was fully on board from the moment we decided to make this album and hence it was natural for him to become a full band member. He also made a substantial contribution to the creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Name The Dead\u2019
\n02. \u2018In Evil, Sickness And In Grief\u2019
\n03. \u2018Murktide And Midnight Sun\u2019
\n04. \u2018You Bitter Source Of Sorrow\u2019
\n05. \u2018Where We Dwell\u2019
\n06. \u2018In Thrall To Ironskull\u2019s Heart\u2019
\n07. \u2018Massacre\u2019
\n08. \u2018Black Fog And Poison Wind\u2019
\n09. \u2018Outro\u2019<\/p>\n

Darkwoods My Betrothed\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Pasi Kankkunen (vocals and guitars)
\nJouni Mikkonen (guitars)
\nTeemu Kautonen (bass and backing vocals)
\nTuomas Holopainen (keyboards)
\nKai Hahto (session drums)<\/p>\n

Angel Of Carnage Unleashed<\/em> will be released in the following vinyl formats; 2LP black gatefold (etching on side D), and 2LP crystal clear fatefold (etching on side D, and limited to 300 copies worldwide).<\/p>\n

Official lyric videos were created for the songs \u2018In Evil, Sickness And In Grief\u2019 and \u2018Murktide And Midnight Sun\u2019. Both clips can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Third studio record Witch-Hunts<\/em> was released in 1998 via Spinefarm.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Antti Ilvonen.<\/em><\/p>\n