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Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review
After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
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Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways of Old Review
After reviewing Crotaline in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up…
#NewsBeep #News #Music #2.5 #2026 #AliceInChains #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #Crotaline #DimmuBorgir #Eisenwald #EisenwaldRecords #Entertainment #GrandSerpentRising #May26 #Mayhem #PaganBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #review #Reviews #SerpentLord #TheOnceForgottenWaysofOld #Uada #UK #UnitedKingdom
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After reviewing Crotaline1 in April and Dimmu Borgir’s Grand Serpent Rising earlier this month, 2026 is shaping up as the Year of the Snake—at least for me. Now at the end of May, Battleground, Washington’s Serpent Lord emerges from a protracted brumation to deliver a dose of venom fermenting for over twenty years. After recording a split and two demos between 2003 and 2004, one-man band Jake Superchi (Uada, Ceremonial Castings) shelved the project for a couple decades. Now Superchi has resurrected his defunct sobriquet to record The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, Serpent Lord’s long-gestating debut LP. After an extended incubation period, does Serpent Lord rejuvenate the Ways of Old, or should the act have remained Forgotten?
Like Uada, Serpent Lord falls under the broader umbrella of black metal. Rather than expansive meloblack, though, Serpent Lord basks in the light of pagan gods, eliciting forlorn calls to umbral deities scoured from memory by the winds of time. Rhythmic grooves and hypnotic guitar refrains lay the foundation for The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, imbuing the album with enough ritualistic zest that you may catch faint whiffs of incense and petrichor while listening. Three of the album’s six songs push past the eight-minute mark, and it’s these moments where Serpent Lord best embodies heathen incantations. In particular, “Aries Ram” and the title track conjure visions of enigmatic and arcane rites, evoking mystical practices that lurch and brood in the dark.
On The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, Serpent Lord summons inspirations and reshapes them into a well-developed and distinct character. Most immediately, Serpent Lord reminds me of Rauhnåcht without the folk instrumentation, particularly when the slower, plaintive guitar leads slither above swirling riffs and unyielding drums (“A Pagan’s Spell,” “Enter Serpentagram”). Superchi’s vocals cover an array of deliveries, ranging from frenetic, blackened barking and rasping (“Constrictor”) to droning harangue, where the latter strikes similarities to Mayhem’s Attila Csihar’s cleaner stylings (“The Once Forgotten Ways of Old”). The sermonizing works well, but the harsher vocals occasionally blur with the cascading guitars in the mix, obscuring Superchi’s voice and packing too much sound into too narrow a band. The harsh deliveries work better when there’s room to breathe, like the back half of “Forever on the Grounds of Battle” (which features guitar work recalling Alice in Chains’ “Whale & Wasp” midway through). Regardless, the star performances belong to the guitars and drums, which pack a potent, two-pronged punch as they wend and weave through The Once Forgotten Ways of Old.
For all that Serpent Lord achieves, The Once Forgotten Ways of Old proves a slippery and elusive beast. Despite the many things done well, I struggle to remember most of it once the music fades from my speakers, and the snippets that stick drive me back to the inspirations more than the Ways of Old. Serpent Lord nails the aesthetic of pagan black metal, and The Once Forgotten Ways of Old is a record I feel like should resonate more than it does. What ultimately undercuts Serpent Lord’s success is the lack of fulfilling climaxes.2 Superchi does a fabulous job of orchestrating tension through the give and take of guitars and drums, yet few moments capitalize on that buildup. This songwriting oversight is most telling at the ends of tracks, as four of the album’s six songs close with a fade. Concluding a song this way isn’t one of my pet peeves, and I typically don’t notice them, but their abundance here stands out and suggests the opportunity to finish with a bang every now and again.
The Once Forgotten Ways of Old convinces me that Serpent Lord seethes with potential, but will need to shed its current approach to actualize it. I spent a lot of time traversing The Once Forgotten Ways of Old, and while I enjoyed them, I recognize the album doesn’t offer enough for me to return once the proverbial ink dries on this review. Even so, a few minor tweaks would rid this danger noodle of musical impotence, and I look forward to listening to Serpent Lord’s next worship service if and when it comes.
Rating: Mixed
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Eisenwald Records
Website: Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: May 29th, 2026
Rauhnacht has arrived.
Stories for the nights between years.
†
https://cultofashmore.bandcamp.com/album/rauhnacht-2025
#audiobook #bandcamp #ritual #grimm #fables #rauhnacht #dark
In the thick Altmühl fog, a tough miller encounters the mystical Percht. A Rauhnacht fairy tale about peace and contemplation.
#lied #song #ambientdrone #dadanaut #rauhnacht #altmühlnebel #cinematic #mystic #musik #music #album #ambient #drone
During the Rauhnacht, the beautiful Perchte dances away the winter. Her silvery steps bring light and the first snowdrops. A winter fairy tale.
#song #lied #demo #rauhnacht #perchtenschritt #perchte #ambientdrone #album #ep #mystic #drone #cinematic #musik #music
Dadanaut - Rauhnacht (Demo)
Still a work in progress.
#album #music #songs #demo #rauhnacht #ambientdrone #musik #cinematic #headcinema #mystic #eerie
#Rauhnacht ended.
Twelve readings, one for each day.
Stories by selected authors and #Grimm.
Listen:
https://cicadacult.substack.com/s/ashmore-transmissions
#fables #myth #horror
Rauhnacht (Version 8)
In the deep midwinter, when the year holds its breath and the winds comb the forests like a grey-bearded barber, there comes the Rauhnacht.
[Some notes may not be quite right yet.]
#demo #idea #idee #rauhnacht #album #dadanaut #lied #song #musik #music #dadanoise #ambient #ambientdrone #cienmatic #headcinema #roughnight #roughnights
Hirschfessel (Version 7)
A song about those mysterious rough nights. By Dadanaut. In ambient drone style. Still a demo. What do you think?
#demo #idea #idee #rauhnacht #album #dadanaut #musik #music #dadanoise #ambient #ambientdrone #cienmatic #headcinema #hirschfessel #deershackle #roughnights #myteriös #mysterious
Perchtenschritt (Version 5)
A song by Dadanaut. In ambient drone style. Still a demo. What do you think?
#demo #idea #idee #rauhnacht #album #dadanaut #dadanoise #ambient #ambientdrone #cienmatic #headcinema #perchtendance #perchtenschritt #percht
Mystik, Feuer und Rauhwuggerl: Englmarer Rauhnacht zieht alle in ihren Bann
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#Rauhnacht #SanktEnglmar #Rauhwuggerl #Mystik
Buchempfehlung passend zur Zeit: Birgit Jaeckel - Das Erbe der Rauhnacht.
Danke an Bernhard für die Empfehlung: https://www.naturklang-keller.de/literatur-empfehlenswert/spirituelles-5/
#buch #book #rauhnacht #literatur #roman #lesen #bookstodon @bookstodon
Zombiecalyptica: Die Klarnamenpflicht geht wieder um
Die Zeit zwischen Weihnachten und Dreikönig ist auch als die Zeit der Rauhnächte bekannt. Dieser Zeitraum gilt im Volksglauben nicht nur als eine besonders heilige Zeit. Es haben sich vielmehr auch Sagen und Gebräuche erhalten, die über die christlichen Traditionen hinausweisen. Photo by Tom Leishman on Pexels.com Zu diesem Sagenkreis gehört auch der Glaube, dass die sogenannte "Wilde Jagd" nächtens über den Himmel ziehe. Jacob Grimm schreibt hierzu in seiner Deutschen Mythologie: […]https://anwaltsblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/zombiecalyptica-die-klarnamenpflicht-geht-wieder-um/
Die magische Zeit der Rauhnächte bricht an. Ich möchte dich in diesen Tagen mit kleinen Impulsen und stärkenden Affirmationen begleiten. Vielleicht hilft es dir zusätzlich ein Bild zu malen, eine Skizze anzufertigen oder ein Foto zu machen, das dein Gefühl oder Thema für diesen jeweiligen Rauhnachtstag einfängt.
Dieser kreative Akt hilft, dich bewusster damit auseinanderzusetzen. Wenn du möchtest, kannst du das gerne im Austausch hier teilen.
#rauhnacht #affirmation #impuls #kreativ
Veranstaltungen für die Rauhnächte 2025
Jahreswechsel 2025/2026 Magische Zeit: Rauhnächte in Nürnberg zelebrieren 24.12.2025 – 10:00 UhrLesedauer: 2 Min. Weihrauch (Archivbild): Die Tage…
#Nuernberg #Nuremberg #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Nürnberg #Bayern #Germany #Jahreswechsel #Langsee #Mond #Rauhnacht #Sonnenkalender
https://www.europesays.com/de/669750/
https://www.europesays.com/de/669750/ Veranstaltungen für die Rauhnächte 2025 #Bayern #DE #Deutschland #Germany #Jahreswechsel #Langsee #Mond #Nürnberg #Rauhnacht #Sonnenkalender
Englmarer Rauhnacht: Hexen, Rauhwuggerl und viel Mystik
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#SanktEnglmar #Rauhnacht #Rauhwuggerl #Hexen
https://regio-aktuell24.de/englmarer-rauhnacht-hexen-rauhwuggerl-und-viel-mystik/196952
Rauhnåcht – Zwischenwelten Review
By Grin Reaper
For the uninitiated, Rauhnåcht isn’t just a one-man, pagan black metal band—it’s the time between worlds as one year transitions to the next.1 This is a quiet, contemplative period drenched in folklore, when the veil between unseen, spiritual worlds and our own is thinnest, the Wild Hunt prowls the night skies, and furry, horned beasties trudge through snowcapped, picturesque villages trading offerings for luck and warding off evil. Rauhnåcht’s latest offering, Zwischenwelten, poetically translates to “the worlds between worlds,” and posits reality as a series of crossroads between antitheses, creating worlds unto themselves. Though much of reality is defined in black and white, we all exist in shades of gray. Do Zwischenwelten’s high-minded ruminations manifest in the music, or do they get lost in translation?
Rauhnåcht’s oeuvre consistently melds black metal with folk trappings. Man-behind-the-curtain Stefan Traunmüller employs a broad assortment of instruments in Zwischenwelten to charming effect, ensuring that while you’ve almost certainly heard distorted tremolos over blast beats before, there are twists here that keep the style fresh and unique. The sum total rubs elbows with Saor and Árstíðir Lífsins without imitating either. Zwischenwelten is Rauhnåcht’s fifth album overall and the first proper metal release since Grier reviewed Unterm Gipfelthron at the tail end of 2018.2 After listening to previous albums, it’s clear that Zwischenwelten is the darkest thus far. Shedding the most ebullient facets of Unterm Gipfelthron, Zwischenwelten cuts to the core and delivers an album unmistakably black metal forward. Despite that, the folk rudiments still exist; they’re just more inconspicuously assembled in this eclectic yet coherent package.
Each song on Zwischenwelten is punctuated with subtle and evocative moments. From the accordion’s airy hum in “Das Mark des Lebens” (The Marrow of Life) that conjures a fleeting, sleepy respite against freezing gusts, to the twinkle of a glockenspiel suggesting bright, piercing stars in a clear night sky (“Der Spalt zwischen den Welten” [The Gap between the Worlds]), Rauhnåcht vividly infuses traditional folk instruments into second wave fury. The vocals are a varied affair, with standard black metal screams and howls mixed with cleans that could have been pulled straight from Fear Factory’s Obsolete (“Eines Tages Seid Ihr Frei” [One Day You Will Be Free]). Throughout Zwischenwelten, choral chanting ebbs and flows (“Der Spalt zwischen den Welten,” “Das Mark des Lebens”), serving as a restrained musical theme that culminates in closer “Alleinsamkeit” (Solitude). Throughout the final track, blackened rasps trade lines with gang and choral chanting and singing, vaguely reminiscent of the interplay from “Duel of the Fates.” Through most of the song, there’s a back and forth, with tension building between half-step transitions and minor harmonies. Near the end, the two parts coalesce into a united refrain, playing in concert rather than at odds. It’s a beautiful resolution that took me several listens to pick up on, but once revealed, it was a delight to have discovered.
There’s much to unravel in the tangled knot that Rauhnåcht delivers. Zwischenwelten is protective of its secrets, but patient listeners are rewarded with a cohesive and introspective journey. Perhaps a victim of its own seamlessness, Zwischenwelten requires multiple listens to unfold, presenting a deceptively long time investment despite the reasonable forty-one-minute runtime. From the fuzzy synth pangs and flute accompaniment in “Naturgewalten” (Forces of Nature) to the black ‘n’ roll bop near the end of “Letzter Pfad” (Last Path), the variety and interweaving of disparate elements is ambitious and well-executed. Yet its understated nature makes it elusive without a focused, active listen, and could go unappreciated by more casual audiences. Another minor gripe is that occasionally the distinctive features (like the accordion in “Das Mark des Lebens”) appear in a pocket outside the black metal onslaught, but never integrate fully like the chanting in “Alleinsamkeit.” On its own, this is hardly worth a mention. Given the theme of Zwischenwelten and embracing the gray in worlds between black and white, we sometimes glimpse the extremes of sonic spectrums without a clear picture of the intersection, which feels like a missed opportunity.
Though Rauhnåcht has been absent from proper metal albums for nearly seven years, the intervening time was put to effective use. Rauhnåcht operates in a world between worlds, bound in a layered nexus of dichotomous spheres: meditative and aggressive, harsh and tender, universal and intimate. For anyone with a passing interest in black metal, and certainly anyone who enjoys folk with it, Zwischenwelten demands a listen. This is an album that requires attentiveness to appreciate it, but it is well worth the investment and a great demonstration of what a polished concept can sound like in black metal.
Rating: Very Good!
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s CBR MP3
Label: Antiq
Websites: Zwischenwelten Bandcamp | Rauhnåcht Bandcamp3 | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: August 25th, 2025
#2025 #35 #AntiqRecords #ArstidirLifsins #AtmosphericBlackMetal #Aug25 #AustrianMetal #BlackMetal #FolkBlackMetal #Rauhnåcht #Review #Saor #Sturmpercht #UntermGipfelthron #Zwischenwelten
RAUHNÅCHT (Àustria) presenta nou àlbum: "Zwischenwelten" #Rauhnåcht #PaganBlackMetal #Agost2025 #Àustria #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
My favourite place to be during my favourite time of year: in the dark, wet woods with my dogs in the darkest time of year.
@vi
#rauhnacht #rauhnächte #forest #trees #dogsofmastodon #dark #bxw #photography #vi #vancouverisland #pnw
🔥 Today's Apprenticeship to Love questions:
The season becomes visibly darker for us in the northern hemisphere. For many, the falling light is reflected in an emotional and spiritual darkening. In these darkening days we can look to our inner light, and ask ourselves,
- Whose light guides me?
- Who is guided by my light?
- How am I tending this flame?
#fire #light #rauhnacht #wisdom #marriage #dating #relationships #menshealth #masculinity #men
https://www.apprenticeshiptolove.com/before-after-the-storms-of-doubt/
Passt auf euch auf! Es ist wieder #Rauhnacht. Elf tote Tage und zwölf Nächte außerhalb der Zeit. Das sind die #Rauhnächte. In diesen Nächten sind die Gesetze der Natur außer Kraft und die Grenzen zu anderen Welten fallen.
🌌👹
#Autorenleben Den Einleitungstext zur #Rauhnacht|sserie schreiben, in der Balance zwischen Kritik und Neugier, abseits der esoterischen Fallen. In zwei Tagen, zur #Wintersonnenwende ist es so weit. Die Serie startet auf diesem Kanal.
#Rauhnacht Wie jedes Jahr ist es wieder so weit. Die #Esoterik - Industrie wirbt mit der "Rückbesinnung auf den Ursprung", tut so, als könne in diesen Nächten "Besonderes" bewirkt werden.
Jenseits der Berührungsängste mit dem #Aberglauben habe ich mich vor einigen Jahren in Rauhnachtsgeschichten der anderen Art versucht. Auch jenseits des Weihnachtskitsches, versteht sich! Diese sind nun hier zu lesen, recycelt, ergänzt und poliert, ab dem 21. Dezember, der Nacht der Wintersonnenwende.
#LiebesTagebuch Bald sind sie da, die Rauhnächte (21.12.23 - 5.1.24). Traditionsgemäss verwende ich sie fürs Kunsthandwerk. Der Vorhaben sind da: (1) Das grossformatige #Mykorhizom - Bild fertigstellen und entsprechende Texte verfassen; (2) den #Trommelbau mit der Fertigung des Schlägels fortführen; (3) das #ProjektPegasus (Tonobjekte) in die Landschaft ausbringen. Alles Dinge, die zum Abschluss gebracht werden müssen. Und zuletzt ein Drama lesen: #RichardBillinger #Rauhnacht (Leipzig, 1933)
During the Rauhnächte think less - feel more. Use this time to go inside. To deal with inner longings & hidden possibilities that we lose sight of in everyday life.
We wish you a beautiful and magical time between the years.
~ Siri Prakash & Kamal Chand
#rauhnacht #rauhnachte #rauhnaechte #darkdays #longnights #winter #solstice #northerntraditions
This morning as I write my own song of this Rauhnacht's day... Kilar's Angus Dei
https://youtu.be/MqcbSXfjL_A
ps. Read my occasional Rauhnacht's Lieder free via http://sacredbodies.ca/1000
#music #kilar #winter
#goddess #darkness #rauhnacht #rauhnachte #rauhnaechte
Best of the Season to you! What season? Ah.... the darkest days, the Rauhnächte that are so magical for me.
During my holiday from teaching, coaching, and from writing the Apprenticeship to Love chapters I am still writing as I feel moved. If you're interested in these please subscribe at sacredbodies.substack.com (no charge to you as one of my "first 1000 readers")... Here's today's Rauhnacht’s Lied:
https://open.substack.com/pub/sacredbodies/p/rauhnachts-lied-men-of-women-born?r=1bxf9g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#rauhnacht #rauhnachte #rauhnaechte #writing #menswork
Team musicspots wünscht Euch allen schöne und maximal entspannte Feiertage.
Die beiden Fragen des Tages:
1. Was gibt oder gab es heute bei Euch zu essen?
2. Welche Musik läuft heute abend bei Euch?
Nehmt Eure Lieben in die Arme und genießt Eure gemeinsame Zeit.
#Weihnachten #Rauhnacht #raunachtglitzern #yule #Xmas #feiertage #froheweihnachten
