Purity Through Fire is proud to present a brand-new EP from Granitader, ‘Schlachtenklang’, on digipack CD format.
Following last year’s masterful debut album, ‘Der Wald zwischen den Welten’, Granitader continue to storm the ramparts with the three-song / 16-minute ‘Schlachtenklang’. Short but most definitely sweet, this new EP is absolutely bursting at the seams with triumph and urgency; any longer and the listener might have a heart attack! Whereas that celebrated first full-length showed the Germans’ masterful grasp of songwriting and dynamics – and plenty of confidence and charisma to spare – here do Granitader light a fire under their pagan Black Metal, swarming from every direction with swords-aloft bloodlust and righteous bravado.
Comparisons to the likes of Windur, Falkenbach, or fellow Teutonic horde Horn are still valid, but daresay do none of them whip forth such a life-affirming fury quite like ‘Schlachtenklang’, and the incorporation of occasional deathly vocals is a welcome development. Old souls who exude the effervescence of the new, Granitader continue their ascent to the top of the pagan pack with ‘Schlachtenklang’!
