Winterfylleth‘s “Echoes In The After” has emerged online as the second single from the UK black metallers’ forthcoming new album “The Unyielding Season“. That ninth studio outing overall from the group will be out on March 27th via their new label home of Napalm Records.
Vocalist/guitarist Chris Naughton didn’t leave the lyrical inspiration up to interpretation, offering the following lengthy explanation of how a real-world event lent itself to the song:
“The lyric for this song was written as a reaction to the cutting down of the famous ‘Robin Hood’ tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall, in the North East of the UK. The song is about how some people seem to loathe iconic symbols of history and cultural importance that the local community share in, and hold dear. It speaks to a wayward mentality of individuals who would happily see these types of landmark destroyed – as though nothing is sacred.
The lyric paints an image of the land and nature responding to the damage of the tree – almost like it is reacting to the loss of a limb or of a part of itself. It speaks about the wider area being scarred by this situation – with the lyric being written like a lament from nature to itself, condemning the demise of such an iconic symbol.
A event that felt like it occurred in a cold, oddly curated and premeditated manner. It was an unsettling circumstance that resonated with us all in the band; particularly as we had used the tree as inspiration for the artwork of our 2018 album, The Hallowing of Heirdom.”
