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Introduction
Winter’s Breath is a one-man-band-project, I – Burkhard - have started in Vienna / Austria in 2020. I have been into metal music for almost 30 years now, there was always a passion for this kind of music. My interest in different styles changed from classic trash metal to black metal and sub genres over the years. I have always wanted to create music and so I started playing drums and tried to form a band with a few guys from my school – but in the end that didn’t work out. Some things need some time to develop and find the right time – Winter’s Breath was such a thing. When moving to Vienna, I needed to leave my beloved drum set behind and started playing guitar. With playing guitar, a whole new world was opened for me and the right time to start Winter’s Breath was in summer 2020 Read more

Eine düstre Winternacht

Between the first whispers of night and the tentative awakening of a new day lies a threshold, darker than any hour before. It is the time of shadows, when the veils between the worlds thin and the unseen takes shape. Spirits rise—not from graves, but from the depths of the soul. Thoughts that remained hidden in the light now stir like mist in the darkness. Fears that are silent by day unfold their voices in the stillness. When the last light of day fades and the world is bathed in silvery twilight, its dance begins: a roundelay of memories, longings, and ancient questions. In this interim, where time itself seems to flow, the hidden awakens—and with it, the truth that only the night knows. The album is available now on the bands Bandcamp store or at Running Wild Productions Bandcamp store. Digifiles will start shipping aroung December 15‘th 2025. The CD-Digifile is created in corporation with RUNNING WILD PRODUCTIONS (RWP) Catalog Id: RWP-037-CD.DF Discogs Metal-Archives.com
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Eine düstre Winternacht - Lyric Video

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Eine düstre Winternacht - Reviews

There are so much great reviews coming in week by week - here is an overview of the available reviews by the end of Jannuary 2026.
There are sometimes releases that leave even me speechless, and Eine düstre Winternacht is one of those works that leaves me utterly captivated. The album impresses with its playful depth and its truly unique atmosphere. I bow my head in admiration! An absolute must-buy!
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WINTER’S BREATH returns significantly improved with Eine Düstre Winternacht”(A Dark Winter Night): atmospheric black metal with solid production, ethereal keyboards, spoken German vocals, and complex yet catchy songs. BL combines ferocious blast beats with driving, pleasing riffs and harmonious keyboard textures, complemented by samples and choirs that support the narrative concept. The contrasts work seamlessly, and the keyboards are appropriately nuanced this time around – far from formulaic, creating a cold, wintry atmosphere with a distinctive style.
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WINTER’S BREATH combines melody, epic grandeur, and atmosphere on Eine düstre Winternacht (A Dark Winter Night), delivering an exceptionally evocative soundtrack for the current season. The album is visually complemented by fairytale- like artwork depicting a winter landscape.
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Legacy
What's particularly compelling about WINTER'S BREATH's third album is the consistent atmosphere throughout – mastermind BL manages to keep the listener fully immersed, allowing the imagery to build with each song. This doesn't mean all the songs sound the same. Rather, it means that every track is working towards the same goal. This applies from the short intro to epic pieces like "Der Aufstieg" (The Ascent) and on to more intense and brutal tracks like "Kalter Schrei" (Cold Scream). And when the album closes with the quiet tones of "Morgengrau" (Dawn), the listener feels a certain melancholy that it's already over. The album could easily have been longer… beautiful!
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Void Choir Archive
Winter’s Breath do not chase trends or try to impress with technical fireworks, and that restraint becomes the very thing that gives the album its power. This is black metal that asks you to sit with your thoughts rather than flee from them, that finds strength in quietness rather than noise, and that reveals its depth gradually, like the slow fall of night into dawn.
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Vulcan Mosh Pit Reviews
An album packed with dissonant heavy riffs, relentless blast beats, and a blend of piercing shrieks and atmospheric clean vocals pulls you into a dark, icy winter journey perfectly suited for cold, gloomy nights.
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A dense atmosphere, strong shifts in mood, and detailed instrumentation of Eine düstere Winternacht. While there are some criticisms regarding the vocals and lyrics, the album is ultimately described as an evocative and wellcrafted work.
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It's a strong, honest effort from a dedicated solo artist that nails the cold, introspective black metal vibe. Worth checking if you dig atmospheric stuff with real emotional bite and don't mind a bit of symphonic edge. Solid addition to the scene, nothing groundbreaking but it delivers where it counts.
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Honest and cold. Eine düstere Winternacht tells a single, selfcontained story – and manages the feat of feeling both deeply personal and universally wintry at the same time. Every instrument, every vocal line serves the atmosphere, with no moment feeling unnecessary. With Eine düstere Winternacht, WINTER’S BREATH delivers a defining statement of atmospheric black metal from Austria.
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