Style: black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: finally the debut album from this legendary project
Thoughts: So we finally get the first official full length of Paysage d'Hiver, and its two hours long. I don't get excited about new releases very often, but god damn I was excited for this one when it was announced. It had been years since anything from the project came out and I was eager for new material.
The first thing I noticed was that the production was impeccable, especially for Paysage. I can hear all of the instruments clearer than ever before, the bass is also much more defined, especially with the drums. It's odd to hear things so clearly, but also it's nice to not have to dedicate a massive amount of concentration to get through the layers upon layers of fuzz to enjoy the music.
Outside of the obvious production changes, not much has changed from Das Tor. The songs are long, roughly around ten minutes each with some small interludes. The songs are highly atmospheric and many channel the same ambient/dungeon synth feel that the early works did. It even has the trademark winter sample at the beginning of the album, the same one that has been in nearly every single Paysage release since the beginning of time.
Im Wald is an epic undertaking in both execution and listening. The tracks go on for what seems like forever, they draw me into a cold wintery landscape even if it's the middle of summer. The music is cold and yet more welcoming than other entries into the huge discography that Wintherr has created.
In reality we all know that this is not a debut album, this is more an extension of everything that has led up to this. This is a grand statement to the state of Paysage in 2020, and triumphantly declares that the project has returned full force.
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