Wandar (Germany): “Zyklus”

Wandar is a black metal band from Halle, Germany, founded in 2006. I see them associated with that vein of highly emotional and typically German black metal to which other great groups like Agrypnie and Der Weg einer Freiheit belong. After their beautiful first album Lantlose Ufer, their sophomore album Zyklus is destined to leave a deep mark in the international black metal scene. I think there aren't enough words to describe how beautiful, even sublime, this album is. It is not only emotional and catchy but, musically speaking, it also showcases perfect arrangements. Zyklus is like an emotional, imaginative, dreamy, and evocative journey, but it is never too sentimental, which is an easy mistake to fall into when doing this genre. On the contrary, Wandar has a remarkable capacity to always remain straight-to-the-point. No more words, listen to it. Best songs “Winden” and “Fylgja”.
 
Notes:
Zyklus was first self-released digitally and as CD on July 12, 2019, then a 12” vinyl was released by Vendetta Records on November 15, 2019.
 
Personnel:
Kallenheim - Vocals
Karlsgrad - Guitars
Zazhgul - Guitars
Sigurdur - Bass
Totz – Drums
 
Text by Herjann
herjann@unholyblackmetal.com