Winter Nightfall, by Barad-Dûr

Winter Nightfall

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yuppyslime This album really captures the mood of a dark, cold winter, especially the somber mood that traditionally accompanied it. Fantastic work.

Gustavo Souza this is a brilliant release. Atmospheric, melancholy and cold as a good winter-synth must be, without a doubt, Barad-Dûr did a great job on this one! Favorite track: Ghrianstad.

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1.	Coming of Cailleach 04:13	buy track
2.	Ghrianstad 04:38	buy track
3.	Herr Mannelig 03:15	buy track
4.	Opening of Féth Fíada 03:26	buy track
5.	Tír na nÓg 05:12	buy track
6.	Aes Sídhe 04:16	buy track
7.	Lá Samhna 04:05	buy track

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After a few months without producing, I finally finished this new album. This time, the songs have a winter theme, which perfectly matches the moment they are released, in 2020 winter solstice.

The songs are truly inspired by Celtic religiosity, which can be seen in each of their names. "Coming of Cailleach" refers to the Celtic goddess Cailleach, queen of winter who has dominion over the dark half of the year. "Ghrianstad" refers to the winter solstice festival celebrated by the Celts, in which "ghrian" refers to the goddess Grian, honored during this period. In addition to these, there are "Opening of Féth Fíada", "Tír na nÓg" and "Aes Sídhe", in which each has a meaning. I also wrote a "winter synth" version of the Swedish folk song "Herr Mannelig", a song that I really appreciate.

Anyway, 2020 was a very difficult and sad year for many people, no doubt, but it helped us to give more value to small things, which before, in prosperous periods, were almost ignored. It was a year of great learning, and we hope now that we use these learnings to make 2021 a better year.

Thank you all for listening. I appreciate each one of you who support me. I also thank, especially, Gustavo (Illusory Gates) and Matheus Roberto for helping me in the production, I love each one of you.

The songs were recorded at home, between the months of October and December.

Painting (on the art cover) by Louis Douzette.

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released December 20, 2020

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Dungeon Synth, Celtic Ambient and Folk Project from Brazil.

Since 2019.

"Cruzando sobre a neve fresca um campo despovoado, sob um céu nublado e crepuscular, e sem que me venha à mente nenhum augúrio particularmente bom, senti uma satisfação perfeita." ... more

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