Waldgeflüster - Knochengesänge (2025)

Unleashing a massive double full-length release, Waldgeflüster showcases their multiple facets in a very emotional and devastating manner. With the first album clocking in at nearly one hour and the second around 50 minutes, we get to hear the band’s heavier and more complex amalgamation of Black Metal with Post Metal/Rock elements in the first, and a more stripped down version of them in the second. Very emotionally charged, this release is truly a journey into the band’s psyche and trajectory.

Opening the first album with “Krähenpsalm”, we get lively Post-Black Metal riffing and massive atmospherics, reminding us a bit of outfits like Austere, Heretoir, and Harakiri for the Sky. This style is very predominant in this first album, with highlights of very emotional tracks like “Bamberg, 20. Juni”, the hypnotic “Von Hypnos und Thanatos”, and the dreamy “Lethe - Der Fluch des Schaffenden”. The mixture of harsh screams, fast riffs, is very nicely offset by lush clean vocal arrangements, and crafty atmospherics.

The second release opens with the Neo/Dark Folk aesthetic of “Das Klagelied der Krähen” a track that has certain Empyrium vibes that nicely blends into the dramatic melancholy of “Frankfurt, 19. März” and “The Little King and His Architect”. There are more clean vocals in this release, creating a more solemn atmosphere alongside the lyrics mostly in English. Tracks like “Crusade in the Dark”, have a very chilling Rock-ish attitude, while they masterfully blend into lush arrangements of pieces like “In Lethes Fluten” and the Folky vibes of “Singing of Bones” and the stoic closer ‘The Parting Glass”.

As a whole, “Knochengesänge” is an insanely rich and complex release that has too many details to unravel. Waldgeflüster has released one of those albums that needs the listener’s full attention and immersion to be transported into very unique and dreamy aural territories. While there are certainly elements of other bands and different subgenres of Black Metal, the band creates their own unique sound that easily makes them stand out and shine from the rest. We highly recommend this album for a dark and stormy winter night.

Label: AOP Records

Release: November 7th, 2025

Genre: Black Metal / Neofolk

Country: Germany