Drudensang - Tuiflsrijtt (CD)

Release Date: 08/05/22

Atmospheric Black Metal with an old school touch of the 2nd wave

'Tuiflsrijtt' is Bavarian/Austrian for 'devil's ride' and associates both the Krampus runs and the history behind the Krampus figure (myth, legend and tradition). The album functions as a bridge across the borders of this world to the devil's realm and the Rauhnächte, conjuring not only the dark Krampus figure who tortures the flesh with his rods and chains and carries off the doomed souls, but also the essence of the Drude, who torments her victims, Perchten, who take the souls away to the realm of the dead and the raging demons of the Wild Hunt.

Musically, 'Tuiflsrijtt' is a consistent further development of the existing concept. Atmospheric Black Metal with an old school touch of the 2nd wave, which, however, has clearly increased in speed and aggressiveness compared to previous releases.

Krámpn's nagging, snarling vocals, the icy-sawing guitars, purposefully used dark keyboard passages, the heavily distorted but powerful bass and the massive drums conjure up the dark magic of the stormy Krampus time and the bitterly cold Rauhnächte, pulling the listener across the borders down into hell.

The lyrics written in dialect (Lower Bavarian/Austrian) authentically round off the picture.