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Artwork by
Theodor Kittelsen & Dragonthrone Productions

Vargtimmen pt. II

Wyrd

May 16th, 2025
8 tracks
61:23
The Wicker Man
0:00
13:07
1
The Wicker Man
Wyrd
13:07
2
The Pale and the Dead
Wyrd
6:35
3
Redemption
Wyrd
2:00
4
Ominous Insomnia
Wyrd
7:24
5
Cold, Son of the Wind
Wyrd
9:19
6
Ghost of Winter
Wyrd
6:41
7
Deception
Wyrd
8:44
8
Ominous Insomnia (demo version)
Wyrd
7:33

Vargtimmen Pt. II is the fourth full-length by the Finnish Pagan (Black) Metal project Wyrd and, like the album title suggests, the second release under the Vargtimmen banner - though the lyrics don't follow any intertwined storyline.

This is the first Wyrd album where the music began to shift more towards melodic death metal - if that definition can even, or should be, used in this context. The opening track, "The Wicker Man", is a soul-crushing, doomladen death/black metal piece that, in our books, still stands as one of the finest in Wyrd’s vast discography. As does the whole album, in fact.

Songs like the aforementioned "The Wicker Man", "Ominous Insomnia" and "Cold, Son of the Wind" stand out, although the album as a whole easily carries its nearly 54-minute length.

We are extremely proud and honored to be the first label to reissue this piece of Misanthropic Heathen Art on tape and in digital formats.

The Pale and the Dead are stalking - what are you waiting for?

Originally released on April 17th, 2004 via Solisitium Records.

Tape coming out on May 16, 2025.

Credits

Recorded and mixed at DT-Audio in January-February 2004.
Mastered at DT-Audio in March 2004.

All music, lyrics, instruments and vocals by Narqath, except “Cold, Son of the Wind” lyrics by Narqath & Wircki.

Cover image by Theodor Kittelsen.