Current Singles: “Urgrund” / “Verinnerlichung”
For Fans Of: Darkspace, Krallice, Spectral Lore, Wolves In The Throne Room, Drudkh, Alcest, Liturgy, Deafheaven, Shining
Links: Facebook / Bandcamp

About:
Founded in 1997 in the Swiss region of Bern, PAYSAGE D’HIVER remained a strictly underground phenomenon at first. Wintherr unleashed a steady stream of 10 full-length "demos" and 4 split-EPs that earned him an excellent reputation while a massive following grew by word of mouth. When the Swiss came "out of hiding" with "Im Wald" ("In the Forest") in 2020, their regular debut album even entered the German charts, which meant mainstream recognition despite standing firmly with both feet in the underground.

On the third regular album "Die Berge" (‘The Mountains"), PAYSAGE D’HIVER mastermind Wintherr has perfectly captured the essence of his mountainous Swiss home within the sound of raw black metal. Note for note, these grey giants of rock come awake to life in song. Majestic, powerful, dangerous, threatening, and yet also inherent of a fierce beauty, these massive tracks of epic length echo the huge proportions of their source of inspiration and amount to a playing time of more than 100 minutes.

PAYSAGE D’HIVER relentlessly drag souls into their winter world of darkness and ice. With each release, PAYSAGE D’HIVER narrate a new chapter of a continuing story about a mysterious protagonist called ‘Der Wanderer’. "Die Berge" takes the wanderer into its 14th chapter, which might end up as his last. The main theme of "the album is death and this time the enigmatic wanderer’s journey is comparable to that of a Zen monk who hikes to the peak of a mountain on feeling that his time has come.

With "Die Berge", PAYSAGE D’HIVER continue to expand the horizon of Nordic black metal without ever stepping away from their roots.