WINTERSUN has released a new track “The Dragon Song,” which can be heard below.
The song is taken from the band’s Legendary Early Demos release, which is exclusively available as a pre-order in WINTERSUN‘s TIME PACKAGE.
WINTERSUN frontman Jari Mäenpää says about new song: “I wrote and recorded ‘The Dragon Song’ back in 1998. It was the first song I created for my ‘Fantasy Metal Project.’ To record it, I used the Roland VS-1680 16-track hard disc recorder, which was a significant improvement from the 4-track and 8-track C-cassette tape machines I had been using before. I think it might have been the first song I recorded using the 16-track. I had been dreaming about the VS-1680 for months, reading all about it in music magazines and imagining the possibilities of what I could record with it. It was a dream come true when I finally got it. It immediately upgraded my production quality and was much faster and easier to use than the old tape machines.
“I could now explore more with guitar harmonies and add more synths and vocal tracks, and it also had some nice built-in effects. Not only did it upgrade the production quality, but it also allowed me to dream bigger and eventually helped me write the debut Wintersun album. ‘The Dragon Song’ is still a demo, but it’s one of my favorite compositions, so I created a little demo video for it. I hope you enjoy listening to the song!”
In March, WINTERSUN have launched pre-order for digital version of their long-awaited Time II album, which also contains remastered versions of their Time and The Forest Seasons albums, along with Legendary Early Demos and bunch of other stuff.
Time II is planned for August 30 release via Nuclear Blast, which is expected to have physical editions up for pre-order soon.
Time II track listing:
1. Fields Of Snow 4:05
2. The Way Of The Fire 10:08
3. One With The Shadows 6:19
4. Ominous Clouds 2:22
5. Storm 12:15
6. Silver Leaves 13:31
Total running time: 48:40
Back in 2012, WINTERSUN put out their first LP in eight years, Time I, and said Time II would be out in around half a year after the launch, but unfortunately that never happened.
WINTERSUN‘s latest album, The Forest Seasons, was released in July 2017 via Nuclear Blast. The band cited Antonio Vivaldi’s violin concerto The Four Seasons as an inspiration for the album title.
