Label: Independent / Underground Release
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal
Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette
Description:
Heralds of Strife is a grand and emotionally charged opus from Vallendusk, blending sweeping atmosphere with fierce melodic intensity. The album stands at the crossroads of sorrow and defiance — a powerful meditation on conflict, endurance, and the human will tested by adversity.
Expansive tremolo melodies soar over relentless drumming, while anguished vocals cut through vast layers of sound, giving the music both scale and urgency. Vallendusk balance aggression with rich, emotive passages, allowing moments of melancholy and triumph to coexist. The songwriting feels cinematic and purposeful, unfolding like a series of battles fought within and without.
There is a strong sense of narrative momentum throughout the record — black metal not only as expression of despair, but as a force of confrontation and resolve.
For fans of Saor, Drudkh, Caladan Brood, and epic, emotionally driven atmospheric black metal, Heralds of Strife is a compelling and immersive listen — majestic, passionate, and resolute. An album that channels struggle into strength beneath vast, storm-filled skies.