Wolfe der Nacht

Perhaps one unknown band on the black metal scene for those who don’t get too deep on it, Shatargat shows the beginnings of one of the most charismatic musicians in the whole Finland black metal scene, Lauri Penttilä (a.k.a. Satanic Tyrant Werwolf, Nazgul). Mostly know for his works with Horna and his own Satanic Warmaster, here on Shatargat he gave us a different approach to his talents whit a music that, apart from literally scratching a medieval sound, is still a sample of true black metal. In the whole album the synth play a mayor role, being them the ones that set the ambient and mood of the music, making this album sound impossible without them.


The album starts with "Forest of Broken Crosses", playing the sound of a medieval tune that keeps on going until it finally ends making a path for one of the rawest sounding albums I ever heard. From that point the whole album becomes a monument to old school black metal. Only 3 songs are real black metal tracks, "Forest of Broken Crosses", "Wolves of War" and "Forbidden Woods of Cernunnos". These ones are fast raw sounding tracks, whit melodically influences, without altering the hellfire that is the album sound. Each of these tracks has the same structure starting with a guitar riff and slow tempo to then burst into a rapid attack of fast blast beats, double bass, distorted guitars and screaming vocals, then slowing again switching to a melodic style whit slow drums, guitars and synth accompanied by deeper slower vocals, to then finally playing fast again, making the sound of each one a rollercoaster of emotions from anger and excitement to nostalgic depression.

The other 2 tracks, "Resurrection o Pagan Europe" and "Der Sieg", are only synth songs, reminding you much of Burzum last albums. The first one has no lyrics and is mostly a medieval tune, while the other one (Dig Sieg) is even slower, with vocals performed in a deep grunt way (like death metal grunts).


Wolfe Der Natch is album that should be noted by black metal followers, the low quality, cold/dark ambient, grim vocals, furious guitars, fast drums and medieval touch will make delight to those who enjoyed Satyricon's "The Shadowthrone", Burzum's "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" and Nargaroth's "Black Metal Ist Krieg".

Note: I recommend downloading, if you can, the song “Forbidden Woods of Cernunnos”, for it is (at least for me) the best song and the best to describe the whole sound of the album.