Paysage d'Hiver
{{Short description|Swiss black metal band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Paysage d'Hiver
| image = Paysage d'Hiver Text Logo.jpg
| caption = Official logo
| background = group_or_band
| years_active = 1997–present
| origin = Schwarzenburg,{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Paysage_d%27Hiver/13417|title=Paysage d'Hiver - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=Metal-archives.com|accessdate=7 October 2020}} Switzerland
| genre = {{hlist|Ambient black metal|dark ambient}}
| label = Kunsthall Produktionen
| website = {{URL|https://kunsthall.ch/artists/paysage-dhiver}}
| current_members = Wintherr
}}
{{lang|fr|Paysage d'Hiver}} (en: "Winter Landscape") is an ambient black metal{{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/it/music/Paysage+d%27Hiver|title=Paysage d'Hiver - Musica, video, statistiche e foto|website=Last.fm|accessdate=7 October 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/fr/band/Paysage_D%27Hiver|title=Paysage D'Hiver - discographie, line-up, biographie, interviews, photos|website=Spirit-of-metal.com|accessdate=7 October 2020}} project from Burgdorf, canton of Bern, Switzerland. Formed in 1997, the sole member is Wintherr—an alias of Tobias Möckl—who is also the frontman of Darkspace as Wroth. Wintherr has cited the Burzum albums Hvis lyset tar oss and Filosofem, among others, as an inspiration for his music.{{cite web |url=http://hissig.no/intervjuer/wintherr/ |title=!HISSIG - Intervju med "Wintherr" Möckl |accessdate=2015-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181510/http://hissig.no/intervjuer/wintherr/ |archivedate=2011-07-24 }} All of Paysage d'Hiver's own material is released through Kunsthall Produktionen, a label Wintherr runs together with his wife.
All of the project's releases are connected in that they tell different pieces of a story describing a lone wanderer's experiences through a realm known as "Paysage d'Hiver", from which the project takes its name;{{Cite web |url=http://www.kunsthall.ch/paysagedhiver.html |title=Kunsthall Produktionen |access-date=2015-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042419/http://www.kunsthall.ch/paysagedhiver.html |archive-date=2018-03-14 |url-status=dead }} the cover art of each work—which, contrary to those of Darkspace, is typically more landscape-oriented and atmospheric than minimalistic and abstract—appears to reflect its respective chapter in the wanderer's journey.
Musical style
Paysage d'Hiver's music is known for its extremely lo-fi, raw production style, while musically it tends to alternate between (and even merge) ambient black metal and pure ambient music{{cite web
| url=http://lurkersgrave.com/2012/02/20/paysage-dhiver-wintherr-speaks//19130003?fbclid=IwAR2uk7QbmRhoertelgRrLh79Vy2AiaafXNJpc5rEZxE6acnoPpLLUGGIy5o
| title=Paysage d'hiver: Wintherr Speaks
| date=2012-02-20
| publisher=lurkersgrave.com
| quote=I try to be strict with what I am doing, I don’t want to raise the availability. I consider the production of tapes and vinyl more as collector’s item. With the unlimited release of the CD’s, it is possible to purchase Paysage d’hiver’s music without any big, expensive problems.
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524123907/https://lurkersgrave.com/
| archive-date=2020-05-24
| accessdate=2020-05-24}}{{cite web |last=Rosenthal |first=Jon |date=January 10, 2018 |title=World of Ice: A Conversation with Paysage d'Hiver |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/paysage-d-hiver-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112092257/http://www.invisibleoranges.com/paysage-d-hiver-interview/ |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |accessdate=May 24, 2020 |website=Invisible Oranges |quote=Something like Urgehal's Rise of the Monument, or Old Wainds/Nav's We Are the North, for example: Very raw, dirty and extreme. This transports a lot more of the grim and cold emotions than any "good" production. Of course, it should still be listenable. If you really can't hear what's going on anymore, it doesn't make much sense either of course.}}—at times also incorporating elements of funeral doom metal, dungeon synth, drone and sound collage, particularly in its earlier outputs. Wintherr plays every instrument, and tends to alternate between acoustic and programmed drums based on what he believes best suits the work at hand.{{Cite web|last=nilovz|date=2020-10-16|title=INTERVIEW: Paysage d'Hiver|url=https://bassdoom.home.blog/2020/10/16/interview-paysage-dhiver/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Bass Doom|language=pt-BR}} The production style is also a deliberate artistic decision by Wintherr as "the atmosphere is the most important aspect."
Discography
All of Paysage d'Hiver's releases prior to the 2020 album, Im Wald, are classified by the band as demos.{{Cite web |title=Paysage d'Hiver: deep in the forest of my innerself |url=https://www.metal.it/interview.aspx/1385/paysage-d-hiver-deep-in-the-forest-of-my-innerself/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.metal.it}} All releases after the Steineiche CD-R were originally exclusively released on cassette and limited to 200 copies each, but were later re-released on CD in unlimited quantities. Schattengang, Die Festung and Paysage d'Hiver have also been released on vinyl, each limited to 300 copies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kunsthall.ch/e_main.html |title=Kunsthall Produktionen |access-date=2015-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302005354/http://www.kunsthall.ch/e_main.html |archive-date=2018-03-02 |url-status=dead }} On the highly limited nature of the cassette and vinyl releases, Wintherr stated he considers them to be "collector's items" whereas the CD versions are to facilitate wider audiences' access to the music.
= Studio albums =
- Im Wald (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Paysage_d%27Hiver/Im_Wald/822857|title=Paysage d'Hiver - Im Wald - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=Metal-archives.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}
- Geister (2021){{Cite news |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Paysage d'Hiver Announces New Album, Releases "Bluet" |work=Decibel |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2021/02/11/paysage-dhiver-announces-new-album-releases-bluet/ |access-date=April 25, 2021}}
- Die Berge (2024){{Cite web |title=Die Berge, by Paysage d'Hiver |url=https://paysagedhiver.bandcamp.com/album/die-berge |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Paysage d'Hiver |language=en}}
= Demos =
- Steineiche (1998)
- Schattengang (1998)
- Die Festung (1998)
- Kerker (1999)
- Paysage d'Hiver (1999)
- Kristall & Isa (2000)
- Winterkälte (2001)
- Nacht (2004)
- Einsamkeit (2007)
- Das Tor (2013)
= EPs =
- Im Traum (2020)
= Singles =
- "Schnee (IV)" (2017)
- "Das Gletschertor" (2020), originally released in 2002
- "Das schwarze Metall-Eisen" (2020), originally released in 1998
- "Schwarzä Feus & Schwarzäs Isä" (2020), originally released in 2004 as separate tracks
- "Im Winterwald" (2020)
- "Bluet" (2021)
- "Äschä" (2021)
- "Schtampfä" (2021)
- "Urgrund" (2024)
- "Verinnerlichung" (2024)
= Splits =
- Schnee / Das Winterreich (2003), split with Vinterriket
- Paysage d'Hiver / Lunar Aurora (2004), split with Lunar Aurora
- Десь блукає журба (Somewhere Sadness Wanders) / Schnee (IV) (2017), split with Drudkh
- Paysage d'Hiver / Nordlicht (2017), split with Nordlicht
= Compilations =
- Das Gletschertor / Das schwarze Metall-Eisen (2020)
- Schnee (2020)
= Compilation appearances =
- "Schnee" on Wurzelgeister (Ketzer Records, 2002)
- "Gletschertor" on D.S.T. – Deutsche Schwarze Tonträgerkunst (Westwall Produktion, 2002)
- "Gletschertor" (tonally improved version) on Schneesturm (Black Metal Mafia, 2003)
Personnel
- Wintherr – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, drum programming, violin, samples (since 1997)
References
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/paysagedhiver Official Myspace]
- [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=13417 Paysage d'Hiver on Encyclopedia Metallum]
- [http://www.kunsthall.ch/ Kunsthall Produktionen]
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Category:Swiss black metal musical groups