WINTERFYLLETH Unveil New Single + Video ‘Echoes In The After’

With “Echoes In The After”, UK black metal legends WINTERFYLLETH unveil the second single from their upcoming album, The Unyielding Season, out March 27, 2026 via Napalm Records. Inspired by the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, a landmark near Hadrian’s Wall, and adapted from a poem from Sir Philip Sidney’s 16th-century epic “The Countess Of Pembroke’s Arcadia”, “Echoes In The After” is a powerful atmospheric black metal lament to nature and social commentary in one. It comes with an official new music video, visually underlining the lyricism and transforming it into something that’s visually tangible too.

WINTERFYLLETH’s ninth album is a social commentary wrapped in meticulously crafted poetry and prose. Where the preceding album, The Imperious Horizon (2024), described an ominous, malevolent force lurking in the distance, The Unyielding Season now explores said threat becoming a reality.

Chris Naughton about “Echoes In The After”:
“The lyric for this song was written as a reaction to the cutting down of the famous ‘Robin Hood’ tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall, in the North East of the UK. The song is about how some people seem to loathe iconic symbols of history and cultural importance that the local community share in, and hold dear. It speaks to a wayward mentality of individuals who would happily see these types of landmark destroyed – as though nothing is sacred. The lyric paints an image of the land and nature responding to the damage of the tree – almost like it is reacting to the loss of a limb or of a part of itself. It speaks about the wider area being scarred by this situation – with the lyric being written like a lament from nature to itself, condemning the demise of such an iconic symbol. A event that felt like it occurred in a cold, oddly curated and premeditated manner. It was an unsettling circumstance that resonated with us all in the band; particularly as we had used the tree as inspiration for the artwork of our 2018 album, The Hallowing of Heirdom.”

The raging wildfire to its predecessor’s calculating, icy cold, WINTERFYLLETH’s first offering for their new record label is a reflection and a rebellion against the turmoils tearing individuals apart. The Unyielding Season is a cry against the unsustainable weight of fear and pressure being pushed into the world, by the agents of an unresting, and unyielding force for evil. Where our surroundings grow more challenging every day, WINTERFYLLETH offers a pause for respite and resistance. The world is on fire, and The Unyielding Season is a warning.

WINTERFYLLETH about The Unyielding Season:
“2026 marks a year of big changes for WINTERFYLLETH! A new label, a new member, a new album, and the landmark of 20 years making music together. We are enthused by what this new chapter will bring, and as a result, we are now able to share our ninth album, The Unyielding Season, with the world. It is also a powerful and virulent first output, through which we seal our new collaboration with Napalm Records.
In many ways, the new album is a reflection on – and a rebellion against – the turmoil’s and fears that are tearing the lives of many individuals apart. It is a cry against the unsustainable & constant weight of malevolence and pressure being pushed into the world by agents of an un-resting and unyielding force for evil. We hope the album resonates with you, stirs your soul, and gives you a source for hope. But, we also hope it makes you ask questions of your own circumstances and gives you pause to consider the unnerving state of the world we all share.”

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“Heroes Of A Hundred Fields” is the first revolt on their ten-song manifesto, describing brave minds joining forces against a common oppressor to fight for their freedom. The song unfolds in marvellous grandeur as chants of “Rebellions beacons now alight”, ring out against a tide of evil. With “Echoes In The After”, WINTERFYLLETH delivers a striking epic, while the following track, “A Hollow Existence”, opens up with galloping drums and explodes into equally aggressive and atmospheric black metal fireworks. The band’s trademark sound continues throughout “Perdition’s Flame” into the album’s title track, a powerful observation of our world’s current situation and a voice for those silenced by its hostility. Atmospheric masters WINTERFYLLETH then pause their rage, making room for “Unspoken Elegy”, an acoustic guitar-driven instrumental enriched by equally hopeful and menacing cello melodies—a hauntingly beautiful illustration of the dichotomy within The Unyielding Season. “In Ashen Wake” takes up the perilous undertone, taking its time before unveiling itself as another highly melodic black metal saga. “Toward Elysium” expands on that with a strong, old-school-inspired guitar riff, thrilling and catchy. Following another instrumental, the beautifully structured “Where Dreams Once Grew”, WINTERFYLLETH end the album running order with a bonus track, a cover of fellow Brits Paradise Lost’s “Enchantment”, originally released as the opening track on their 1995 classic Draconian Times.

The Unyielding Season track listing:

Heroes of a Hundred Fields
Echoes In The After
A Hollow Existence (feat. Flagrum)
Perdition’s Flame
The Unyielding Season
Unspoken Elegy
In Ashen Wake
Towards Elysium
Where Dreams Once Grew
Enchantment (Paradise Lost Cover Version – Bonus Song)

WINTERFYLLETH LIVE 2026

09.04.26 GB – Bristol / The Fleece
10.04.26 GB – Manchester / Rebellion
11.04.26 IE – Dublin / Opium
12.04.26 GB – Belfast / Limelight 2
13.04.26 GB – Glasgow / Slay
14.04.26 GB – Birmingham / Asylum
15.04.26 GB – London / The Garage

FESTIVALS
04.06.26 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival
18.06.26 FR – Clisson /Hellfest
25.06.26 DE – Rauschenberg / Hole in the Sun Festival

WINTERFYLLETH are:
Chris Naughton – Vocals, Guitars
Simon Lucas – Drums
Mark Doyle – Bass, Backing Vocals
Mark Deeks – Keyboard, Synth, Backing Vocals
Russell Dobson – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

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