Today, uprising Finnish black metallers White Rune stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Dawn of the White Rune, at the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel. Set for international release on August 19th via Hammer of Hate, hear White Rune‘s Dawn of the White Rune in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Although a brand-new entity, White Rune are a duo of Sielunvihollinen frontman Ruttokieli on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards and his drummer brother Soldau, also currently of Ehre. In 2021, they exploded into being with two shockingly accomplished demos, The Spell of Winter Holocaust and The Eternal Fires of Cleansing, showing a new face to Finnish black metal by, paradoxically, harkening back to old times.
And now that face is fully revealed with the full-length Dawn of the White Rune. Indeed consolidating White Rune‘s considerable strengths, the band’s aptly titled debut album bursts forth with an effervescence that’s undeniable – and undeniably unique, within the wider sphere of Finnish black metal. With vampiric organ to the fore but thankfully eluding the mawkish excess of “vampiric black metal,” White Rune proceed to wind and wend through an ever-surging storm of mysticism and malevolence. Their violence is real and the passion palpable, but there’s a deft touch to their dynamics here; nightsky splendor and astral awe are always present, no matter the tempo, and actual lead guitar plays an equally central role in conveying the emotions coursing through Dawn of the White Rune. And while comparisons to contemporaneous countrymen Faustian Pact, Vargrav, and Mooncitadel are certainly valid, more accurately could White Rune here harken back to the late ’90s works of Darkwoods My Betrothed, Thyrane, Alghazanth, Trollheims Grott, and even …And Oceans, thereby bringing the lineage full circle like the Ouroboros itself.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, Hammer of Hate will also release a compilation titled The Spell of Eternal Fire, bringing together both White Rune demos. In the meantime, open thine eyes and witness the Dawn of the White Rune!
Fully open those eyes exclusively HERE, courtesy of the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for White Rune’s Dawn of the White Rune
1. Brought by the Touch of Death
2. The Iron Claws of Satan
3. White Rune Rising
4. Soulstorm
5. Death at Sundown
6. Echoes of Torment
7. Crimson Lament
8. The Ravenous Part 1 – Altar of Defeat
9. The Ravenous Part 2 – Torn Kingdom Come
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