Irrseele is a solo Atmospheric Black Metal Artist from Germany. On February 2nd, 2023, Irrseele independently released his debut studio album, Wahn & Wehmut, which includes nine dark, raw, melancholic and poetic songs.
Introduction:
Irrseele, Wahn & Wehmut: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Wahn & Wehmut
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Irrseele and his album, Wahn & Wehmut.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features aggressive (distorted) buzzing riffs with scathing/crashing chords and ghostly atmosphere keys. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves grim, caustic vocals and throat-shredding screams. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of various tempos, fills, and beats of a conflagration of hurtling strikes and neck-snapping rhythms.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: If you’re ready to confront your inner demons, this dark, poetic album is for you.
Immediately, the listener presses the play button; they are welcome to the opening piece, Verderbnis, and the remaining nine pieces.
Wahn & Wehmut delve into the darkness by giving the listener’s ears this dark, poetic black metal—where the music explores nature’s mysteries—a glimpse into the human mind’s shadowy corners and the soul’s abyssal depths…
One continues their dark journey, where Wahn & Wehmut‘s music channels this delusional melancholy musical spectrum—where one will step into pure darkness, where one light is a flickering light at the end of the darkness of the closing piece Melancolie.
Wahn & Wehmut delivers the listener with a project that focuses on creating personal work without creative compromise. Thus providing the listener’s ears with this marvellously crafted black metal that ties in with the unpolished origins of Scandinavian black metal of the nineties, but on the other hand, also creates gloomy-depressive soundscape—musically rough in one moment and atmospherically dense in of nature, the dark abysses of the human soul and the beauty that can arise from melancholy and lyrics inked and written in German and deal with the unfathomable secrets.
Wahn & Wehmut’s instrumental and vocal artistry is delivered and provided by (one person) impressive and skilled (all wrapped professionally) devilmanship.
A magnum opus fruit art that consists of incredible music, instrumentation, and well-executed lyrics, both in the musical score and composing of the piece – together, a compelling and astonishing result.
The dark music consists of a dense wall of guitar work utilising various riffages such as memorable and aggressive (distorted) -buzzing riffs/riffs timbre of raw black metal and scathing/crashing chords. Drum work involves conflating hurtling strikes, beats, and neck-snapping rhythms. Vocals consist of grim, caustic vocals, throat-shredding screams and ghostly atmosphere keys.
Wahn & Wehmut’s production is excellent and well-executed. It lends the sound some rawness without sacrificing the clarity to separate the various instruments.
Simultaneously, Irrseele sees himself in the “Black Romanticism” tradition. Since the end of the 18th century, this tradition has primarily placed the terrible, the dark, and the inexplicable at the centre of literature and art.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Melancholie. We want to shout out to Irrseele for letting us review his album name album. We will wrap it up by discussing the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Sturmgewalt”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Irrseele and his album, Wahn & Wehmut.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, Wahn & Wehmut’s music is a journey and a release that emerges from the dark shadows and delivers impressive work without great technical fuss, but directly, aggressive -but gloomy, depressive -yet poetic!
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork is dark and captures the whole album/music and atmosphere of the music.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Irrseele, and his album Wahn & Wehmut.
This concludes the Irrseele, Wahn & Wehmut review.
Track-Listing:
- Verderbnis
- Erweckung
- Sturmgewalt
- Irrsinn
- Reguiem
- Ursprung
- Metamorphose
- Groll
- Melancholie
