Darkwoods My Betrothed
Darkwoods My Betrothed are a Finnish black metal band from Kitee, Finland. History. Formed in 1993 as Virgin's Cunt, they set out to be the "most blasphemous black metal band in Europe", in a rather tongue-in-cheek sense. After recording a couple demos under this name, the band started to take themselves a lot more seriously and changed their name to Darkwoods My Betrothed. They recorded the demo "Dark Aureolis Gathering" in 1994, not too different from the band's roots in extreme black metal, but it started to show serious maturity in the song -writing and delivery; not only a traditional black metal shriek, the singers also did a wail-type of scream. In 1995, Hammerheart Productions released "Heirs of the Northstar", their first full-length album, which was a turning point for the group, as they. started to experiment with a slower-paced and more melodic viking metal sound, and use of "drunken Viking" style clean vocals mixed with traditional black metal screams. The lyrics were also quite different from those in earlier songs. Instead of dark and Satanic rantings, bassist/lyricist Teemu began a fascination with Odinism and the Gods of Valhalla , and anger towards Christianity. 1996 saw the release of "Autumn Roars Thunder", this time under the Solistitium label. Though retaining the same anti-Christian and Odinistic rhetoric, the music itself moved away from the melodic viking approach and entered back into a faster, more black metal-oriented direction. In 1998, the band returned with "Witch-Hunts", a conceptual album which eschewed much of the melodic stylings of the previous two albums; the Viking metal sound was replaced with black metal. Due to numerous delays by the record label, it was released roughly one year after it was originally planned. After  the release of "Witch-Hunts", the band split up until they came back in 2000 with a new line-up, a compilation album and potential live work. In 2001, the band split up again. In December 2020, Teemu "Hexenmeister" Kautonen said in a Finnish Inferno-magazine interview that Darkwoods My Betrothed are active and will release their next studio album in late 2021. The album title was later announced on February 6, 2021 as "Angel of Carnage Unleashed". The album was released on November 12, 2021. The first single "In Evil, Sickness and in Grief" was released on 30 August  2021. Members. Former session members. Timeline Discography. Albums Compilations Demos