Vreid - From These Woods (Official Music Video)

Check out this music video from the long-running melodic extreme metal band Vreid from Norway. According to the album list on Metal Archives, this new one will be their tenth album; the band has been active for more than twenty years now, having started in 2004.

I have been enjoying the entire album, and I can't wait for it to be out so that you can hear it, too. It's a good mix of melodic black metal with other elements like different moods; sometimes with a bit of a rock and roll feeling, sometimes a bit more atmospheric, or featuring some super melodic moments and even some melodic singing in places.

The album is done really well, and it's nice to hear an experienced, tested, and skilled band really go for it. They’ve put all twenty, nay, thirty—years of experience (due to Vreid's connection to the previous band Windir) into an album for a very enjoyable listening experience.

By the way, Vreid may be known as part of the Norwegian black metal history, but you can also find tons of melody and quite a bit of heavy metal tradition. It isn't just copy-cat, retro borrowing, but more like a retooling of those vibes into the Vreid aesthetic. To me, it all sounds like Vreid, but not in a strict, stiff-necked sense, but in a rather expansive sound within the Vreid framework.

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6 March 2026

Vreid - From These Woods (Official Music Video)

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