Grief's Infernal Flower

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Grief's Infernal Flower
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2015 (2015-09-18)
StudioSoundhouse Studios
Genre Doom metal
Length71:09
Label Relapse
Producer Jack Endino
Windhand chronology
Soma
(2013)
Grief's Infernal Flower
(2015)
Windhand / Satan's Satyrs
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound A− [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [5]
NPR (website)(positive) [6]

Grief's Infernal Flower is the third album by American doom metal band Windhand. [7] The album was released on September 18, 2015 via Relapse Records. [8] It was named the 17th best album of 2015 by Consequence of Sound . [9]

Contents

On the Billboard charts, Grief's Infernal Flower reached No. 7 on Heatseekers Albums, No. 4 on Vinyl Albums, No. 16 on Hard Rock Albums, No. 39 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 17 on Tastemakers. It is Windhand's best-charting release to date. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Two Urns"8:11
2."Forest Clouds"9:11
3."Crypt Key"5:39
4."Tanngrisnir"5:36
5."Sparrow"4:46
6."Hyperion"5:29
7."Hesperus"14:26
8."Kingfisher"14:19
9."Aition"3:32
Total length:71:09

Personnel

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References

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