Winternight Tragedies

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Winternight Tragedies
Catamenia - Winternight Tragedies.jpg
Studio album by
Catamenia
ReleasedApril 25, 2005
StudioMastervox Studios
Genre Melodic black metal, melodic death metal
Length47:26
Label Massacre
Producer Kakke Vähäkuopus
Immu Ilmarinen
Catamenia
Catamenia chronology
Chaos Born
(2003)		Winternight Tragedies
(2005)		 Location: COLD
(2006)

Winternight Tragedies is the sixth full-length album by Finnish melodic black metal band, Catamenia. It was released on April 25, 2005, through Massacre Records.

Contents

Fuel for Hatred is a cover of a Satyricon song from their album Volcano .

Reception

Norway's Scream Magazine gave a rating of 3 out of 6, complaining that nothing was new since the debut album, the album cover featured a wolf just like before, the music was predictable and the production "flat and calculating". [1] Rock Hard was similarly reserved with 6.5 of 10. [2] Noise.fi  ( fi ) gave 3 of 5. On the positive side, the band conjured up "a number of catchy melodies" so that "fans of the band would be pleased". [3]

Powermetal.de  ( de ) disagreed that Catamenia lacked progress over the course of their career. Catamenia "no longer have much in common with the spirit of black metal", and had for instance drifted "towards Viking metal". The track "Verikansa" was "a small masterpiece" and a suitable "Viking national anthem". The melodic black metal they still did play was "second to none", and the Satyricon cover was "masterfully accomplished". [4] Metal.de was similarly exalted, handing out 9 of 10 points. Winternight Tragedies was a "solid piece" with "richness", "catchy melodies that really stick in your head"—surpassing their previous releases. [5] Heavymetal.dk gave the same score. [6]

Track listing

  1. "The Heart of Darkness" – 5:03
  2. "Verikansa" – 4:53
  3. "Strength and Honor" – 5:07
  4. "The Crystal Stream" – 3:54
  5. "Kaamos Warrior" – 3:53
  6. "My Blood Stained Path" – 4:54
  7. "Perintö Pohjolan" – 5:00
  8. "Iced Over" – 5:24
  9. "The Ancient" – 5:46
  10. "Fuel for Hatred" – 3:32 (Satyricon cover)

Personnel

Catamenia

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Aaslie, André (2005). "CATAMENIA "Winternight Tragedies"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 95. p. 41.
  2. ↑ "CATAMENIA Winternight Tragedies". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 216. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Salonen, Jere (15 May 2005). "Levyarvostelut Catamenia – Winternight Tragedies". Noise.fi (review) (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Backes, Björn (20 April 2005). "CATAMENIA - Winternight Tragedies". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Catamenia - Winternight Tragedies". Metal.de (review) (in German). 7 June 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Catamenia Winternight Tragedies". Heavymetal.dk (review) (in Danish). 13 June 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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