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Winterfylleth live at The Dome

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As I’ve said before, I completely fell in love with Winterfylleth at Bloodstock one year. They played again, on the main stage, a few years later and released that performance as a live album and it’s one of my favourites. We went to Manchester to see them with ARD in 2022,
 despite having already seen them at Incineration Fest the same year. This year we went to London to spend just ten minutes with them at their album launch. Only three of the band were there, so Mark Deeks kindly got the rest of the band’s signatures on my copy of the album at a band practice - what a legend! I couldn’t make the Ipswich date of the tour, so we went to see them in London. So you might say I’m a little obsessed or just a bit of a fan!

We’ve been to The Dome  before to see Threshold and it’s a nice enough venue, but the accessibility wasn’t great, they only had tall stools to sit on, which my wife couldn’t manage to climb on to. So she ended up sitting on the floor. This time though, we were in ‘Downstairs at the Dome’, which is a smaller room, but had a fantastic viewing platform and two chairs with our individual names on.

I’ve always loved everything that Winterfylleth have released, but it’s taking me a while to warm to The Imperious Horizon and I’m not sure why. However, when they played the title track live, it was incredible and the highlight of the gig until they finished with Mam Tor (The Shivering Mountain), which has always been a favourite of mine.

The thing about Winterfylleth though, is that they always play well and it doesn’t matter which songs they play, it always sounds great. Fortunately they came on ten minute earlier than planned, as it was already late. We got a good hour, but in many ways I wish they’d started earlier and played for longer.

  • Dishonour Enthroned
  • To The Edge of Tyranny
  • The Reckoning Dawn
  • Upon This Shore
  • A Soul Unbound
  • The Imperious Horizon
  • The Ghost of Heritage
  • Whisper of the Elements
  • Mam Tor (The Shivering Mountain)


They played Ipswich the following night. Hopefully they’ll come to Norwich soon!

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