Waldkrach (German for “Forest Crash” or “Forest Commotion”) is my second folk metal project (after Linnalapsi) and one of two current folk metal music projects (the other being My Unnamed Witch-themed Folk Metal Music Project). It was established in haste in September 2023, when I was about to release a professionally-produced EP of folk metal music,. This would turn out to be the Waldkrach EP, released on September 12, 2023.

Beginnings

By 2012, I had released two albums with my folk metal project, Linnalapsi (2010’s Laulu linnalapsien and 2012’s Menneisyyden Laulut). I intended to continue a quick and steady pace with Linnalapsi releases, but the compositions got more complex, and this time around, everything would be professionally produced. By the time the songs were done, a lot of time had passed, and, in a conversation with bestie and frequent collaborator Ralph Blanchard, we realized that the new crop of songs had very little similarity to the older Linnalapsi songs. It was decided that I should release the new songs under a new name. Since I had one day to deliver all band information to the mixer for the metadata, I tried many combinations of German words, and decided on Waldkrach, the first syllable meaning forest, and the second meaning “noise,” “rumpus”, “crash”, and so on.

Waldkrach EP was released online on September 12, 2023.

Future

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A full album of all new Waldkrach songs is now in the works, tentatively called Waldkrach 2, with an unknown future release date. As of November 2023, four songs have had their composition work completed. Another seven songs are in the process of being written. The album will aim to be around 41-45 minutes in length. As with Waldkrach EP, I am looking to produce this entire album professionally.

Explore Further

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► Waldkrach on Bandcamp
► Waldkrach on Spotify
► Waldkrach at Encyclopedia Metallum – The Metal Archives