Vinterriket

A highly prolific one-man ambient black metal project, Vinterriket was the brainchild of Christoph Ziegler (an artist whose other ambient projects included Nebelkorona and Atomtrakt, and who was a keyboardist for Nocternity and had been a member of Graven). Begun in the Baden Württemberg region of Germany in 1996, Vinterriket (Scandinavian for "The Winter Realm") released its first demos in 2000. Over the next two years, Vinterriket would go on to release nearly 15 splits, EPs, and demos, many of which were of a limited release or were made up of some extravagant packaging. Th...