Subject:	7: Haimad - When Night Rode Across the North
From:		.jh
Date:		2025-12-23T22:06:00Z
Tags:		music blog best\ of best\ of\ 2025 Haimad 2025

![When Night Rode Across the North](/gfx/1373705.jpg)

Haimad have been around since 1994, albeit with a 20 year hiatus.
Original member Azradan returned in 1999 with an EP and this year we
get the full length. This is more symphonic than what I generally
listen to, but it's very well composed and the riffs are strong and
memorable, lots of early Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Setherial vibes. It's
not quite like time stood still releasing an album recorded in the
1990s but rather as if someone paused time and recorded an album meant
for a different era. Needless to say this is of course very nostalgic
and it's hard to disentangle those feelings when listening to this.
However I think this is an album I'll keep coming back to.

[Haimad on Encyclopaedia Metallum](https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Haimad/14372)

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