Some weeks after the promising Godless Cruelty debut album, I got the next release from Northfire Rec. THYRGRIM already put out a demo in 2005 and few of these songs can also be found on this album. Although they don't play as rough as Godless Cruelty, this is still old school without any compromise. Here and there you can hear Thrash Metal influences and most of the record reminds me of the first albums of Desaster (and that's everything but a bad reference). Still, THYRGRIM are much more primitive. It's not high speed all the time, but that's good for the cold and savage atmosphere. Lyrically, the songs are not about God and Satan, but THYRGRIM seem to be more interested in things like winter, coldness, nature, ancient times and spiritual states. On Kältetot one will find acoustic guitars and sounds of a stormy winter night. All the time I want to go on a winter hike, but I am afraid that in June this desire cannot be fulfilled. All lyrics are in German, but unfortunately the vocals are somewhere far in the background. Although I like that old school style very much, I have to say that the album is getting a bit boring from the middle. Considering the fact that Winterhall consists of 10 songs, a little more variety would not have been wrong. So, it's a bit too much of the same.