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This Hulder (there are two currently active on Metal Archives) is a one-woman band from Washington State in the U.S. that plays a creepy, atmospheric black metal on the EP The Eternal Fanfare. There are mournful, unsettling keyboards and clean vocals, all quiet and understated, to get things started on "Curse from Beyond" which then launches into "Burden of Flesh and Bone" where Hulder display a fairly typical second wave, melodic black metal style. The vocals are on the cusp of death metal, the playing is warm and immediate, and the drums have a good, organic sound. The Eternal Flame continues to mix bashing drums, jagged guitars and guttural vocals with keyboards and clean (female) singing to effectively shift the atmosphere back and forth. It’s a competent EP that makes no missteps, but doesn’t do anything that hasn’t been done before and is on the generic side. If you like to really delve into atmospheric and melodic black metal, there might be some nuances here and there that will grab you, but overall, you’ve probably heard more than a few releases like The Eternal Fanfare already.