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I absolutely loved Green Lung’s last album, Black Harvest, and I was seriously looking forward to this one. I’m assuming, having read the preface in the enclosed booklet, that the band consumed large amounts of magic mushrooms before recording this opus.

It’s amazing how much medieval themes crop up as inspiration in metal music, and this album is based on old Albion folk stories. Well, that’s what I get from reading the lyrics anyway. The album is not as heavy as previous efforts but man, is this a great record and they successfully bring 70’s grooves and tones into a modern soundscape.

Favourite tunes? Well, the lead off track The Forest Church is epic and sets the tone for the whole album, but it’s the huge doom chords at the intro of One For Sorrow and the folkish vocal melody that just enthrals me. Such a great song.  

A great band that have basically carved out their own little niche that they are willing to explore with each record.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

One of the surprises of last year for me was the release of this monster record. As you do when surfing the net, you come across all sorts of wonderful things, and I was blown away when I heard this. This is actually their second album and it takes you back to the early seventies vibe, of which my formative musical years were. So it has a a big nostalgia vibe for me, but at the same time it sounds very now. There is a big Deep Purple/Sabbath feel to proceedings, which is great to hear a young band taking this sound and running with it. Most new bands that you hear, who are into the whole retro thing, use Zeppelin as reference point. I’ll admit to not being the biggest Zeppelin fan, but Purple and Sabbath I’m in all the way.

There is a very medieval/occult vibe to this record and it also feels like an original soundtrack, as though they envisaged a cinematic world to their creation. The opening intro to Old Gods even reminds me of Boston with it’s instrumental beginning. Leaders Of The Blind is just a superb song, epic in its delivery and creation, and it’s really hard to believe this is from the present and not the 70’s. The instrumental title track, Black Harvest, is just fantastic and is so majestic sounding as it builds and builds. The big monster track for me is the close out track, Born To A Dying World, which is very different to rest of the album as it has a slow blues/psych beginning that shows the talents of vocalist Tom Templar.

This is a killer record and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

10/10 from The Grooveman.