Green Lung - Black Harvest

Monday, new week and it's time for us to present this weeks "Record Of The Week".

This London-based five-piece heavy rock band GREEN LUNG, released their debut album "Woodland Rites" in 2019, read the review (https://tuneoftheday.blogspot.com/2019/04/green-lung-woodland-rites.html) and have been praised highly here at Tune Of The Day. A band that has been denied to tour around the world and support their debut album, they just had to sit this over and during that time they worked on how to make a greater follow-up record, "Black Harvest", now it's here, steaming fresh directly from the press. Serval spins over the weekend and I'm completely floored. "Woodland Rites" was a remarkably good record, with "Black Harvest" we get everything from the previous one and some more, well thank you, this is even better than its predecessor, across its forty-three minutes and ten tunes the band serves us heavy rock with classic 70s psychedelia with some SABBATH infused riffs in a bigger and more epic atomsphere, marvelous harmonies with a more sharper and deeper picture, all this is perfectly balanced and I can only lift my hat and say thank you!. Excellent mixed by Wayne Adams. Recorded at Giant Wafer Studios and St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fynydd

The album opens up with an introductory number in "The Harrowing", an occultist spoken word from a priest standing in the deep forest of England. Slowly it builds up in an atmospheric and bombastic intro that makes up the field for the "Old Gods" to enter the scene. Huge riffing by Scott Black and big powerful rhythm section signed bassist Andrew Cave, organist John Wright, and drummer Matt Wiseman along with the unique vocals by Tom Templar. Followed by another powerful tune "Leaders Of The Blind", standout organs, big riffs, catchy melody, and an amazing guitar solo peaks this track. "Reaper's Scythe" serves is with some beautiful guitars in the intro that transformed into a real heavy stomper with a lot of energy that bursts out from every conceivable corner. "Graveyard Sun" is another beauty that with its laidback, softish start shows its fragile side, which is incredibly beautiful. The tune changes shape a bit here and there, where the cork on the bottle blows and the tempo increases but soon returns to the slightly more withdrawn way. The title tune "Black Harvest" follows the same path as the intro and gives us a powerful instrumental jam. Heavy riffing opens up "Upon The Altar", marvelous guitar playing with a doomish but still yet very fresh sounding. "You Bear The Mark" is a very melodic piece where the beginning part almost gives a wink to the Swedish GHOST. "Doomsayer" follows the same road, magic organs, heavy riffing that almost reminds me of later PURPLE, marvelous vocals. The album ends with an elegant piece of "Born To A Dying World" that wraps up this grandiose monster of a release. With masterly handed songwriting, I'm very impressed with the end result, and it glads me to see that GREEN LUNG has a bright future ahead. And just like with "Woodland Rites", "Black Harvest" will earn its spots on the best-of lists when it's time to summon up the year.

Sum: If there is anything to worship these days then "Black Harvest" could be the best option.

Today's tune "Graveyard Sun", Video by Billy Howard Price



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King Woman – Celestial Blues

Monday, time to present "Record Of The Week".

"Celestial Blues" is the sophomore album by KING WOMAN. Led by the hypnotic and breathy vocal dramatics of Kris Esfandiari. KING WOMAN unveil a profoundly crafted opus of brooding, ethereal doom-rock. Produced by Jack Shirley (DEAFHEAVEN, WRECK & REFERENCE, OATHBREAKER).

Feeling compelled to reshape the biblical archetypes that once bound her, Esfandiari has created a theatrical tale of rebellion, tragedy, and triumph — a metaphor for her own personal experiences over the years — "Celestial Blues" was born. The former’s name refers to Lucifer himself, taking root in a John Milton-ish humanization of the Biblical adversary.

Esfandiari has written an epic poem in blank verse where the dramatic tone for the record is set with "Morning Star" where "Lucifer, falling from the heights" with an primeval echo in the heavy riffs by Peter Arsendorf that played both bass and guitar on the album in the absence of former guitarist Colin Gallagher and drums beaten with a firm handshake by Joey Raygoza. "Boghz" is about the delicate line between love and drugs. Beautiful-sounding tones begin "Golgotha" which invites to some gymnastics choirs, laze distorted guitars and violins that try to hide the bloody lyrics. "Coil" is a massive wall of big sounds in this punkish gospel. "Entwined" starts nicely at a low tide pace, only when halfway has been passed, it break loose and she sings "I've been fucking around my whole life, No more". In "Psychic Wound" she get enslaved by the pinions under seductive rule. The music surrounds in a horror theme around her screams. A bass line lick opens up "Ruse" is another story of betrayal in the sense of intoxication. The album closes really beautiful in "Paradise Lost" where the inspiration is taken from John Milton epic poem, a neat guitar and soft drums along with a naked and soulful vocals makes me shiver. "Celestial Blues" is marvelous and so different, as the lyrics is very important to understand it's composition and meaning, the music frames up the story very well. Highly recomend to spin this with headphones.

"Celestial Blues" was recorded in Oakland, California by GRAMMY-nominated engineer Jack Shirley (DEAFHEAVEN, WRECK & REFERENCE, ANENRA, OATHBREAKER). Released July 30, 2021 by Relapse Records

Sum: "Celestial Blues" is one of the year's most evocative records.

Today's tune "Morning Star", taken from "Celestial Blues", The video is pretty creepy and get's me think about Marilyn Manson, could this be his sister???, well enjoy!



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The Budos Band - Long In The Tooth

Saturday, time to get groovy together with a New York-based doom rock Afro-soul big band with a '70s touch, yes it's THE BUDOS BAND.

Celebrating 15 years from the release of their debut album, Daptone's Royal Court from Staten Island delivers a truly epic collection of new material that finds the group further bridging the gap between the Farfisa-fueled Ethio-Funk stylings of their early recordings, with the psychedelic, SABBATH-inspired hellfire of late.

“In some ways, it’s reminiscent of our first two albums "The Budos Band" and "Budos II",” says Tom Brenneck. “We branched off on "Burnt Offering" and "V". Now, we’re still moving forward. You can play these songs on the dance-floor. We knew the horns had to stand out too. Thinking about hip-hop allowed us to put the bounce back into The Budos.”

This is evident from needle drop to final rotation. Heavy drum breaks, reminiscent of the B-Boy approved grooves of their early output reign supreme, setting the stage for the pulsating, hallucinatory wall of organ, menacing horns, and rugged guitar riffs to permeate your soul - leaving the listener in a rhythmic wash of Budonian rapture.

Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone

Thomas Brenneck – electric guitar

John Carbonella Jr. – congas, drums

Mike Deller – organ

Daniel Foder – bass guitar

Andrew Greene – trumpet

Rob Lombardo – bongos, congas

Brian Profilio – drums

Dame Rodriguez – percussion

Over the course of their nearly decade and a half long career, the 60’s/70’s influenced afro-soul instrumental band’s thunderous and eclectic sound has known no bounds. "Long In The Tooth" is a collection of expertly crafted energizing guitar licks, syncopated percussion precision, vigorous horns, and validates that the band is in its most monumental form to date

Today's tune "Long In The Tooth" is the title tune from their latest album that represents the culmination of a 15-year journey by a band that has consistently carved its own distinct path through the grooves of history.

"Long In The Tooth" was released October 9, 2020, enjoy!



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Khemmis - Candlelight

Today it was suppose to be the annual hard rock evening, an event that always takes place on eve of Twelfth Night in our small community of like minded friends. But this year it got cancelled as many other things because of the pandemic.

Well it's a sad thing, maybe we can do something later on together when it's back to normal again.

As a pretty sentmental guy as I am I guess a lookback would be great on a day like this. A few years back, 2018 to be more precice. During this year the categories was made up with one single word only except for "Best Right Now".

2018 years line up of categories was:

1. Festival
2. Summer
3. Best Right Now
4. Nostalgia
5. Space
6. Death
7. Hefty

Where we pick a tune from the last category "Hefty".

A fellow friend off the Öbrink brothers choosed the 7-minute burner "Candlelight" with the denver based doom rock band KHEMMIS. An excellent tune with modern doom sound full of tasty fuzz-crunch, guttural growls, classic-metal with great roughness.

Read about the sevent pick here!

Today's tune "Candlelight", taken from the second album "Hunted", live at Psycho Las Vegas 2017 in Las Vegas, enjoy!

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Black Road - End Of Man

BLACK ROAD from Chicago, Illinois, began its journey in 2015 with an uncertain identity. Trying to nail down solid band members and find common ground took some time. Upon the arrival of Halloween 2016, the band had formed the lineup that remains today. On the 3 year anniversary of this lineup coming together, they release their debut full-length "Witch Of The Future" on Halloween 2019.

Following a successful debut EP, fun music videos, and a few single releases, there was a lot of excitement to get this album out to the world. A lucky 50 folks ended up with the limited edition 7" clear vinyl through DHU RECORDS! That track "Blood On The Blade" is included on the LP as well. The songs included are all completely written by the current members, as opposed to the EP which contained songs once written and performed by past band members.

Tim M. lead the songs as usual with his soaring riffs. Melodic and harmonic, they set the tone for the vocals. All lyrics and vocals are done by Suzi Uzi, with Tim doing backing vocals on a few tracks. There is synth and tambourine sprinkled throughout, but not overdone. Robert Gonzales took charge of the recording sessions! He absolutely nailed his drum takes during the live recordings, while Casey Papp complimented his every beat with some killer, amazing bass.

After having super solid takes, vocals and guitar solos were added, as well as percussion and synth, to round out the sound. The ambience of the studio and the relaxed nature of the entire process comes out in the album. The single 'Witch of the Future" was first released as a live track in 2017, then again in 2018 as a standalone digital single. It was completely redone in the studio and is released as the title track for this album.

BLACK ROAD are:

Vox + Lyrics: Suzi

Guitar: Tim

Bass: Casey

Drums: Rob

Today's tune "End Of Man" is taken from the debut full-length album "Witch Of The Future". The album was released October 31, 2019 on DHU Records [Netherlands] (limited edition vinyl and cassette) and on Bloodrock Records [Italy] (limited edition CD digipak), with a bonus track titled "Lament" included in the digital release.



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My Dying Bride - Your Broken Shore

British doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE did release their new studio album, "The Ghost Of Orion", on March 6 via Nuclear Blast. An album that I haven't added so much time yet, soon I hope as the single sounds really good.

The cover artwork for "The Ghost Of Orion" was created by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, SODOM).

MY DYING BRIDE are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford. Since their inception in 1990, The band has released thirteen full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release.

Along with ANATHEMA and PARADISE LOST, MY DYING BRIDE were a forerunner of the death-doom metal and gothic metal genres during the early 1990s. The band is considered part of the "Peaceville Three" as all three bands were signed to Peaceville Records at the time.

Featuring:

Aaron Stainthorpe - Vocals

Andrew Craighan - Guitar

Shaun MacGowan - Keys - Violin

Lena Abe - Bass Guitar

Jeff Singer - Drums

Neil Blanchett - Guitar

Special appearance Jo Quail - Cello

Today's tune "Your Broken Shore" is taken from the album "The Ghost Of Orion", "Your Broken Shore" is the first song from MY DYING BRIDE for five years that comes laced with passion, power and their unyielding desire to create the most thoughtful and heavy music possible. Enjoy!



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Witch Mountain - Priceless Pain

The Portland, Oregon, doomers WITCH MOUNTAIN have unveiled "Priceless Pain", which is the first studio recording they’ve had since their self-titled LP last year.

The new tune is a screamy piece with Kayla Dixon on vocals. WITCH MOUNTAIN recently made a tour in the states with CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.

“When I first heard the music for "Priceless Pain", I instantly knew what I wanted the song to be about, writes vocalist Kayla Dixon.

“I had recently been viscerally affected by the (not so new) news of the Amazon rainforest burning. I however sadly, wasn’t surprised. Humanity has, in a very short amount of time, almost completely ravaged this earth. I was even less surprised when I found out that the fires were caused by ‘controlled’ burns to clear way for cattle ranching. According to the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies website, ‘Cattle ranching is the largest driver of deforestation in every Amazon country, accounting for 80% of current deforestation rates.’ Many of us want to believe that we’re not alone in this universe, yet the idea of extraterrestrial life frightens some of us. In this song, I want to urge the listener to consider the ‘why’ behind that fear. Might it be that our fear is caused by the conscience that we’ve buried so deep within ourselves that we hardly recognize it? If you reduce earth’s existence down to 46 years, you’ll realize that humans have been on this planet for 4 hours. That would mean that we have managed to destroy about half of the earth’s forests in one minute. This song is my best guess at what might happen if we were visited by a more intelligent and sophisticated species. I believe we’d been seen as a cancer and swiftly removed. My hope is that people will read these lyrics and make changes to their lives on an individual scale to contribute to fixing what we’ve broken.”

Today's tune "Priceless Pain" is the latest single. It was released September 20, 2019. Video was Animated and Directed by Don Noble. Enjoy!



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Taiga Woods - Garbageman

TAIGA WOODS is a Norweigan foursome rock band that plays deliciously polished 70’s style of the eclectic brand of heavy. Incorporating stoner rock, prog, psych and a whiff of doom. On top, you’ve got those catchy vocal harmonies.

Hell yeah, all the ingredients to create something interesting for me to pick up in the flow of bands that passes my stream of music every single day. TAIGA WOODS self-titled hits the ground and captured our hearts with its addictive blend of DOZER-style rhythms, the happy marriage of stoner rock with doom metal sensibilities, and those oh-so-catchy choruses and maintains a surprisingly driven and unrelenting pace throughout this wonderfully crafted debut.

References to some more known act can be made, then I would say the energy from TRUCKFIGHTERS, the hard parts and the vocals from BOMBUS, and the harmonies from CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL, kinda good mix indeed.

TAIGA WOODS are:

Erik Skundberg - Vocals & Guitar

Jøran Normann - Guitar

Ole Ulvik Rokseth - Bass

Jonatan Eikum - Drums

Today's tune "Garbageman" taken from the self-titled debut, enjoy the trippy visualization of the song by Erik Alm of Trøbbel Design. The album was released September 15, 2017



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Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots

Time to present album number nine out of ten of the assignments we got. "Choosing 10 vinyl albums that greatly influenced my taste". One album per day, 10 consecutive days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Every day I ask someone else to do the same." Throwing the ball at some nice figure at the social media Facebook.

That BLACK SABBATH is a huge influence for me is pretty clear if you read this blog. The band has been around for ages. I believe the first record I got with SABBATH was the second studio album "Paranoid".

Today's tune "Fairies Wear Boots" is a song by the English heavy metal band BLACK SABBATH, from their 1970 album "Paranoid". It was released in 1971 as the B-side to "After Forever". The album was released 18 September 1970. The band's bassist Geezer Butler states the music was inspired by the band's encounter with skinheads, who are the "fairies" in the song. Tony Iommi states the title was inspired from an incident when Butler and singer Ozzy Osbourne were smoking cannabis and saw fairies in boots running around a park, and not from an encounter with skinheads. In Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography I Am Ozzy he stated he does not know what the song is about, but everybody told him he wrote the lyrics. 😂😂😂



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Lucifer - Dreamer

"Lucifer II" is the second full-length studio album from the Swedish doom rockers LUCIFER, an album with dark and bewitching heavy rock of ‘70s, it reaches the 8th place on the Tune of The Day's TOP 50 album list of the Best Albums 2018.

"Lucifer II" is a well-rounded trip back to the Magic Carpet Ride.

Read the review here!

Today's tune "Dreamer", half paced beauty, enjoy!



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Caronte - Abraxas

CARONTE is an heavy acid doom metal band hailing from Parma, Italy, formed in the 2010. CARONTE tunes are inspired by drugs, alcohol abuse, death, black masses, sex, esoterism ,mysticism and shamanism.

They have unleashes an impressive serving of quality doom/stoner metal.

The band have already made six works. 2011 - "Ghost Owl", 2012 - "Ascension", 2013 - "Split Caronte", 2014 - "Church of Shamanic Goetia", 2016 - "Codex Babalon" and 2017 – "Yoni"

The good feedbacks received have permitted at the band to play all over the Europe, share the stage with bands like ELECTRIC WIZARD, BLOOD FARMERS, COUGH, FORGOTTEN TOMB, THE DEVILs BLOOD, IN SOLITUDE, PAGAN ALTAR among many others.

CARONTE are:

Dorian Bones – Vocals
Henry Bones – Desecratorbass
Tony Bones – Guitars
Mike de Chirico – Drums

Today's tune "Abraxas" is taken from the bands latest album "Yoni", enjoy!



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Alunah - Fire of Thornborough Henge

ALUNAHs fourth album "Solennial", was released on 17th March 2017 via Svart Records. "Solennial" was recorded and mixed by Chris Fielding (CONAN) at Skyhammer Studios, England and mastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios, England. The album features guest appearances by Charlotte ‘Chipper’ Nicholls (CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, PORTISHEAD) and Rich Harris (OILY TOYS).

For 10 years Sophie, guitarist David Day, bassist Daniel Burchmore and drummer Jake Mason, since first coming together in the English Midlands in 2006, ALUNAH have trafficked in a blend of the earthly and the unearthly.

Over the course of their three albums – 2010’s "Call of Avernus", 2012’s "White Hoarhound" and 2014’s "Awakening The Forest" – the four-piece have been a constant force of progression into an individualized take on psychedelic and organic heft. Their material has never lacked structure or groove, but with the melodic vocals of guitarist Sophie Day ever at the fore, they keep an eye toward the ethereal as well.

That was never more true than on "Awakening the Forest", which was released by Napalm Records and followed by 2015 CD reissues of the first two albums via PRC Music and a vinyl release for "Call of Avernus" through UK imprint HeviSike Records, with one for "White Hoarhound" still to come in 2016. But even that ending was only a beginning.

Following in the footsteps of Svart alums HEXVESSEL and JESS AND THE ANCIENT ONES, ALUNAH arrive at the label preceded by a reputation for blending nature worship and heavy vibes with a grace that few can match, basking in a sun-soaked spirit of beauty and decay, folklore and deeply personal expression. Look for them to expand their sonic palette with the new material and build on what they’ve accomplished before in their rich, engaging sound that seems to be always wandering and never, ever lost.

In November 2017 ALUNAH announced the addition of vocalist Siân Greenaway to their lineup, Greenaway joins ALUNAH after the stunning departure in September of founding vocalist/guitarist Sophie Day, who fronted the band across four full-length releases, the latest of which, Solennial, was issued earlier this year on Svart Records. In conjunction with Day’s leaving, ALUNAH vowed to press on, and with the arrival of Greenaway, they will look to tour in 2018 and begin writing material for their next album.

Today's tune "Fire of Thornborough Henge" is taken from ALUNAHs fourth album "Solennial", enjoy!

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Haunted - Watchtower

Catania based death-on-ten-legs HAUNTED manifest themselves in 2015, when gathered to came out in the wash their slow sub- sabbathian dirge occultish terror.

The banshees released their debut self titled full-length album in Digital and Digipack formats via TWIN EARTH RECORDS on August, 31st 2016. Two month later the Vinyl version got printed and released in two colored versions. Distributed worldwide the 31st October, 2016. Recorded & Mixed by Carlo Longo at NuevArte Studio, Catania, IT. Mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks, Bethlehem, PA, June 2016. Artwork & Layout by Sandro Di Girolam. The albums music is a kind of ritualistic doom, characterized by long tracks, unmistakable B-movie horror vibe, churning heaviness and ethereal vocals.

HAUNTED is the soundtrack to your dark summoning ritual. All you have to do is draw yourself a pentagram and make sure the cameras are rolling. Don’t forget the candles."

HAUNTED Is:
Francesco Bauso: Guitars
Cristina Chimirri: Vocals
Valerio Cimino: Drums
Francesco Orlando: Guitars
Frank Tudisco: Bass

Today's tune "Watchtower" is an heavy, slow and deep piece of pagan distorted rock. A thick fog of bass lines and heavy smoky guitar riffs with poems/chants of Cristina Chimirri. Enjoy!



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