Posts Tagged ‘The Church Within Records’

Album of the day: Lord Vicar – Signs of Osiris

Posted on Friday, December 16th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: I’m going to keep the backstory short on this one. The astute doom disciple needs no introduction when it comes to Lord Vicar; the roaring, raging sequel to Reverend Bizarre featuring a who’s who roster of doom-metal legends. But, I think it’d be a damn shame if I didn’t at least attempt to introduce the players to you in case you just boarded the good ship Hellride in very recent times, and are just figuring out what this doom stuff is all about.

We’ve got Kimi Karki aka Peter Vicar (Reverend Bizarre, Orne) on guitar, the flexible pipes of Chritus behind the microphone (Count Raven, Saint Vitus, Terra Firma), Gareth Millsted smashing the cans (Centurions Ghost, End of Level Boss), and Jussi Myllykoski on bass (no other bands that I know of, but it don’t matter!)… and boy do they dig in deep on Signs of Osiris, the band’s sophomore outing following up the very, very solid Fear no Pain.

Of the band’s two full-length outings (I can’t comment on the splits, because I haven’t picked any up yet), I think Signs of Osiris is the better of the two, a doom metal State of the Union Address which encapsulates just about everything that this particular genre of sprawling heavy rock is all about…the sadness, the beauty, the fear, the misery, the subdued tension, the cathartic release, the atmosphere, the ethic, the riff, and the groove. Feel free to add your own partridge in a pear tree to that list!

Continue reading: HellrideMusic.com – Lord Vicar – Signs of Osiris.

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Lord Vicar, Sigiriya and Orchid Added To Lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012

Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

We’re really excited to announce that Lord Vicar, Orchid and Sigiriya have been added to the line-up for Roadburn festival 2012, set for Thursday, April 12th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Faithfully following in the footsteps of Saint Vitus, Trouble, Witchfinder General, Pentagram and The Obsessed, Finland’s Lord ...read more

Lord Vicar: New Song Available For Streaming

Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Sign of Osiris Slain, a new song from doom metal all-star band Lord Vicar, is now available for streaming online at THIS LOCATION or down below.  The track is culled from Sign of Osiris, their forthcoming album, set for release via Germany’s The Church Within Records.

Album of the day: Orchid – Capricorn

Posted on Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Praise for Orchid‘s Capricorn from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Once again, not to be confused with the old sceamo band THE Orchid, but yes very much to be confused with BLACK SABBATH, that’s their schtick as it were, this Bay Area based doom metal act now offering up their debut ...read more

Album of the day: Serpent Venom – Carnal Alter

Posted on Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Serpent Venom have been touting their formidable version of seventies rock mixed with St.Vitus style doom for a while now and they are just getting better and better at it. The last time they played with Devil and Age of Aquarius…sorry Age of Taurus, ...read more

Album of the day: Sigiriya – Return to Earth

Posted on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: The much-missed British stoner rock outfit Acrimony released their last studio full-length in 1996’s Tumuli Shroomaroom. Splits followed with Iron Rainbow and Church of Misery, and the Leaf Hound Records compilation Bong on – Live Long! followed in 2007, but the band effectively broke up ...read more