Five track cassette OMM5CASS SYMBEL - DARK SOLSTICE EP Hand numbered, limited 25. Old stock blue and ferric tapes. Five different tracks from different times with different production. The last Symbel release. Thanks.
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Crystal towers that wax and wane
through the hissing wind and rain
burning flashes jump the lines
charging fury breaks the sky
Rusted, grey or blackened forms
paternal they stoop above
fingers offering the breeze
wires to tense and then release
Every man in every house
fed with power they could not dream of
Bolted steel all rutted, posted, stamped by nation
formed creatures over town and dale they creep
turning, twisting, starting over field and fountain
idyll of better times watching o’er the mountain
L2, L5, breaking forms from metal grids
every culture has its numbers
coded in its infastructure
coded in electric slumber....
Conquering the land, mapping every shore
boundaries are claimed by the steel armed sect
beautiful they are, like only ugly creatures
who stick around long enough can one day be.
supported by 4 fans who also own “'Every Culture Has Its Numbers' ( Spengler, O (1918) ); The British Appreciation of Pylons.”
This has been staple listening for me since I first got the CD in 2006. Raw but not to the extent that it is unlistenable, the riffs are heavy and memorable, with each song having it's own identity.
Wartooth's vocals are certainly a highlight of Bretwaldas' sound. Rough and gritty, in the best way, as he snarls out lyrics about Dark Ages warriors, heathenism and nature. If you can imagine if Lemmy was a Brummie and sang on an early Black Sabbath album then you're getting somewhere near the sound of this Midlands duo.
This album is class from beginning to end but if I was to have to choose highlights I'd go for album opener The Haunted Ride, Iron Skies (a song of two gloriously different halves) and Beneath the Eaves. The latter appeared on a CD with Zero Tolerance magazine way back and was the undisputed stand out track on there. Grimslath