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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On the intolerance of folk from the hills.
lyrics
Slow is the step of the land
Way out in the folds of the earth
Rolling and twisting in the fall
Quickly to rise up once again....
supported by 4 fans who also own “Slow is the Step of The Land”
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