Cirith Ungol - 'Looking Glass' (official lyric video)

Cirith Ungol, μισός αιώνας (συν δύο έτη) παρουσίας στο μουσικό σύμπαν. Heavy Metal μυσταγωγία, μυστικιστικό ατσάλι και σκοτεινό έπος. J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock και Michael Whelan. Πέντε full length albums, δύο demos, δύο singles, ένα ep, ένα live album, μία συλλογή και ένα boxed set η (άκρως ιδιαίτερη και -κατ' εμέ τουλάχιστον- ενδιαφέρουσα) δισκογραφική τους παρακαταθήκη η οποία θα έχει και συνέχεια καθώς σε λίγες ημέρες θα κυκλοφορήσει το νέο τους πόνημα υπό τον τίτλο "Dark Parade", με το lyric video του τραγουδιού "Looking Glass" να προετοιμάζει το έδαφος...

Δελτίο τύπου: «“Looking Glass” marks the beginning of a conceptual four-song sequence that introduces listeners to “The Dark Parade,” a visceral and poignant multi-song presentation that leaves little room for happy endings.

“Is it a nightmare tale of self-reflection or just another journey through the cracks in our reality and the curse of broken dreams?” asks vocalist Tim Baker, shedding a little light on the “darkness” within.

“It’s not quite what Lewis Carroll [author of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Through The Looking-Glass etc.] had in mind, but an even more bleak and deadly vision. Alice found that her visions were the complete opposite of her dreams, but here they are one and the same. Will waking dispel the nightmares, or are our waking hours just the extension of them? Once we smash the mirror, there is no turning back.”

Few bands in the history of the heavy metal underground have a story as remarkable, improbable, or uplifting as that of Cirith Ungol.

Formed in Ventura, California in the early 1970s, rather than passively channeling their influences, the band was driven to forge an altogether heavier, darker, more apocalyptic sound the world had never experienced before.

It was obscure and arcane, mysterious and eccentric, epic and expansive, but most of all, unfailingly, bone-crushingly heavy, dark, and doom-filled.

Wasting no time to ride the molten wave they started with their 2020-released studio comeback Forever Black, Cirith Ungol started writing songs for Dark Parade as soon as Forever Black was released.

Then, like everyone else, they were hamstrung by the global pandemic, struggling through illness, seclusion, grief, and depression in their quest to create dark, vibrant art.

But like the greatest warriors, they persevered, working on one song at a time, fueled by personal misery and the tragedy of worldwide collapse. »

Band: Cirith Ungol
Country of origin: United States
Location: Ventura, California
Formed in: 1972
Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal
Lyrical themes: Fantasy, Science fiction
Years active: 1972-1992, 2015-present

Lyric video: "Looking Glass"
Album: "Dark Parade"
Type: Full length
Release date: October 20th, 2023
Label: Metal Blade Records
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
1. Velocity (S.E.P.)
2. Relentless
3. Sailor on The Seas Of Fate
4. Sacrifice
5. Looking Glass
6. Dark Parade
7. Distant Shadows
8. Down Below

Line-up:
Tim Baker - Vocals
Greg Lindstrom - Guitar
Robert Garven - Drummer
Jim Barraza - Guitar
Jarvis Leatherby - Bass