Pentagram - 'Thundercrest' (official audio)

Full length album νούμερο δέκα για τους Pentagram. "Lightning in a Bottle" ο τίτλος και αναμένεται στην αυγή του νέου έτους μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Heavy Psych Sounds.

Οι Pentagram "απασχολούν" τον σκληρό ήχο (και τους ακροατές του) από τις αρχές της δεκαετίας του εβδομήντα μέχρι (και) τις ημέρες μας. Εννέα "ολοκληρωμένοι" δίσκοι, επτά singles, τρία live albums, έξι συλλογές είναι -μεταξύ άλλων- ο δισκογραφικός τους απολογισμός.

Το μόνο μέλος από τις πρώτες ημέρες των Pentagram μέχρι και σήμερα είναι ο τραγουδιστής Bobby Liebling. Όλοι οι υπόλοιποι (ο μπασίστας Scooter Haslip, ο drummer Henry Vasquez και ο κιθαρίστας Tony Reed) εντάχθηκαν στο συγκρότημα φέτος...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Between records like Relentless and Show ‘Em How, Pentagram have never wanted for self-awareness in terms of album titles. The gauntlet thrown down by Lightning in a Bottle is very much in this tradition.

The 10th Pentagram album sees founding frontman and doom figurehead Bobby Liebling leading a new cast of players that includes guitarist/producer Tony Reed (Mos Generator, Big Scenic Nowhere, etc.), drummer Henry Vasquez (Legions of Doom, Saint Vitus, Blood of the Sun, etc.) and bassist Scooter Haslip (Mos Generator, Saltine).

It would be hard to overstate the energy the new band brings to songs like “Live Again,” “Solve the Puzzle” or “In the Panic Room,” but Lightning in a Bottle is unmistakably a Pentagram record, of course in Liebling’s unremittingly charismatic performance and the groove conjured to back it.

Recorded with Reed at the helm, Lightning in a Bottle recalls the best of what has allowed Pentagram to cast an influence across decades and generations of musicians, bands, and worshippers of Riff, and as just their third studio release in the last 15 years, it’s not a moment to neglect as they dig into a cut like “Dull Pain” or “Lady Heroin,” the latter of which is a naked reconciliation on the part of Liebling with a lifelong addiction to opiates that’s become an inextricable part of the Pentagram story.

As he wonders in the lyrics, “Lady Heroin, have I seen the last of you?” it becomes difficult to know whether the separation would be through sobriety or death, and that ambiguity becomes part of what makes the song so striking.

It’s not all brooding, even if it is doom. “Thundercrest” is brash and the nodding title-track brings to mind past glories without actually reliving them. The central message, any way you want to look at it, is that no matter how much the band has been through over the last half-century-plus, they remain a singular force.

Lightning in a Bottle might not be the first Pentagram reboot, but it brings fresh ideas and dynamic to one of doom’s most classic, formative acts, and as soon as you hit play, the band absolutely own the moment of their own making.»

Το έδαφος προετοιμάζει η ακρόαση του τραγουδιού "Thundercrest", για το οποίο το συγκρότημα μας λέει: «This is our brand new single after long years. It's called Thundercrest and it follows in the intensity and heavyness our passion to play heavy music. We hope that the song gives you the intensity like driving straightthrough a brick wall.»

Band: Pentagram
Country of origin: United States
Location: Washington, D.C.
Formed in: 1971
Genre: Doom Metal
Lyrical themes: Doom, Occultism, Death, Love, Society
Years active: 1971-1972, 1972 (as Macabre), 1972-1977, 1978-1979, 1980-1983 (as Death Row), 1983-2005, 2008-present

Audio: "Thundercrest"
Album: "Lightning In A Bottle"
Type: Full length
Release date: January 31st, 2025
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Live Again
02. In the Panic Room
03. I Spoke to Death
04. Dull Pain
05. Lady Heroin
06. I'll Certainly See You in Hell
07. Thundercrest
08. Solve the Puzzle
09. Spread Your Wings
10. Lightning in a Bottle
11. Walk the Sociopath
12. Start the End (bonus track)
13. Might Just Wanna Be Your Fool (bonus track)
14. Lady Heroin ((pre-edit rough mix bonus track)