Cirith Ungol - 'Down Below' (Live at the Roxy)

I see, I see them falling
I hear, I hear them calling
All alone, once again
All alone with all my sins down below

Maybe if I close my eyes, I won't see the faces
All the living, all the dead, the dark unholy places
All those many years ago when paradise was lost
We never heard the warning, and we never knew the cost

Redeem us from this nightmare
Deliver us from pain
Deliver us from evil
So they'll never rise again from down below

Don't listen to the voices as they tell me what to do
The twisted schemes of evil that they've hidden from our view
Ignore the pounding Hell-rain and their crucible of fear
Ignore the silent screaming that the end will soon be here

Immortal choirs sound the call, malignant in my head
The only way for silence in this land of broken dead
Take their sunken dream, forever trap them in my mind
And fight the endless battle for the souls of all mankind

Redeem us from this nightmare
Deliver us from pain
Deliver us from evil
So they'll never rise again from down below

Το δεύτερο live album της καριέρας τους είναι έτοιμοι να κυκλοφορήσουν οι Cirith Ungol. Τιτλοφορείται "Live at the Roxy" και θα κυκλοφορήσει τον επόμενο μήνα σε διπλό cd, διπλό βινύλιο και σε ψηφιακή μορφή (συν κάποιες ειδικές εκδόσεις που θα περιλαμβάνουν και dvd) μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Metal Blade Records.

Για τους Cirith Ungol νομίζω πως οι συστάσεις είναι περιττές (τουλάχιστον στους "σταθερούς" αναγνώστες της ιστοσελίδας μας). Heavy Metal μυσταγωγία, μυστικιστικό ατσάλι και σκοτεινό έπος. J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock και Michael Whelan. Έξι full length albums, δύο demos, δύο singles, ένα ep, ένα live album, μία συλλογή και ένα box set η (άκρως ιδιαίτερη και -κατ' εμέ τουλάχιστον- ενδιαφέρουσα) δισκογραφική τους παρακαταθήκη...

Δελτίο τύπου: «One of the world’s most iconic music venues - the Sunset Strip’s Roxy Theatre - hosted a legendary 2024 gig by one of the world’s most iconic metal bands - Cirith Ungol.

The one night only performance was an album release show for the band’s 2023 Dark Parade LP. It captured the lineup at the height of its considerable powers, performing Dark Parade in its entirely, along with a set of classic songs including “Join the Legion,” “Frost and Fire,” “Black Machine” and “Atom Smasher.”

The end result is a stellar live album and DVD, band co-founder and drummer Rob Garven saying, “I think we are playing better now than we did back in the day, circa King of the Dead. Onstage I wear in-ear monitors and have felt tears in my eyes when the music sounds so accurate to what we recorded so many years ago!”

Cirith Ungol played the Roxy previously, on another landmark occasion: “On January 19, 1983, with Bitch, Malice and Pandemonium,” recalls Garven. “Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel may have had something to do with the show, as it was four bands from Metal Massacre 1, which was released the previous year”.»

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

Video: "Down Below"
Album: "(Live at the Roxy"
Type: Full length
Release date: April 25th, 2025
Label: Metal Blade Records

Track listing:
01. Velocity (S.E.P.)
02. Relentless
03. Sailor on The Seas Of Fate
04. Sacrifice
05. Looking Glass
06. Dark Parade
07. Distant Shadows
08. Down Below
09. Atom Smasher
10. I'm Alive
11. Frost and Fire
12. Black Machine
13. Blood and Iron
14. Chaos Descends
15. The Frost Monstreme
16. Fire
17. Death of the Sun
18. Master of the Pit
19. King of the Dead
20. Join the Legion

Line-up:
Tim Baker – vocals
Greg Lindstrom - guitar
Robert Garven - drummer
Armand John Anthony - guitar
Jarvis Leatherby - bass