Cirith Ungol - 'Relentless' (Live at the Roxy)

The realms of eternity calling
The hellhounds on the attack
Nothing to gain but endless pain
Relentless, primeval, and black

Relentless, the end is near
A lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, you join them there
At misery's chaotic churn

Your prayers amounted to nothing
Your fealty nothing to show
Give us this day, our daily death
While spiraling further below

Relentless, the only fear
The lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, a deathly stare
At misery's chaotic churn

You know the future leads nowhere
You know there's no going back
These visions are deadly
Relentless, eternal and black

Relentless, the end is near
The lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, come join us there
At misery's chaotic churn

Το δεύτερο live album της καριέρας τους κυκλοφορούν φέτος οι Cirith Ungol. Τιτλοφορείται "Live at the Roxy" και βρίσκεται ήδη εκεί έξω 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, δύο live albums, 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”.»

Παρακολουθούμε το βίντεο με την "ζωντανή" απόδοση του τραγουδιού "Relentless", για το οποίο ο (drummer) Robert Garven μας λέει:

«This song strung together by the haunting acoustic guitar is a gift to all of you on this Doomed Planet! It was, and is, the culmination of all the pain and suffering absorbed into our being from the pandemic, the lost lives, cancelled shows, isolation, and stimuli deprivation.

It features some of my best drumming and one of [guitarist] Jimmy [Barraza]’s best solos. As the song rises to the ultimate crescendo, all this pent-up emotion is unleashed on the listener with our final gasping breath. Truly a churning maelstrom of metal chaos descending!»

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: "Relentless"
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