The Lord Weird Slough Feg - 'Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades'

«The long-awaited return of the Traveller saga. Baltech Budapest, is hiding on the planet Mithril, beneath layers of ice in the Ephemeral Glades. Can he escape and flee the planet? Or will he be re-captured by Professor Ricket and forced to serve as leader of the new Vargr-hybrid race!? These songs tell the story...»

Δισκογραφική επιστροφή μετά από μία (ουσιαστικά γιατί υπάρχει και η περσινή συλλογή "Radical Man") εξαετία για τους (λατρεμένους μου) The Lord Weird Slough Feg με το πρώτο ep στην μουσική τους πορεία. "Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφόρησε προ μηνός σε cd, βινύλιο και σε ψηφιακή μορφή μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Cruz del Sur Music...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Asteroids! Vegetable spores! Space pirates! The long-awaited return of the Traveller saga! Bay Area underground metal heroes Slough Feg revive the classic Traveller storyline on the Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades EP-seven songs of pure weird metal glory!

This episode begins with a drone -clone orbiting Mithril- an icy planet in the Sword Worlds subsector. The android / clone is created by the exiled professor Ricket, who remains a transformed Vargr (carnivore chaser stock), living on his secret asteroid-ship “The Rock”, and plotting his revenge on the Zhodani Consulate, while searching for his arch-nemesis Baltech Budapest (still in half-human half-Vargr form as well).

The Professor’s research on the effects of Psionics on Zhodani society is now being used in an attempt to attack the Zhodani with their own psychological weapons. Meanwhile our hero, Baltech Budapest, is hiding on Mithril beneath layers of ice in the Ephemeral Glades.

Ephemeral Galdes are frozen pools on the planet’s surface which remain impenetrable until temperatures rise above freezing. When temperatures rise, seeds of flora germinate and sprout, pushing shoots above the snow, producing a lush glade within a day.

Insects and small reptiles rapidly mate in this environment, creating a rich flora and fauna, which will die as soon as the temperature drops again. It is during this brief window that the drone can detect and possibly capture Baltech in his cave below the Ephemeral Glades.

Once detected, the drone calls in reinforcements to capture and abduct Baltech. Can he escape the Ephemeral Glades and flee planet Mithril? Or will he be re-captured by Professor Ricket and forced to serve as leader of the new Vargr-hybrid race!? These songs tell the story...»

Band: The Lord Weird Slough Feg
Country of origin: United States
Location: San Francisco, California
Formed in: 1990
Genre: Heavy Metal
Lyrical themes: Folk tales, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Years active: 1990-2005, 2005-2019 (as Slough Feg), 2019-present

Album: "Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades"
Type: EP
Release date: April 11th, 2025
Label: Cruz del Sur Music
Format: CD, LP, Digital

Track listing:
01. Knife World
02. The Black Circle
03. Mission on Mithril
04. The Ephemeral Glades
05. Magnetic Fluctuations
06. Ice Shelf Stomp
07. Vargr Reprise

Band members:
Mike Scalzi - Guitars, Vocals
Adrian Maestas - Bass
Angelo Tringali - Guitars
Austen Krater - Drums

Miscellaneous staff:
Justin Weis - Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Mastering