Big hook and melody, sweeping keys, heavy riffing and an air of classic metal that may be a foreshadow for the record to come as Green Lung make ready to release This Heathen Land, their follow-up to 2021’s Black Harvest (review here) and their first LP for Nuclear Blast. If you think of Graveyard before Hisingen Blues, Earthless before Black Heaven, Kadavar before Abra Kadavar, that’s where the London-based heavy cult rock outfit are now. I’m not saying This Heathen Land is going to be on that level, but as a tense stretch of waiting before they offer up this thing they’ve made, the position is similar. A potential watershed moment for the band.

“Mountain Throne” is the first single from the record, which already has a UK tour announced to support its Nov. 3 release as well as European shows in October including a stop that puts Høstsabbat among the many festivals played this year, and pay attention to the guitar and organ together. On rhythmic and structural lockdown, as is their wont, Green Lung smoothly course through the song’s accessible, fest-ready four and a half minutes, sharper along the edges perhaps than they were a couple years ago and no less themselves for that. Do I need to say I’m looking forward to hearing more? Frickin’ duh. Sub-titled ‘A Journey into Occult Albion,’ This Heathen Land will be perfectly suited to its autumnal arrival, and is among my most anticipated releases for the remainder of 2023. Can’t imagine I’m the only one.

From the PR wire:

GREEN LUNG – This Heathen Land – Nov. 3

We couldn’t be more excited to announce that our third album THIS HEATHEN LAND will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on November 3rd, and is available to preorder on Bandcamp now.

‘Mountain Throne’ was the first song we wrote for the album, and we wanted to share it as the first single as it feels like a natural bridge from the old Green Lung to the new. We’ve always been inspired by the story of the Pendle Witches, and such an iconic subject required an epic rallying cry of a song – we hope that we’ve done these folk heroes justice! Old Gods Never Die!

Tracklisting:
Side A:
I: Prologue
II: The Forest Church
III: Mountain Throne
IV: Maxine (Witch Queen)
V: One for Sorrow
Side B:
VI: Song of the Stones
VII: The Ancient Ways
VIII: Hunters in the Sky
IX: Oceans of Time

Recorded at Blank Studios and Bear Bites Horse Studios, February-March 2023
Engineered, recorded and produced by Wayne Adams, with additional drum engineering from Sam Grant
Mixing and additional production by Tom Dalgety at Psalm Studios, April 2023
Field recordings made at Fritton Woods, Norfolk, April 2023
Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering

Illustration and graphic design by Richard Wells
Gatefold photography by Andy Ford
Art direction by Tom Templar

https://greenlung.co.uk/#LIVE

14-17 June Copenhell 2023 Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, Denmark
7-9 July 13 County Fair 2023 Penn Meadow Farm, High Wycombe, UK
28-29 July Rock Im Wald 2023 Oberfranken, Germany
25 Oct. Bonn, Germany Harmonie
26 Oct. Hamburg, Germany Indra
27 Oct. Berlin, Germany Badehaus
22 Nov. Glasgow, UK Cathouse
23 Nov. Manchester, UK Gorilla
24 Nov. Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
25 Nov. Sheffield, UK Corporation Sheffield
26 Nov. Bristol, UK Thekla
30 Nov. Wolverhampton, UK KK’s Steel Mill
1 Dec. Norwich, UK Norwich Arts Centre
2 Dec. Southampton, UK The Joiners
10 Dec. London, UK Scala

Green Lung Is
Tom Templar – Vocals
Scott Black – Guitar
Joseph Ghast – Bass
John Wright – Organ
Matt Wiseman – Drums

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Green Lung, This Heathen Land (2023)

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