Green Lung Post “Maxine (Witch Queen)” Video; This Heathen Land Available to Preorder
Of course it’s about an actual witch. What, you thought Green Lung were gonna half-ass it? The London-based champions of sweeping and melodic heavy cult rock aren’t the type to roll out without their source material in order, and as discussed below — because I promise you I’m not going to try and pretend I’d heard of her before the clip — “Maxine (Witch Queen)” takes its basis from Maxine Sanders, who with her husband Alex in the 1960s led a revival of Wiccan practice. Green Lung bringing out a few actual people involved in Alexandrian Witchcraft at the time is fun trivia in a video that’s delightfully over-the-top, with fake blood and some eyeliner on vocalist Tom Templar and a club show at Helgi’s Bar in London turned into a debauched cultish celebration — as it inevitably would.
Green Lung‘s This Heathen Land full-length arrives on Nov. 3 and will be their first for Nuclear Blast. “Maxine (Witch Queen)” follows “Mountain Throne” and reinforces the band’s penchant for sharply-constructed mini-epics that are shy neither in their metallic delve nor poppish hookmaking. All good fun until the devil shows up, so yes, all good fun.
The PR wire sent the following:
GREEN LUNG RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘MAXINE (WITCH QUEEN)’ THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THIS HEATHEN LAND
THIS HEATHEN LAND WILL BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 3RD
Pre-order on various formats at: https://greenlung.bfan.link/thllp.yde
Occult rock darlings GREEN LUNG have released a new video for ‘Maxine (Witch Queen)’, the second single from their hotly anticipated new record This Heathen Land, which will be released on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast Records.
Vocalist Tom Templar comments “We’ve celebrated British witchcraft in our lyrics since our first EP, and with this new single we wanted to celebrate the most iconic witch of the modern era – Maxine Sanders. The High Priestess at the heart of Alexandrian Witchcraft, Maxine is an unsung national treasure, and one of the first people to connect genuine witchcraft with rock ‘n roll back in the early Seventies. ‘Maxine (Witch Queen)’ is a love song to Maxine from the perspective of a member of her coven, and melds pounding riffage with psyched-out combo organs and stacked, multi-layered vocal harmonies. We were honoured to have several members of Maxine’s real life coven appear in the music video, and advise on the ritual elements. Ultimately, the song is intended as a celebration of Maxine Sanders, which we hope will introduce new initiates to her life’s work, and help her legend to live on.”
CREDITS:
Directed by: Billy Howard Price
Director of Photography: Jacek Zmarz
1st Assistant Cam: Arthur Attenborough
Gaffer: Jock Norton
Colourist: John O`Riordan
Starring: Manko as Maxine
Starring: Lolita Postelthwaite as “The Girl”
Filmed on Location at Helgi`s Bar, London
Find out more about Alexandrian Witchcraft: https://www.alexandrianwitchcraft.org
GREEN LUNG on tour:
https://greenlung.co.uk/#LIVE
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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I might catch some shit for saying this, but I don’t give a shit because it’s true: Maxine (Witch Queen) sounds like Green Lung doing their best Ghost impression. The two bands have always shared similar DNA, and I very much enjoy both of them, but I’m a little surprised to hear Green Lung lean this hard in that direction.