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░ ██ ██ Artist: The Wolves of Avalon ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Boudicca's Last Stand █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2014-11-09 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Godreah Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Metatron [Meads of Asphodel] has long been █
█ involved in the British scene and has worked with █
█ the likes of Huw Lloyd Langton and Alan Davey █
█ [Hawkwind], A.C.Wild [Bulldozer], Hoest [Taake], █
█ Mirai [Sigh], Vincent Crowley [Acheron], Paul Fox █
█ [The Ruts], Deorth [Ragnarok], Rob Miller █
█ [Amebix], Paul Carter [Thus Defiled], Alisa Coral █
█ [Space Mirrors] and not wanting to take the Meads █
█ into the Pagan Metal realms, the birth of The █
█ Wolves of Avalon, was always going to happen. █
█ █
█ Now working with song-smith J.Marinos, the man █
█ responsible for the musical atmospheres and █
█ compositions. █
█ █
█ The bands debut album, 2011's Carrion Crows Over █
█ Camlan, was a concept album dealing with the time █
█ of around 500AD. Reflecting on a period that █
█ existed after the Romans were recalled to defend █
█ their homeland from the Barbarian migrations. The █
█ same land hungry hordes that were to engulf the █
█ warriors and tribes of Britain. █
█ █
█ The second album from English Celtic / Pagan Metal █
█ band, The Wolves of Avalon, is a smouldering echo █
█ from a time when there was no England, Scotland or █
█ Wales, only the forest clad isles of Britain. █
█ █
█ A Pagan land of tribal conflict and woad painted █
█ warriors, now lost in the corrosive passing of █
█ time. The album deals with one of the great █
█ British war leaders, Boudicca, a Queen who stood █
█ against the might of Rome shortly after the great █
█ druid sanctuary of Ynys Mon was ruthlessly █
█ destroyed and the very heart of druid culture █
█ wiped from the face of the Earth. █
█ █
█ Continuing the bands atmospheric use of flute, █
█ mandolin and violins, the band have introduced █
█ cello and accordion to enrich the olden age █
█ atmospheres further. █
█ █
█ Lyrically, Metatron's embodiment of classic verse █
█ brings to life flesh tearing slaughter and █
█ clamouring battle carnage, interwoven with coarse █
█ narratives and a collision of guest vocalists, █
█ [including Thurios from Drudkh / Astrofaes, █
█ Varggoth [Nokturnal Mortem] and Hildr Valkyrie █
█ from Folkearth], bleeding vociferous angst into █
█ the music's organic soul. █
█ █
█ The bands engine emanates from Steve Clark, █
█ percussion and major song smith, guitarist, J. █
█ Marinos, hold the multi faceted audio experience █
█ together in a typically British sound. █
█ █
█ The Wolves of Avalon continue the great tradition █
█ of British bands, Sabbat and Forefather, as well █
█ as Irish cousins Mael Mordha, who all incorporate █
█ strong historical themes in their music. █
█ █
█ Notes: FAFF012. Track 11 is an Enslaved cover. █
█ http://www.godreah.com/ █
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░ 1. Famished Wolves Befogged with Blood 4:34 ░
░ 2. The Sky Goddess 6:10 ░
░ 3. The Dreadful Thirst of Death 5:48 ░
░ 4. Bonded by Blood and Sword 5:12 ░
░ 5. The Icknield Way is Dripping with the 5:29 ░
░ Juice of our Marrow-bones ░
░ 6. Behold the Feast of the Slaughter Gods 7:53 ░
░ 7. The Gorging Glut of Sodden Clay 4:41 ░
░ 8. Iceni Queen Unfurl'd in a Tempest of 3:55 ░
░ Crowns ░
░ 9. I Walk the Moonless Fens on a Darkling 3:20 ░
░ Day ░
░ 10. Cold as Mouldering Clay 6:57 ░
░ 11. Essence 6:21 ░
░ 60:20 ░
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