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artist: Craven Idol
title: Forked Tongues
year: 2021
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: Dark Descent Records
language: English
rel. date: 2021-07-23
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:41:23
size: 94.9 MiB / 7 tracks
rip date: 2026-06-12
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/n07gt3gixnsva
tracklist:
01. Venomous Rites 4:15
02. The Wrath of Typhon 3:55
03. Iron Age of Devastation 3:58
04. Even the Demons... 5:26
05. Forked Tongues 5:21
06. Deify the Stormgod 9:23
07. The Gods Have Left Us for Dead 9:06
release notes:
Old school stalwarts CRAVEN IDOL celebrate their 15th anniversary with
third opus Forked Tongues. Swearing by the gods of old, the North London
veterans further hone their unique blend of old school extreme metal.
"After spending a month on the road with Mystifer, we are a closer-knit
unit than ever before. There's a good reason for this being the longest
standing line-up in our fifteen-year existence. The entire band lived and
breathed this record in the months preceding the studio, and the
performances delivered by each member are testament to their dedication
to untarnished extreme metal of old," says founding member Sadistik
Wrath. "'Forked Tongues' is a vicious and concerted tribute to folly of
mankind. In these godless days of Sodom, craven idols are in their
element, wheeling and dealing, beckoning you to follow their treacherous
causes. The apocalyptic legends of ancient Greece read like unholy
divination... and it is from them that we drew the subject matter for the
record."
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tom Dring at Southport's Vagrant
Recordings, Forked Tongues showcases a rawer side of CRAVEN IDOL, aiming
to bottle the band's live ferocity.
Shunning the trends and genre-specifications poisoning the scene, CRAVEN
IDOL pay homage to a wide variety of bands, including Bathory, Mercyful
Fate, Master's Hammer, Manilla Road, Gospel Of The Horns, Sodom, Satan,
Poison (Ger), Candlemass, Mystifier, Cirith Ungol, and Absu, to name just
a few.
The album takes on the anomalous tale of the serpentine beast Typhon, the
fiercest of all Titans in Greek Mythology. The 'Father of Monsters' is
said to have challenged Zeus to do battle for cosmic supremacy,
ultimately succumbing to the Olympian's might, and facing imprisonment
beneath Mount Aetna. According to legend, the sporadic eruptions of the
volcano are due to the enduring wrath of Typhon.
Instead of merely reciting an ancient myth, FORKED TONGUES acts as sequel
to the original tale, with Typhon returning to settle old scores. The
power of the Olympians has waned over millennia, with their ambitions
tamed by excess and indulgence. Meanwhile, the misguided worship of a
fictitious Golden Age has facilitated Typhon's escape. A corpulent Zeus
now faces the hundred-headed monstrosity once again.
Forked Tongues is a cautionary tale, warning of all craven idols.
The monumental artwork, courtesy of master painter Eliran Kantor (Sodom,
Incantation, Testament, Atheist) displays a scene of our world on the
brink of total devastation.
"Peculiarly enough, the original front cover concept was inspired by
Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, more specifically the woodblock print
(Ukiyo-e) 'The Dragon of Smoke Escaping From Mount Fuji'. Completed 1849,
the work is through to have been one of Hokusai's last.
In Kantor's piece, Shizuoka is replaced by Sicily, Fuji by Aetna, and the
dragon by Typhon. The back cover also loosely pays homage to 'The Great
Wave off Kanagawa.'"