Lord Vicar [Neues Album: The Black Powder]

Teutonic Witcher

Till Deaf Do Us Part
The official release date for the Gates of Flesh is May 27, 2016.

The current lineup (Chritus, Hynninen, Kärki, Millsted) is preparing to do a series of live shows around Europe to promote the release.

About the album:

'Leper, you used to be so beautiful
You hope that you are dreaming now, but this is for real'

The Gates of Flesh is the third album from Lord Vicar. It was recorded by audio wizard Joona Lukala at Noise for Fiction studio in Turku, Finland, in the Autumn of 2015. The studio had the benefit of a huge live room which gave the band the opportunity to capture a sound that breathes with the ambience of the space, but maintains the sonic weight for which they are rightly known.

LORD VICAR: GATES OF FLESH

1. Birth of Wine (Kärki, 7:35)
2. The Green Man (Kärki, 4:07)
3. A Shadow of Myself (Millsted, 2:42)
4. Breaking the Circle (Millsted, lyrics Kärki, 6: 19)
5. Accidents (Kärki, 4:40)
6. A Woman out of Snow (Kärki, 5:36)
7. Leper, Leper (Kärki, 10:22)

The tracking of the album was undertaken by the core of the band – Kimi Kärki (guitars), Gareth Millsted (drums) and the legendary Lord Chritus (vocals), with bass duties being split between Kimi and Gareth. Sami Hynninen is not featured on the album but has been taking care of bass for live shows.

Deliberately shorter than previous albums, the band sought to concentrate their trademark heaviness into shorter, punchier songs and fit the album onto a single vinyl LP. The result is an album that the band consider their most focused and intense release to date.

Whilst this is definitely not a concept album, there is a loose lyrical theme relating to the pleasures and weaknesses of the flesh. Musically and lyrically the album covers a wide spectrum of textures from the fragile beauty of ‘A Woman Out Of Snow’ to the oppressive menace of ‘Leper, Leper’, with subtle details that reveal themselves to the listener with each subsequent listen.

'Mirror, it surely cannot lie to me
This must be what’s left to see
I can’t turn away…'

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Ich hab so Bock auf das Ding, ey. Meisterwarteter Doom-Release 2016 für mich. Und der Satz hier macht mich besonders zappelig:

"The current lineup (Chritus, Hynninen, Kärki, Millsted) is preparing to do a series of live shows around Europe to promote the release."

Die waren live eh schon so geil, als ich sie das letzte mal gesehen habe (schon 'ne Weile her). Und wenn ich sie dann noch mal mit Sami H. sehen könnte - hui, das wär's. Hoffentlich gibt's 'ne Club-Show in meiner Nähe. Ich fordere hiermit aber vorsichtshalber auch schon mal einen Auftritt beim nächsten Hammer of Doom, um sicher zu gehen.
 
Ich kann es kaum abwarten und werde die CD auch blind kaufen. Wäre fantastisch, wenn Lord Vicar dieses in unseren Gefilden aufschlagen könnten. Letztes Jahr in Zweibrücken haben die Männer einen grandiosen Gig hingelegt. Das brauche ich nochmal.
 
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