High Warden - Slow Metal (Epic Heavy/Doom) aus Münster

Dying Victims Prod

Till Deaf Do Us Part
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DVP 310 High Warden – Astral Iron LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present HIGH WARDEN’s highly anticipated debut album, Astral Iron, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from Münster, Germany’s HIGH WARDEN was founded by vocalist / guitarist Alastair van Morgue-Gûl and drummer Sadistic Hammer in 2022. The first sign of life from this self-proclaimed “Morgul Doom Commando” was the demo Land of Stone, released in early 2023 by DYING VICTIMS. Initially hired as a live bassist, Lord Perish joined the band as a full-time member that year.

With their lineup thus set, HIGH WARDEN prepare to ride into battle with their full-length debut, Astral Iron. The title serves as an aesthetic springboard for their idiosyncratic sound. Granted, HIGH WARDEN are influenced by legendary bands like Reverend Bizarre, Doomsword, Bathory, Manilla Road, Pagan Altar, Trouble, and Mercyful Fate, but their version of epic heavy / doom metal is as foreign as it is familiar: Slow Heavy Metal, as they accurately refer to it.

Recorded live, Astral Iron pounds and pulses vibrantly, deploying riffs coursing and crushing barbarically before leaving wide-open spaces in anticipation of that next addicting slash of ancient steel. HIGH WARDEN’s tones match their execution – earthen and mossy, grit encasing clarity – and each of the album’s five primary tracks (“Burgfrieden” is a hauntingly serene synth interlude that gives way to feedback) lumber forward with epic aplomb and high adventure. The vocals of A. v. Morgue-Gûl are plaintive and poignant, illustrating tales mainly based on individual thoughts but suitably packaged as analogies to various fantasy works (like those of J.R.R. Tolkien), historical events, and legends & myths. Unbelievers only need to hear Astral Iron’s closing epic “We Shall Burn at Foreign Shores (The Choice of Achilles)” to witness the blanching power of HIGH WARDEN!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on transparent violett vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.

Out 22nd November


Song Nummer eins: https://www.deaf-forever.de/videopremiere-high-warden
 
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DVP 310 High Warden – Astral Iron LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present HIGH WARDEN’s highly anticipated debut album, Astral Iron, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from Münster, Germany’s HIGH WARDEN was founded by vocalist / guitarist Alastair van Morgue-Gûl and drummer Sadistic Hammer in 2022. The first sign of life from this self-proclaimed “Morgul Doom Commando” was the demo Land of Stone, released in early 2023 by DYING VICTIMS. Initially hired as a live bassist, Lord Perish joined the band as a full-time member that year.

With their lineup thus set, HIGH WARDEN prepare to ride into battle with their full-length debut, Astral Iron. The title serves as an aesthetic springboard for their idiosyncratic sound. Granted, HIGH WARDEN are influenced by legendary bands like Reverend Bizarre, Doomsword, Bathory, Manilla Road, Pagan Altar, Trouble, and Mercyful Fate, but their version of epic heavy / doom metal is as foreign as it is familiar: Slow Heavy Metal, as they accurately refer to it.

Recorded live, Astral Iron pounds and pulses vibrantly, deploying riffs coursing and crushing barbarically before leaving wide-open spaces in anticipation of that next addicting slash of ancient steel. HIGH WARDEN’s tones match their execution – earthen and mossy, grit encasing clarity – and each of the album’s five primary tracks (“Burgfrieden” is a hauntingly serene synth interlude that gives way to feedback) lumber forward with epic aplomb and high adventure. The vocals of A. v. Morgue-Gûl are plaintive and poignant, illustrating tales mainly based on individual thoughts but suitably packaged as analogies to various fantasy works (like those of J.R.R. Tolkien), historical events, and legends & myths. Unbelievers only need to hear Astral Iron’s closing epic “We Shall Burn at Foreign Shores (The Choice of Achilles)” to witness the blanching power of HIGH WARDEN!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on transparent violett vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
 
Caskets Open ist abgespeichert. Ich finde es ehrlich gesagt nicht so toll das man beim Label bezahlen muss bevor man die Bestellung bekommt
 
Nicht immer. Bei Diabolic Might Records zum Beispiel konnte ich immer per Nachnahme bezahlen. Und nichteinmal Nachnahme Gebühren bezahlen
 
Okay, das ist dann einer. Bestelle jetzt nicht ständig als Kunde bei anderen Labels, aber bin wie die aller meisten an Überweisung oder Paypal (was ja ebenfalls 0,0 Risiko für dich als Kunden bedeutet) gewöhnt.
 
Cooler Sound! Habe vom Hören der neuem Grand Magus direkt hier hin weitergewechselt; weiß nicht ob ich je so einen nahtlosen Übergang von Sound und Riffing hatte, wenn es um zwei verschiedene Bands ging! :D

Der Sänger erinnert mich total an Alan Averill. Doch, doch, das würde ich mir gern mal live anschauen, sollte es die Burschen mal nach Niedersachsen verschlagen.
 
Am 16.04 kann ich leider nicht, bin bei Messa in Köln.
Sara singt bei Messa und hat auf "The Banishing" von Bottomless den Bass gespielt.
Bottomless kenne ich bisher nur von Scheibe und mag die Musik sehr, wenn High Warden noch dabei sind kann ich jedem Doom Zugeneigten nur empfehlen, sich das anzugucken.
 
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