Artist: CIRITH UNGOL
Album: DARK PARADE VINYL (LP BLACK)

Year: 20.10.2023
EAN/UPS: 039841604917
Media type: LP

- “Cirith Ungol stand for heavy metal with soul and depth, its class is unique, and they are considered as pioneers of the scene and inspiration for armies of bands.” – BRAVEWORDS
- “The vocals of Tim Baker are right up there with Dickinson and Halford..." - PURE GRAIN AUDIO

Few bands in the history of the heavy metal underground have a story as remarkable, improbable, or uplifting as that of CIRITH UNGOL. Formed in Ventura, California in the early 1970s, CIRITH UNGOL created a sound the world had never experienced before. Rather than passively channelling their influences, the band was driven to forge an altogether heavier, darker, more apocalyptic sound. It was obscure and arcane, mysterious and eccentric, epic and expansive, but most of all, unfailingly, bone-crushingly heavy, dark, and doom-filled.

CIRITH UNGOL started writing songs for Dark Parade as soon as Forever Black was released. The end result is an unrelenting triumph of pessimism and pain; a charred vista rooted in the crunch-and-crash templates of classic doom metal and NWOBHM but delivered with contemporary production and perspective. The album is propulsive and insistent, reflecting the band’s love for metal, instinct to destroy, and disgust for mankind.

CD/ LP:

1. Velocity (S.E.P.)
2. Relentless
3. Sailor On The Seas Of Fate
4. Sacrifice
5. Looking Glass
6. Dark Parade
7. Distant Shadows
8. Down Below

LINE-UP:

Tim Baker – vocals
Jimmy Barraza – guitar
Greg Lindstrom – guitar
Rob Garven - drums
Jarvis Leatherby – bass