Epic Classic Metal makes a return today with Lunar Shadow and their new album The Smokeless Fires.
“Catch Fire,” starts with a mournful piano introduction, it sets the scene quite nicely, bringing something new and refreshing to proceedings that is sure to make listeners sit up and think. The guitars kick in and take a sharp turn, the song gets noticeably heavier in output and tonality. Speed becomes all and the song is surely a number one contender for best opener so far this year. “Conjahora No More,” starts with a soft acoustic melody that shifts and turns, wrapping itself around the listener and making them think with reflection and turn. A twist here and there. The guitars then get heavier and the melodies sharper until we are in epic territory. “Roses,” is a song that moves with melody and bite. The vocals are haunting. “Pretender,” contains another piano introduction, this one shifts and turns with the wind. It enables the vocals to achieve their full haunting potential.
“Laurelindorenean,” is an epic metal song, riffing right from the off and taking turns to shred its way through the stratosphere. “Red Nails For The Pillars Of Death,” continues the procedure established before, rocking through the winds and tearing new meaning into songs and being. “Hawk Of The Hills,” has an interesting acoustic beginning, before moving into overdrive, with the vocals and the guitars shifting things into being and producing something mighty.
The album is out on 14th June via Cruz del Sur Music.