book of grief

by IRON HEEL

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1.
we juggle tongues like knives one goes up, ten come crashing down we live - we die mother, mother, mother nature doesn`t care futile dreams of truth that eat away the spark of life and so we write the book of grief we live - we die mother, mother, mother nature doesn`t care
2.
this soil is rich with blood and tears deprived of sleep we stumble on a tribe of monks mad with our fears to contemplate what's dead and gone relax into extinction lay down your head at last the path is set - rip off the mask they made you wear confront the void - a bag of bones lost in a demons lair see your tears flowing down towards the earth give up control - remember the name before your birth relax into extinction lay down your head at last sit down with the ghosts of the mountain claim your throne!
3.
sleepwalker 06:59
out of the crypt! sleepwalker! out of the crypt! sleepwalker! as cosmic butterflies clap darkenend wings the sleep of death is broken the battle begins for the dead outnumber the living for the dead outnumber the living through skin, flesh and bone right to the marrow we'll never walk alone a march of terror out of the crypt! sleepwalker! out of the crypt! sleepwalker! for the dead outnumber the living for the dead outnumber the living
4.
the last brick is set in place the lotus blooms, the monkeys stop the chase trapped beyond, a wall of sleep with nothing to attain, i take the final leap no sacrifice, no blessing blind starved and poisoned i lead the way i rise above, my mind grows wings embrace the void, the pain grows dim
5.
séance 08:00
existence reeking with hate and denial ruins of souls, raging with loathing remains of a life once broken by hatred trapped in the darkness longing for twilight bound by the laws in the realm of the dead hunger for vengeance, lost in the depths no way out of the dreadful cycle mournful cries, hungry ghosts they forget all but none is forgiven the red mist of hate clouds their minds behold, pilgrim of the maze the curse of the wraith will lay siege to your soul behold, seeker of the way the terrors of oblivion will conquer your mind

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Austria might be famous for quite a few things in this world - mountains, delicious food and a weird dialect, for example - but doom-metal is not exactly one. However, IRON HEEL hailed from the country’s capital Vienna - had all the darkened potential to change this, brought misery and sweet leaf-ish epicness upon us with their debut full-length "book of grief". Already turned heads with their demo, IRON HEEL kept evolving in an absolutely exemplary manner. Huge, epic doom riffs meet sludge-infested rhythms that will drag you to the black pits while retaining a heavy sense of groove. The powerful vocals are full of blues-oriented harmonies, but will also lash out with hoarse growls if the song calls for it. Lyrics-wise IRON HEEL kept it classic: they clear the forest of corpses and kept the sleepwalkers at bay while you can listen to the death rattle of walled in monks. Join them for tales of ritual mummification, hungry ghosts and open graves. Sometimes "book of grief" sounds like Electric Wizards’s "dopethrone" or reminds you of Coffins having intergalactic sex with Eyehategod. There’s no doubt about it: "book of grief" is an absolute gem of the doom genre, adapting enough of the traditional elements to remain true to the game but including just the right amount of progressive ideas and influences from other genres to remain interesting throughout the whole 40 minutes of the album. If you like your riffs heavier than heaven, don’t look any further. Spread the gospel of doom!

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released September 11, 2013

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