Myrtle Wreath / Myrtenkranz EP (English and German language version of eight tracks)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD (released by the band) comes in a fanciful gatefold digipak tryptich with a 20 page booklet.
Limited Gatefold LP (published by Cruz del Sur Records) is available worldwide. Please contact your local record store.
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lyrics
Invincible cave bear, tireless wolf pack, sabre-toothed tiger, iron-beaked bird:
Voracious assassins, preying on victims, attacking, devouring, thinning the herd.
Grazing green pastures, circling the blue sky, roaming the oceans teeming with life.
Cloaked in a bear hide; pyrite and tinder, black-feathered arrows, obsidian knife.
Hunters and gatherers, summer and winter, children of Gaia, water and wind,
taming the fire, sharing their stories, raising the young ones, splintering flint.
Painting the cave walls, wort-cunning, leech-craft, incense and Soma, herbs shared by all;
chanting, communing, sinking and falling, entering dream world, fathomless fall.
Beyond the veil, a myriad worlds along the cosmic spine.
The flesh removed; bones re-assembled, let the guardians dine.
Trampled underfoot by this war elephant of an album.
Mountain Throne manage to honour tradition while adding their own special flavour. There are some quirky and charming ideas here. Grendel's Sÿster
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If Elric had a soundtrack it would be this. It's everything you want from a epic metal album. Like a hot poker in the eye, but in a good way. Scott Malthouse
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So I can't leave a long enough review to say everything I want. But I will say this, I love this EP. It's a great little follow up to times, and has just enough of a dynamic shift in sound to prove that Smoulder isn't a one trick pony with their first album's formula. This one really plays up the 70s prog aspects (DUST and Manilla Road influences definitely shine through even harder here). It's still Smoulder, don't get me wrong. Just a different side in some ways, all of which are good. playfulpooka