Metal Monday CCLVI - The Groan Of Ancient Pines

4/22/2019

I have returned after a wild vacation and what do I find? Another METAL MONDAY! This weeks showcase is a peculiar ghost of an artist known as Wake. Stumbling through the blackened section in the halls of the Metal Library, I discovered a split with the artists Skagos, who is no stranger to this dark place. Knowing their prowess I found myself stunned at the wild energy that Wake brought forth. To my surprise, they captivated and haunted me more than the famiiar one. The Groan Of Ancient Pines is an awesome album name beyond it all!
Though there is not much to reference, I selected the stellar track Ancient as the showcase for this week. However, as always, do not sleep on the other pieces within this split. There are no lyrics but give it a listen and you will easily understand its sound. I have much more to work on and a pick like this makes it all the easier to keep up my energy and produce some mighty creations this week. Listen to Ancient and let that riveting power help you bring down the days to kneel before you.
https://eternalwarfare.bandcamp.com/album/the-groan-of-ancient-pines

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THE MAD BARRON

QUOTES I ADMIRE
"A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." - from the Wilderness Act, 1964

"I owe my solitude to other people." - ALAN WATTS

“I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained;
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition;
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;
Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago;
Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.”
― Walt Whitman

"In the ancient world, people placed heavy stones on the graves of the dead so their souls would not wander and inflict the living. I always thought this was simply the practice of superstitious and primitive people. But I was about to learn that the dead can hover on the edge of our vision with the density and luminosity of mist, and their claim on the earth can be as legitimate and tenacious as our own."

- Dave Robicheaux (In The Electric Mist With Confederate Dead)