05) Green Lung – “Maxine (Witch Queen)”
Occult rockers Green Lung have unveiled a video for “Maxine (Witch Queen),” the second single from their forthcoming album, This Heathen Land, set for release on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast Records (pre-order here).
Vocalist Tom Templar commented:
“We’ve celebrated British witchcraft in our lyrics since our first EP, and with this new single we wanted to celebrate the most iconic witch of the modern era – Maxine Sanders. The High Priestess at the heart of Alexandrian Witchcraft, Maxine is an unsung national treasure, and one of the first people to connect genuine witchcraft with rock ‘n roll back in the early Seventies. ‘Maxine (Witch Queen)’ is a love song to Maxine from the perspective of a member of her coven, and melds pounding riffage with psyched-out combo organs and stacked, multi-layered vocal harmonies. We were honoured to have several members of Maxine’s real life coven appear in the music video, and advise on the ritual elements. Ultimately, the song is intended as a celebration of Maxine Sanders, which we hope will introduce new initiates to her life’s work, and help her legend to live on.”
Watch the video below:
Track List:
01) Prologue
02) The Forest Church
03) Mountain Throne
04) Maxine (Witch Queen)
05) One For Sorrow
06) Songs Of The Stones
07) The Ancient Ways
08) Hunters In The Sky
09) Oceans Of Time
06) Wolves at the Gate – Linkin Park’s “Breaking the Habit”
Wolves at the Gate has released a video for their cover of Linkin Park’s “Breaking the Habit,” featured on their upcoming covers album, Lost In Translation, set to drop on September 22 via Solid State Records (pre-order here).
The band commented:
“There wasn’t much debate about covering a Linkin Park song because they all played a big role in our lives growing up. The hard part was picking the right song that we could actually transform in a different way. The arrangement, sonic landscape, and lyrics of ‘Breaking the Habit’ ended up being something that connected with everybody unanimously. The genius of the original song is the utter simplicity of the components. The beat and dynamics of the song stay the same for almost the entire song, but at the same time still has so much movement. We tried to expand on that and add some more movement in the music to complement and accentuate the vocals. It was a bit of a debate to change the rhythmic elements of the song but doing things like breaking down the second verse became some of our favorite parts. The lyrics of the song were so easily relatable as we often feel the same need to express that type of frustration when faced with our own struggles. We hope our cover can express gratitude and love to Chester, his family, and the rest of LP.”
Watch the clip below:
Track List:
01) “Heathens” (Twenty One Pilots)
02) “Breaking The Habit”(Linkin Park)
03) “Sweetness”(Jimmy Eat World)
04) “Pardon Me”(Incubus)
05) “WHEN I WAS OLDER”(Billie Eilish)
06) “Stupid Deep” (Jon Bellion)
07) “The Pretender”(Foo Fighters)
08) “Apocalypse Please”(Muse)
09) “Diamond Eyes”(Deftones)
10) “Attack” (Thirty Seconds To Mars)
