I think the "stoner" label for Green lung is inaccurate. I get that sonically, especially as you mentioned with the guitar tone, that there's some crossover there, but the double entendre you pointed out in their name may not be intentional. I cannot recall a single theme or lyric from any of their music that references marijuana, getting high or being stoned. The band name is a reference to the fact that the public parks in the bands hometown of London are referred to as "green lungs". From the get-go this band was heavily leaning into rural, medieval and ancient Britain for their lyrical themes. Their original two track demo has "Green Man Rising" in which the green is the symbol of wild magic, not marijuana. The second track, which was retooled and put on their debut, is about leaving the city for life in the wild. That being said, the Rainbow, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep mentions are spot on. I remember once they mentioned in an interview that on Black Harvest that they were thinking to themselves, what if we made it sound like Boston, but evil? :-D
“Live slow. Never die. I’ll spend an eternity getting high.” - Living Fossil, Free the Witch EP The references are there but not often. It’s definitely not their focus. That said, yes I do agree with you. Stoner is such a broad term these days it’s practically meaningless as a descriptor. I think the categorization comes from there just being a lack of a better one. At this point, a modern group with retro hard rock/heavy metal elements is usually broad stroked as either Stoner Doom or NWOTHM. And while I think Green Lung has elements from both, they do lean more on the occult stoner doom side of the fence.
I typically see eye to eye with Sarah's takes, but yeah, I had to shake my head at "stoner doom" to make sure I even heard that right. Other than the somewhat 'stoney name' there are very few parallels between Green Lung and the mainstays of stoner doom (vis a vis Sleep, Electric Wizard, Monolord, Windhand, etc.), other than *maybe* an Iommi inspired guitar tone. But if we're going say an Iommi-an guitar tone = stoner doom, then Stoner Doom is going to suddenly become the biggest sub-genre in metal. The keyboards, the multilayered vocal harmonies, the lack of drug references, lack of excessive drone & feedback, the lack of 8 minute opus tracks, all suggest that this isn't stoner doom. No, if anything Green Lung is revivalist 70's occult rock with various nods to musical progression that's occurred along the way. Kind of like what Ghost seems to be aiming for, except, you know ... good (BOO YAH!). Also curious how one could like this and not like Black Harvest. The production is improved on Heathen Land for sure, but it's definitely expanding upon the style of the previous record (and Black Harvest is so. frickin. GOOD.).
Thank you Sarah! Great to see a Supreme Chaos Records album on the channel. We have been pushing the release back a while ago to November 24th, records are ready and we are really enthusiastic about this release (like all of course), too! Cheers, Robby // SCR
I really love it, hard to pick a favorite between the 3 albums and the ep. But I really love this because it sounded different compared to the ones in the past. I really love when a band evolves to sound different. But I really enjoy this. Underrated and awesome band!
I feel like Green Lung are getting a little into Ghost, “Fires of UnKnown Origin” era BOC, and Uriah Heep “Abominog” territory and that’s alright with me.
Very Ghost- like on this latest album...it was actually someone likening Green Lung to Ghost on a Ghost FB group that put me onto Green Lung ..I love them!!!
I dig Green Lung, so I'll get this, I'm sure. I'm going to give a shout-out of my own to the new Howling Giant album "Glass Future". I've been into these guys since their early days and this is probably my favorite of all of their releases. Thanks for the review, Sarah!
I've recently heard the new album and knew I had to buy the album after only one listen. This group keeps getting better after every release. I'm not to big on stoner rock eather. but I do like a few groups. But I love 70's and 80's style rock and metal from that era. I've always loved Rainbow and Deep Purple also. This new release is a really great album and mixture of the 70's style with a more modern production. Great song writting,everything just fits into place just right. They are getting more tighter with every release I can definitely tell. Black Harvest was definitely a great release for only being their 2nd. Album. These guys are very talented musicians and song writers. I love an album where each song has its own identity but still sounds like the same group. I really love their sound they have been creating over the last two releases. One of my top ten albums of the year for 2023 for me. I will definitely be following these guys more closely for their next releases. Great review Ms. Metal lady.🤘
This is a really good review. I ran across this band/album last week via the UA-cam rabbit-hole and have been listening to it nonstop, but found myself pretty disappointed that their other albums and some of the other bands recommended by UA-cam didn't click for me in the same way. I think this review articulates really well why that is and I'm looking forward to trying out some of the stuff she mentioned.
Thank you, Sarah and crew - was hoping you'd all give this album a run. You're right that stoner died around '08 but it was given the cardiopulmonary action, revivified single- and highhandedly by the Green Lungs. Scott Black on guitar. He's not just strummink - he's opening a riff up, regorging Blackmore's darkest draws and giving the full fretboard to an unholy sonic space. Second Lung album I was a bit meh about. But this! The heathen albion stuff they've really made a dive into - for full theatrics - the Brits are great at Theatre and histrionics and nasal folk projectile slinging of song. DYNAMIC!
Great review yet again. I was wondering where you got the Dust shirt you were sporting on the Cirith Ungol review? I'm a big fan and can't seem to find it online. Cheers from Ireland
I honestly think the judgment of them as "stoner" is missing the mark... They have very few allusion to smoking weed and are way more about occultist and nature worship, with a great amount of tongue in cheek. I really think that GL, despite superficially sounding quite traditional, have added a new feel to the genre of old school Doom. Something lush and rich.
Hi. I just bought all three albums. Been listening 24/7 since Christmas. Louder is better. Huge fan now!! To me, “this heathen land” is (seemingly) the most well thought out album. But I find it lacks a bit of the more immediate heartfeltness and nerve of “Black Harvest” -which is -at the moment- my favorite. “Woodland Rites” has some of the most kick ass soloing sound. Dirty. Screeching. Some very very emotional, well written sounding tracks. The lyrics on all three albums is great and delivered with presence and finesse. Excellent story telling. Cheers! Great band. Looking very much forward to another album in the future. Keep it up guys.
I hope the kitty is ok? Maybe Green Lung isnt Odin's favorite stoner, doom, folk metal band, but he loves his momma's voice. That sounded good Sarah cant wait to hear the nexf Smoulder album.
I really enjoyed the first two albums. Definitely Deep Purple, Rainbow and even Dio era Sabbath vibes with a bit of folk horror in there as well. Check these guys out! Also Hi Mr Cat!
So man Ozzy vibes coming from these guys. I loved all their albums but Woodland Rites holds a special place. But!!!…when it comes to stoner doom Monolord is king!
Perception of music is wild. I dig this band but have never been able to get into Kyuss. I’ve tried a few times and get bored. Proves that it takes all kinds to make a world.
I loved their first two albums, but something was lost with this one for me. Of course I can appreciate a band doing what they want. But ultimately, this is a rock album, less an occult doomy affair hoho. Well good for them! Sikk shoutouts too thanks!
A very good review. I think you explain in a very understandable way what to expect here. While I haven’t listened myself to the new album yet, I share your sentiments about this band up until this release. It’s a band that on paper should be really good if you like this kind of music, but in practice come off as quite bland and boring. The other bands you mentioned, Elder and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, produce far more interesting music. Also, I saw someone else commenting here that they are a great live band. I would disagree. I saw them four times last year when they were opening for Clutch on their European tour, and I thought their shows were pretty underwhelming. Anyway, based on your review I’ll definitely pick up their new album and give them another chance.
See I really liked Free the Witxh and Woodlands…and the singles too….but the last 2 albums are over polished…they are losing me….but good for them they deserve to develop and …well,, make money….but even spotlighting a known 70’s Witxh and her movement was meh…take me back to the ritual tree and let the devil in…
I prefer this album 3rd in the bands catalog, as this heavy keys and vocal delivery style really sound like later Ghost worship, which doesn’t do it for me at all. Id probably dig this w a more gravelly deeper vocalist. ‘Stoner’ music in general usually stays at good instead of reaching great heights due to nasally vocals. My opinion. Still some dope songs.
Great music! Thanks for the review. I imagine how much better they would sound with charismatic vocals like Eric Wagner, Tim Baker or Nick Holmes not this basic rock singing
Great review and Temple Of The King is such a beautiful song - also in Sarah's version 🙂 Green Lung however is still a boring band to me. Slow, lumbering and not enough crazy solos, especially keybords
This review trying to be way too academic for stoner doom. Lady sounds like she’s reading her paper she wrote for music appreciation class. Either the riffs are sick and worth being repetitive or not….
@@gwts1171 never said i was pissed. Just not sure why the overzealous progrock review for a stoner doom band. Trying to get blood out of a rock. 🤣 Didn’t mean to offend your girl, Chief.
This review made me buy the album, which arrived today. Already spun the vinyl twice; one of the best things I’ve heard this year!!!
I think the "stoner" label for Green lung is inaccurate. I get that sonically, especially as you mentioned with the guitar tone, that there's some crossover there, but the double entendre you pointed out in their name may not be intentional. I cannot recall a single theme or lyric from any of their music that references marijuana, getting high or being stoned. The band name is a reference to the fact that the public parks in the bands hometown of London are referred to as "green lungs". From the get-go this band was heavily leaning into rural, medieval and ancient Britain for their lyrical themes. Their original two track demo has "Green Man Rising" in which the green is the symbol of wild magic, not marijuana. The second track, which was retooled and put on their debut, is about leaving the city for life in the wild.
That being said, the Rainbow, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep mentions are spot on. I remember once they mentioned in an interview that on Black Harvest that they were thinking to themselves, what if we made it sound like Boston, but evil? :-D
“Live slow. Never die. I’ll spend an eternity getting high.” - Living Fossil, Free the Witch EP
The references are there but not often. It’s definitely not their focus.
That said, yes I do agree with you. Stoner is such a broad term these days it’s practically meaningless as a descriptor. I think the categorization comes from there just being a lack of a better one. At this point, a modern group with retro hard rock/heavy metal elements is usually broad stroked as either Stoner Doom or NWOTHM. And while I think Green Lung has elements from both, they do lean more on the occult stoner doom side of the fence.
Agreed, the "proceed the weedian" criticism here was way off base.
@@WarMachine373 Good catch! I knew someone would find a quote. Love that tune, the bass!
I typically see eye to eye with Sarah's takes, but yeah, I had to shake my head at "stoner doom" to make sure I even heard that right. Other than the somewhat 'stoney name' there are very few parallels between Green Lung and the mainstays of stoner doom (vis a vis Sleep, Electric Wizard, Monolord, Windhand, etc.), other than *maybe* an Iommi inspired guitar tone. But if we're going say an Iommi-an guitar tone = stoner doom, then Stoner Doom is going to suddenly become the biggest sub-genre in metal. The keyboards, the multilayered vocal harmonies, the lack of drug references, lack of excessive drone & feedback, the lack of 8 minute opus tracks, all suggest that this isn't stoner doom. No, if anything Green Lung is revivalist 70's occult rock with various nods to musical progression that's occurred along the way. Kind of like what Ghost seems to be aiming for, except, you know ... good (BOO YAH!). Also curious how one could like this and not like Black Harvest. The production is improved on Heathen Land for sure, but it's definitely expanding upon the style of the previous record (and Black Harvest is so. frickin. GOOD.).
Thank you Sarah! Great to see a Supreme Chaos Records album on the channel. We have been pushing the release back a while ago to November 24th, records are ready and we are really enthusiastic about this release (like all of course), too! Cheers, Robby // SCR
Haven't heard this group before but they sound great, thanks for the review!
Listening to this album now and, hell yea, this is exactly my thing
You can say STONER died in 2008 if you want....but it certainly hasn't....GL are going from strength to strength....fact.
I really love it, hard to pick a favorite between the 3 albums and the ep.
But I really love this because it sounded different compared to the ones in the past. I really love when a band evolves to sound different. But I really enjoy this.
Underrated and awesome band!
I feel like Green Lung are getting a little into Ghost, “Fires of UnKnown Origin” era BOC, and Uriah Heep “Abominog” territory and that’s alright with me.
Very Ghost- like on this latest album...it was actually someone likening Green Lung to Ghost on a Ghost FB group that put me onto Green Lung ..I love them!!!
I dig Green Lung, so I'll get this, I'm sure. I'm going to give a shout-out of my own to the new Howling Giant album "Glass Future". I've been into these guys since their early days and this is probably my favorite of all of their releases. Thanks for the review, Sarah!
I've recently heard the new album and knew I had to buy the album after only one listen. This group keeps getting better after every release. I'm not to big on stoner rock eather. but I do like a few groups. But I love 70's and 80's style rock and metal from that era. I've always loved Rainbow and Deep Purple also. This new release is a really great album and mixture of the 70's style with a more modern production. Great song writting,everything just fits into place just right. They are getting more tighter with every release I can definitely tell. Black Harvest was definitely a great release for only being their 2nd. Album. These guys are very talented musicians and song writers.
I love an album where each song has its own identity but still sounds like the same group. I really love their sound they have been creating over the last two releases. One of my top ten albums of the year for 2023 for me. I will definitely be following these guys more closely for their next releases. Great review Ms. Metal lady.🤘
This is a really good review. I ran across this band/album last week via the UA-cam rabbit-hole and have been listening to it nonstop, but found myself pretty disappointed that their other albums and some of the other bands recommended by UA-cam didn't click for me in the same way. I think this review articulates really well why that is and I'm looking forward to trying out some of the stuff she mentioned.
Thank you, Sarah and crew - was hoping you'd all give this album a run. You're right that stoner died around '08 but it was given the cardiopulmonary action, revivified single- and highhandedly by the Green Lungs. Scott Black on guitar. He's not just strummink - he's opening a riff up, regorging Blackmore's darkest draws and giving the full fretboard to an unholy sonic space. Second Lung album I was a bit meh about. But this! The heathen albion stuff they've really made a dive into - for full theatrics - the Brits are great at Theatre and histrionics and nasal folk projectile slinging of song. DYNAMIC!
Be good if shout outs could be linked in the bio guys 👍
thanks for the reminder. Just added them.
Great review yet again. I was wondering where you got the Dust shirt you were sporting on the Cirith Ungol review? I'm a big fan and can't seem to find it online. Cheers from Ireland
First I ever heard of this band, goddam they sound BIG, doomy and write good songs.
Love that guitar crunch too.
Green Lung does not miss. Love it.
'Let The Devil In' was fucking sick, will have to give this new one a listen 🤘🤘
They sound great live... highly recommended.
I honestly think the judgment of them as "stoner" is missing the mark... They have very few allusion to smoking weed and are way more about occultist and nature worship, with a great amount of tongue in cheek.
I really think that GL, despite superficially sounding quite traditional, have added a new feel to the genre of old school Doom. Something lush and rich.
Deep Purple love while wearing a Rainbow top. Ritchie Blackmore is conflicted.
And I quite like Green Lung too.
I've really been into True Widow for the past 10 years. Stonergaze for those that like the slow and heavy sound. Check em out.
I love their first album. I don’t recall liking the second one, but maybe I’ll give it another listen. I see they have four now.
Hi. I just bought all three albums. Been listening 24/7 since Christmas.
Louder is better. Huge fan now!!
To me, “this heathen land” is (seemingly) the most well thought out album. But I find it lacks a bit of the more immediate heartfeltness and nerve of “Black Harvest” -which is -at the moment- my favorite.
“Woodland Rites” has some of the most kick ass soloing sound. Dirty. Screeching.
Some very very emotional, well written sounding tracks.
The lyrics on all three albums is great and delivered with presence and finesse. Excellent story telling.
Cheers!
Great band.
Looking very much forward to another album in the future. Keep it up guys.
we, who dig stoner and doom,know well this awesome band
for the record i just ordered another Smoulder cd from Amazon that will arrive this week
This Green Lung album is an absolute keeper. But the Marthe recommendation was solid gold! Thanks x
What about the Sword? They always put out good albums.
Sarah Is BangerTV's best reviewer, and it isn't even close.
One of the best Bands of the last few years. One of Britains finest
Surprised the new stoner dude didn’t cover this, but I dig Sarah so it’s all good.
The most 5/5 album this year only gets a 4/5???
such a good review, thank you....
Dad rock 😂
Can we have more of Odin, please?
Sarah should feature her cat(s) in all of her reviews. 😁
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I hope the kitty is ok? Maybe Green Lung isnt Odin's favorite stoner, doom, folk metal band, but he loves his momma's voice.
That sounded good Sarah cant wait to hear the nexf Smoulder album.
Best reviewer on the channel❤
Dude, new Marthe is fantasic!
I really enjoyed the first two albums. Definitely Deep Purple, Rainbow and even Dio era Sabbath vibes with a bit of folk horror in there as well. Check these guys out!
Also Hi Mr Cat!
top top music reviewer!!
Well I'm gonna drop some mgs and put this one on.
It's a brilliant album. They're only going up the billing.
So man Ozzy vibes coming from these guys. I loved all their albums but Woodland Rites holds a special place. But!!!…when it comes to stoner doom Monolord is king!
The stoner part is a lot more fun doing it than actually listening to the genre.
Well, it’s no Suffocation but you gotta respect 🫡 Kitteringham 👑
The more I dig into the genre the more I realise all I really need is Kyuss.
They cover it all imo.
I agree, this is just slow and boring.
Perception of music is wild. I dig this band but have never been able to get into Kyuss. I’ve tried a few times and get bored. Proves that it takes all kinds to make a world.
I loved their first two albums, but something was lost with this one for me. Of course I can appreciate a band doing what they want. But ultimately, this is a rock album, less an occult doomy affair hoho. Well good for them!
Sikk shoutouts too thanks!
A very good review. I think you explain in a very understandable way what to expect here.
While I haven’t listened myself to the new album yet, I share your sentiments about this band up until this release. It’s a band that on paper should be really good if you like this kind of music, but in practice come off as quite bland and boring. The other bands you mentioned, Elder and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, produce far more interesting music.
Also, I saw someone else commenting here that they are a great live band. I would disagree. I saw them four times last year when they were opening for Clutch on their European tour, and I thought their shows were pretty underwhelming.
Anyway, based on your review I’ll definitely pick up their new album and give them another chance.
Hm, reviewer seems vaguely familiar.
See I really liked Free the Witxh and Woodlands…and the singles too….but the last 2 albums are over polished…they are losing me….but good for them they deserve to develop and …well,, make money….but even spotlighting a known 70’s Witxh and her movement was meh…take me back to the ritual tree and let the devil in…
I prefer this album 3rd in the bands catalog, as this heavy keys and vocal delivery style really sound like later Ghost worship, which doesn’t do it for me at all. Id probably dig this w a more gravelly deeper vocalist. ‘Stoner’ music in general usually stays at good instead of reaching great heights due to nasally vocals. My opinion. Still some dope songs.
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Wow she really hates stoner metal, that sucks. Personally this album is not as good as their first 2, sadly.
They sound like Tenacious D
Great music! Thanks for the review. I imagine how much better they would sound with charismatic vocals like Eric Wagner, Tim Baker or Nick Holmes not this basic rock singing
Nothing wrong with his voice, I actually think he has his own sound...love it
Great review and Temple Of The King is such a beautiful song - also in Sarah's version 🙂
Green Lung however is still a boring band to me. Slow, lumbering and not enough crazy solos, especially keybords
To much Ghost in this one,don’t like it.
This review trying to be way too academic for stoner doom. Lady sounds like she’s reading her paper she wrote for music appreciation class. Either the riffs are sick and worth being repetitive or not….
So... you're upset that she isn't an idiot??
@@gwts1171 never said i was pissed. Just not sure why the overzealous progrock review for a stoner doom band. Trying to get blood out of a rock. 🤣 Didn’t mean to offend your girl, Chief.