Heavy Temple launch »Extreme Indifference To Life« music video; new full-length album »Garden Of Heathens« out today via Magnetic Eye Records!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based heavy rock trio Heavy Temple celebrates the release of their sophomore full-length »Garden Of Heathens« with a brand new music video for »Extreme Indifference To Life«.
New album »Garden Of Heathens« just dropped this Friday, April 12th, 2024 via Magnetic Eye Records.
Tracklist:
01. Extreme Indifference To Life
02. Hiraeth
03. Divine Indiscretion
04. House Of Warship
05. Snake Oil (And Other Remedies)
06. In The Garden Of Heathens
07. Jesus Wept
08. Psychomanteum
Courtesy of All Noir PR:
Heavy Temple celebrate today’s release of their sophomore full-length »Garden Of Heathens« with the launch of an official video single for the track »Extreme Indifference To Life«.
»Garden Of Heathens« is out today, on Friday, April 12, 2024 via Magnetic Eye Records and streaming in full on all relevant platforms. Order your copy HERE!
“This album is just as much a projection into the future of the band as it is a reflection of past personal experience,” singer and bass player High Priestess Nighthawk writes. “It’s about realizing my power, but I also hope that people hearing this will be able to find their own. We were able to create something truly beautiful out of a lot of strife, and ultimately what I took from the creation of »Garden Of Heathens« is that nothing matters and everything matters. We’re all what we’ve been waiting for. We just need to believe it. I’ve been doing this for over a decade and it feels like I’m just getting started.”
Heavy Temple are back. Back from touring across the United States as well as finding adventure and making new friends in Europe for the first time. Back from the rehearsal room where the making of new songs became far more of a group effort than on the debut album. And back from Animal Farm studio where John Forrestal gave the new album »Garden Of Heathens« a rich and warm organic sound that is also crisp and crystalline.
Photo by Crystal Engel Mama Moon
Where the debut full-length »Lupi Amoris« charged forward like a roaring mastodon, »Garden Of Heathens« comes across more diverse and sophisticated without losing punch or heaviness. And while the powerful vocals of frontwoman High Priestess Nighthawk provide a strong gravitational pull, Heavy Temple always remain a riff-first kind of band. Even so, the heavy-touring Philadelphia, PA trio have expanded their range to encompass an even wider breadth of rock and metal road stops, from Baroness to The Beatles and Black Sabbath to Fu Manchu – with many crossroads in between.
Wherever Heavy Temple are heading on this diverse and dynamic record, they always stay real with both feet on the ground. Except, that is, when it comes to the lyrics. With her words, the High Priestess admits to peddling a version of things that isn’t real – with a grim smile and quite deliberately so. In fact, that’s the theme running through »Garden Of Heathens« as a red thread. From the American Dream to relationships, below the surface there is anxiety, betrayal, and doubt. And while some of the lyrical metaphors might at first glance seem to focus on religion, they are definitely not that literal. Rather, these are Nighthawk’s most personal lyrics ever.
Heavy Temple came into existence on the 2012 winter solstice during a night filled with the pure enjoyment of creating and playing heavy music. Once established, they drew a steadily growing flock to local shows in Philly, and soon gladly accepted invitations to tour alongside such notables as Ruby The Hatchet, Mothership, Royal Thunder, and Corrosion Of Conformity as well as performances at notable festivals such as The Maryland Doom Fest, Psycho Las Vegas, and Decibel Metal & Beer, among many others.
Following the two EPs »Heavy Temple« (2014) and »Chassit« (2016) and a number of singles, Heavy Temple at last took a break from heavy touring to record their first full-length. »Lupi Amoris« (“Wolves of Love”) was released in 2021 to strong applause from both critics and followers alike. This album opened new doors including more festival appearances, a US tour with The Obsessed and their first tour of Europe with friends and labelmates Howling Giant.
Heavy Temple are not just back, they are here to stay. »Garden Of Heathens« gives strong testimony that the trio is pushing hard to broaden their spectrum and break through any preconceptions and obstacles in front of them. »Garden Of Heathens« sheds new light and a wider perspective on heavy and desert rock, psychedelia, and doom metal. Check this out!
Recording line-up:
High Priestess Nighthawk – Vocals, Bass
Lord Paisley – Guitar
Baron Lycan – Drums
Guest musician:
John Forrestal – Cello
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well