Old Spirit stream the second full-length album »Burning In Heaven« in its entirety! Out this Friday via Bright As Night Records!

Jason Hartman’s (Vanishing Kids, Jex Thoth) solo project Old Spirit stream the second full-length album »Burning In Heaven« in its entirety on 666MrDoom’s YouTube channel!

»Burning In Heaven« will be released this Friday February 24, 2023 via Bright As Night Records.

01. Burning In Heaven
02. Dim Aura
03. Ash
04. Fallacy
05. When The Spirit Slips Away
06. Angel Blood
07. Bleak Chapel
08. In Dismay

Unveiled at the dawn of 2022 with a self-titled album, Old Spirit was a new creation of Jason Hartman, renown for Svart recording artists Vanishing Kids as well as being a frequent collaborator with Jex Thoth. By and large a solo effort, Old Spirit indeed lived up to its moniker with a wild ‘n’ weird amalgamation of elder heavy metal and hard rock tropes, all done with Hartman’s characteristically lysergic sensibilities.

Feverish in his creativity – and lest we forget the concurrently revealed Night Eyez, who made its recorded debut a month later with an also-self-titled debut for Bright As Night – Old Spirit returns with another new full-length, evocatively titled »Burning In Heaven«. With a title such as that, it’s no surprise that Hartman turns a darker page here – and then proceeds to singe the edges of that page with delirious, devilish delight.

Immediately, the record sounds like Old Spirit – classic heavy metal torched with the fractal gaze of psychedelia, with riffs fully front and center – but dive deeper into »Burning In Heaven« and the landscape becomes weirder and heavier. Warped chunks of thrash and doom get thrown into Hartman’s cauldron, and then are stirred with electronic seasoning just as the edges of perception; early death metal even makes an appearance here, likewise warped to fuck. Lyrically, the concepts across the album range from pro-spirituality/anti-religion to climate issues and urgencies to take care of our planet as well as ourselves. Suitably, Hartman’s vocals take on a sometimes-sinister gravitas, while elsewhere, he’s his characteristically crooked self that somehow sounds like an ancient wizard and rock god simultaneously.

Slow burn or scorched earth? »Burning In Heaven« offers many questions, and the riddle continues with a musical amalgam that includes Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate, and Arthur Brown – Obituary, Trouble, and Hawkwind. How will you answer the Old Spirit?

Pre-order here: oldspirit.bandcamp.com/album/burning-in-heaven

All instruments, vocals and lyrics by Jason Hartman.
Recorded, produced and mixed by Jason Hartman
Mastering by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Portland OR.
Cover art by Mira Sky Hartman.
Band logo by Jason Hartman.
Photography by Tim Sofran and Jason Hartman.
Layout by Lacey Smith / Luluweird Design.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well