Banefyre
by Crippled Black Phoenix
- Type: Album
- Released: 9 September 2022
- Label: Season of Mist
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:37:30
- Community rating: 4.14/5 from 11 ratings
Artists on this release: Chrissie Caulfield, Tomas Asklund, Lucy Marshall, Andy Marshall, Matt Crawford, Ren茅 Misje, Jugglo Wall
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An epic and sprawling concept album, 'Banefyre' explores themes of persecution, rebellion, and the historical oppression of outsiders, particularly inspired by witch hunts. The record fully establishes vocalist Belinda Kordic as a central force in the band's sound, her voice guiding the narrative through dark, cinematic landscapes. It's a musically rich and thematically potent work, blending heavy, gothic atmospheres with the band's signature progressive scope.
Genres
Descriptors: male-vocalist, atmospheric, progressive, funereal, monumental, guitars, bleak, sprawling
Tracklist
- Incantation for the Different (2:48)
- Wyches and Basterdz (4:56)
- Ghostland (5:43)
- The Reckoning (6:48)
- Bonefire (4:36)
- Rose of Jericho (13:46)
- Blackout77 (7:36)
- Down the Rabbit Hole (10:33)
- Everything is Beautiful but Us (4:35)
- The Pilgrim (6:19)
- I'm Ok, Just Not Alright (10:05)
- The Scene is a False Prophet (15:12)
- No Regrets - Bonus Track (4:29)
Credits
- Crippled Black Phoenix - primary artist
- Lucy Marshall - artwork, painting [original paintings], performer [starring, with], drums [battle drums]
- Andy Marshall - performer [starring, with], drums [battle drums]
- Chrissie Caulfield - performer [starring, with], violin
- Frode Kilvik - performer [starring, with], voice [phantom voices]
- Jacob Bannon - performer [starring, with]
- Matt Crawford - performer [starring, with], bass, drums [battle drums]
- Shane Bugbee - performer [starring, with], speech [spoken by], words by