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Parish

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    CD version of our debut album.

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    Each record comes with a 'hymn sheet', risograph printed on Bible paper.

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1.
Parish 05:37
Steady John the blacksmith Took a horseshoe to the head He arose like Lazarus When it should've knocked him dead He ascribed his recovery To a ‘noon in bed I suspect a different cure Might have been found instead Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish The case of the butcher's wife Was a curious case indeed When a slip of the butcher's knife Made her bleed and bleed They all said she was done for Her husband paid no heed Took her away and the very next day She was back to cutting meat Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Then the sound of singing Lured me like a siren's call To a midnight gathering Taking place in the village hall Where a feast was prepared For the wounded, sick and the old Who took it in turns To drink blood from a human skull Something strange is afoot in the parish Something strange is afoot in the parish Immortality's yours if you drink from the chalice Something strange is afoot in the parish
2.
It was a wicked curse That you gave the girl Black magic had her down Howling at the walls Conniving gypsy witch Darkness you unfurl I’ll show you agony Like I’ve shown them all Woah, oh girl I’ll save you from their heathen ways Woah, oh girl The evil, wicked and depraved I am the seventh son As father was before Give me your blood my child At midnight it will boil All witches fear my Silent ritual I’ll burn her without fire She’ll release the spell Woah, oh lord I, master of the Devil’s ways Woah, oh lord Will make you writhe in burning pain Woah, oh lord For mercy, begging witches cry Woah, oh lord It’s too late - now it’s time to die
3.
Lucinda 04:44
I'm not too satisfied With my lot in life Drunk, tired, abandoned by My unfaithful wife With a crash of thunder she arrives The wicked one who calls herself Lucinda She's not familiar With these modern times She cast a spell that rescued her From threat of Puritan fire Now she weaves her magic once again And I belong, belong to mad Lucinda My thoughts are not my own It's more than I can take My wife is my prisoner I’ll burn her at the stake But she manages to break the curse And drown the witch - the cruelhearted Lucinda
4.
Transcendent mind formed the stone A distant time never known Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire Serpents crawling in the sand Monolith ascend the land Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire Regolith painted by man Cast by cosmic archer’s hand Demon arise from fire Demon arise from fire Born of the eternal light Time to breathe your final sigh Demon arise from fire Demon arise from -
5.
Place your hands into the land Let the life flow through Gaze your eyes up to the skies Rain will fall on you Take my hand to guide you Work with strength and truth Thriving life sewn into Once deprived now new Toil and strife, soil and scythe Know my heart was true Fertile and plentiful land Was my gift to you Wilting words have failed us Dying love where nothing grew Now we make our fate together As the earth falls over you Flowing through your body is our land Torn contorted leather skin Drowning in the soil that you once knew Held forever in this tomb
6.
Disturbed was my old friend When he joined me for a pint of ale By a stranger He met on the road out of town This encounter Turned his blood cold and his skin pale It was no traveller For it had two horns, hooves and a tail And when the creature Looked upon my friend with a fiery stare He lost all control And he took a tumble from his mare As he lay there With his blood and dirt all in his eyes He screamed “The Devil has come for me to take my life!” A crowd had gathered To hear how my friend had been cursed They gave him whiskey But alas it did not calm his nerves Out the window Was a sight that filled his eyes with fear Then in a whisper My friend said to me, "He's here" I followed his gaze And I thought I saw a silhouette Of a beast with bright eyes And it had two horns upon its head It was no devil I saw how my friend had been fooled When he met a chimney sweep Being followed home by his mule
7.
I will free you, dear fool Of madness from inside A plant has taken root That grows not in the light I've read a thousand scrolls So heed what I prescribe I've learned a truth so olde Trust me, I'm no liar Master, cut away the stone Devil's flower I have grown Burr in to your sickened mind Transformation sacrifice A clove and cat's claw brew Will help to ease the pain Essence of lavender Will help to keep you sane And as the brew takes hold I'll gladly show you how To kill the demon weed With a blade, I harrow Master cut away the stone Devil's flower I have grown Tortured visions I possess For my name is madness
8.
Pilgrim of the illusion path Attending suicidal mass In sermon fed their words of fear Never truth Forever deafened by the sound Of our doom I am the will of all demise The dormant evil in your mind I am the thorn beneath your skin Relentless force you hide within Sightless disciples of the mad Earthen destruction by their hand Grave walkers, slaves within the grasp Of the few Only the wisdom of the past Can save you I am the will of all demise The dormant evil in your mind I am the thorn beneath your skin Relentless force you hide within In sermon fed their words of fear Never truth Forever deafened by the sound Of our doom Our doom Yeah it’s true Yeah it's true
9.
Gaolbreak 05:45
Locked away for a crime I didn’t commit In a room where stale air makes my skin itch Another man should be in the spot where I sit Counting the walls of this prison brick by brick In the dark I beg for freedom No one seems to hear my screaming I pick the moss and lick the damp off the walls It’s the only food and drink I get at all I don’t know when the sun rises or the night falls What life is like outside, I cannot recall In the dark I beg for freedom No one seems to hear my screaming Rotting away here for no reason Missing the days, the months and the seasons In the dark I hear a whistling The sound of wind that comes to me from A loose brick that with some persuasion Creates a path toward my freedom The sun’s too hot, this breeze is freezing Hunting for food’s not easy Slowly I’m realising How good life was inside my prison
10.
Annetta the bride Of the Captain Reed Took a ride on the pride Of the Seven Seas A woman on board Was unlucky The captain and crew Were in jeopardy Poseidon the great God of all the seas Looked upon the Lady Unfavourably Strong winds and waves Lead the ship astray Into waters known For their treachery Oh Poseidon, don’t you take My love away from me Oh Poseidon, don’t you keep Her at the bottom of the sea Oh yeah Alright now!

about

Welcome to the Parish. Come, gather round dear lambs, as today’s sermon is about to begin.

Crypt of the Wizard proudly presents the highly anticipated debut LP from pastoral proto-metal power trio Parish. Listen now and pre-order your copy on vinyl from www.cryptofthewizard.com

The two years since the release of their EP God's Right Hand have proved to be no fallow period for the band, who used the time to write and hone the 10 songs laid out on their self-titled debut. They returned to the majestic Holy Mountain to record the album. Making use of the studio's bumper crop of vintage equipment helped them unearth a sound that draws on the roots of heavy metal.

The band's lyrics continue to revel in notions of the pastoral. Themes concerning the works of witches and the changing of the seasons are explored with economic and elegant storytelling. Songs concerning villagers besieged by strange travellers and poor wretches locked away in gaol have the ability to conjure up a feeling of uncanny dread. Elsewhere on the album, other songs suggest a sacerdotal attitude towards the earth and those who walk it.

Parish stir up sweet memories of those subtle moments of perfection found deep in the discographies of heavy metal’s historic luminaries. Their sound reaches into places previously ventured by the likes of Wishbone Ash, Pagan Altar and Budgie, as well as folk revivalists Fairport Convention - a less obvious resource for heaviness, but a fine repository for musical depth.

With any luck, Parish will in time join the aforementioned bands whose records will be played on repeat, locked in the unchangeable heart’s of those unbothered by novelty and the changes in musical fashions.

Now our sermon has come to a close, peace be with you, and go forth in glory.

credits

released June 24, 2022

Recorded by Stanley Gravett at Holy Mountain
Additional engineering by Misha Hering
Mixed by Misha Hering at Hollow Earth
Mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Artwork by Tom Hobb
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