I got a little excited when Paradise Lost’s bio said they’re from Halifax, thinking Nova Scotia. These guys could be descendants of the Knights Templar who buried all that treasure here? on Oak Island? But they’re from Halifax West Yorkshire which is a different place. Might still have buried treasure though. Can’t know for sure. Wikipedia says they’re Gothic Metal, and in fact named their second album Gothic. It sounds kinda like Amon Amarth, who are melodic death. Man there are so many sub-genres of metal. Either way, Gothic metal’s pretty rad.

The song has a good chugga rhythm to it, would be great for keeping cadence while forging steel and making swords and shields and other things. There’s a couple quick guitar solos that noodle very dramatically then back away for the gothicness or gothicality to step up. Honestly, if Niklas Isfeldt was singing about being metal on this, it could make for a Dream Evil track too. This is a pretty rad song, go listen to it.

Lotta sword making. Then an old guy is telling campfire stories to some kids, it looks like it links to the battles of his youth, of stabbing fools and laying waste to the countryside. He’s a kindly looking old fella, I bet he’s got some hard candies in an enchanted satchel that he hands out while telling stories. The video has interspersed bits of the singer in profile with like… mud or dirt falling behind him. Maybe he’s getting buried in a silent like grave.