
Unless your veins run with the blood of a coward you would do well to check out White Horse Hill, the 2018 comeback album from the UK’s Solstice. And fans of early Manowar and Candlemass should consider it essential. It’s confident, bracing stuff with riffs that power like mighty oars, harmonies that sound like they’re heading out on a quest and declamatory vocals that get the pecs swelling with pride. The folky strum of For All Days & For None is a mid-album lull and a penchant for rustic interludes hampers the pacing a touch but To Sol A Thane, Under The Waves Lie Our Dead and the title-track are glorious, bearing the weight of the album like mighty pillars.

Extra points for a beautiful digipak!
I’m no coward and I love the cover art. The Green Man!
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Brill artwork. Nice glossy digipak too.
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Challenge accepted! What a Write up.
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Thanks. Think you’d like this!
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I’m listening and I do
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Forgot to put a track on the post! Done it now.
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Ok. I’ll do it!
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Aagghh! This is the second time you’ve mentioned this causing me to need to hear it, and the second time I can’t find it on stupid Spotify. I’m too Luddite-leaning to figure out how I can listen loud in the car via YouTube during my commute. Maybe I’ll just have to buy the gosh darn thing unheard…
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I think it’s pretty cheap on Bandcamp if that helps. Don’t think you’d regret buying it.
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Well, I figured I’d have to hit this up pronto to prove my bravery levels. Turns out Spotify’s veins run with the blood of a coward.
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Crom laughs at puny Spotify.
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I hope I sound like that description when I sing harmonies!
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I hope so too. I’d hate it if you sounded like The Beatles or Sloan or whatever.
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Anything but the latter!
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*shudders at the thought*
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Digging this. Ill check out more
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Well my pecs are swelling because it’s not on Spotify but I will find a way to hear it.
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Bandcamp probably the best bet for this one if that helps!
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