Green Lung release video for 'Hunters In The Sky' • GRIMM Gent

GREEN LUNG‘s third studio album, This Heathen Land, was released last week via Nuclear Blast Records. To celebrate, the band have revealed a new video for the track ‘Hunters In The Sky’, and revealed a host of UK/European tour dates for 2024 with support from LOWEN and SPIRIT ADRIFT.

Tom Templar comments

“We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has supported the release of THIS HEATHEN LAND over the past week, whether by listening to the album, picking it up in a record shop or spreading the word online – it’s been a joy to see it connect with you all. To celebrate the album release we have one final music video to share with you all.

‘Hunters in the Sky’ was inspired by the Right to Roam movement, who protested the banning of wild camping on Dartmoor last summer. It’s a song about standing up to the English aristocracy’s attempts to control our common land, and a celebration of the beautiful Dartmoor landscape, from Wistman’s Wood to Crockern Tor. We’d always wanted to write a song about the Wild Hunt, one of the most dramatic European folkloric motifs, and hopefully we’ve done it justice. We hope you enjoy it – and huge thanks to Billy Price for directing this and all the other videos for this album, and to Blackthorn Ritualistic Folk for dancing in the video and supplying some incredible folk costumes, especially a truly majestic replica of the Dorset Ooser, who you might see on stage with us soon..”

Find out more about The Right To Roam at: righttoroam.org.uk

This Heathen Land is the most complete manifestation of the band’s vision to date, fulfilling their long-held goal to, in the words of vocalist Tom Templar, “create the definitive soundtrack to the folk horror film in our heads.” On This Heathen Land, the band have forged a sound and identity that is entirely their own, while maintaining the Sabbathian heaviness and addictive songcraft which made their previous albums so beloved in the metal underground. From the cover art to the vinyl inserts and lyrical themes, This Heathen Land is a painstakingly-researched and executed heavy metal love letter to the folkloric landscape of the UK.

This Heathen Land was produced by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse Studios and was mixed by Tom Dalgety (Opeth, Clutch, Ghost).

This Heathen Land Tracklist
1. Prologue
2. The Forest Church
3. Mountain Throne
4. Maxine (Witch Queen)
5. One For Sorrow
6. Songs Of The Stones
7. The Ancient Ways
8. Hunters In The Sky
9. Oceans Of Time

Catch GREEN LUNG live on their their newly announced 2024 headline dates, as well as their imminent UK headline tour.

Newly announced – 2024 ‘These Heathen Lands’ Headline Dates

22.03.24 – GR – Thessaloniki, Mylos Club
23.03.24 – GR – Athens, Fuzz Live Music Club
30.03.24 – DE – Cologne, Artheater*
01.04.24 – DK – Copenhagen, Pumphuset*
02.04.24 – DE – Hannover, Musikzentrum*
03.04.24 – DE – Leipzig, UT Connewitz*
04.04.24 – DE – Munich, Feierwerk*
05.04.24 – AT – Vienna, Arena*
06.04.24 – CH – Zurich, Komplex 457*
07.04.24 – DE – Aschaffenburg, Colos-Saal*
30.04.24 – UK – Colchester, Arts Centre^
15.05.24 – UK – Liverpool, Arts Club^
16.05.24 – UK – Belfast, Limelight 2^
17.05.24 – IE – Limerick, Dolan’s Warehouse^
18.05.24 – IE – Dublin, The Grand Social^
19.05.24 – UK – Leeds, The Brudenell Social Club^

*Support from Spirit Adrift
^Support from Lowen

2023 UK Headline Dates

22.11.23 – UK – Glasgow, Cathouse* (SOLD OUT)
23.11.23 – UK – Manchester, Gorilla* (SOLD OUT)
24.11.23 – UK – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms* (SOLD OUT)
25.11.23 – UK – Sheffield, Corporation* (SOLD OUT)
26.11.23 – UK – Bristol, Thekla* (SOLD OUT)
30.11.23 – UK – Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill^
01.12.23 – UK – Norwich, Arts Centre^ (SOLD OUT)
02.12.23 – UK – Southampton, Joiners^ (SOLD OUT)
03.12.23 – UK – Brighton, Patterns~ (SOLD OUT)
10.12.23 – UK – London, Electric Ballroom+

*Support from Boss Keloid
^Support from Inhuman Nature
~Support from Trevors Head
+Support from Wytch Hazel