Ironleaf – Ironleaf

Ironleaf cover art
Artist: Ironleaf
Label: Overlook Hotel Records
Release Date: 1-19-2024
Genres: Doom Metal, Hard Rock, Metal
People: Kevin Hartnell, Mark Engel, Vic Bonato, Andrew May, Michael Carta

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Album Reviews

"...the influence of Ozzy and Black Sabbath is quite clear, as well as the imaginary presence of Uriah Heep, Dio and Rainbow, and if Hartnell is not as big a throat as his predecessors mentioned above, it should be noted, that he feels this genre perfectly. Beautifully curved melodies come from him, he is one of those who still knows how a rock singer should sound. There are no complaints about the orchestration either, all seven recordings are strong enough, charismatic enough to keep an eye on Hartnell's work in the future..."

Zelmo (Zenehallgatas Blog)

"Hard rockin' tunes with good riffs coming out of loud guitars. Vocals and melodies are on point."

Andy K. (Doom Charts contributor)

"Excellent proto doom tinged rock."

DoomCrew

Tracklist

1. Electric God Buy Track
2. Eternal Buy Track
3. We Fall Down Buy Track
4. Barren Lands Buy Track
5. Come Down Buy Track
6. Solar Summer Buy Track
7. The Last Grain of Sand Buy Track

Lyrics

Electric God

The seeing eye looking in
always knows where you've been
and wears you like a second skin

Everything you do or say
falls upon the vast array
and never, never fades away

But there will come a time
where only silence will remain

Back in time and back again
looking for a secret sin
you can't deny the electric god

To serve and protect, you must obey
time to serve, time to pray
but never, never chance to stray

But there will come a time
where only silence will remain

Pray to your
Electric God
Pray to your
ELECTRIC!
Pray to your
Electric God
Pray to your
ELECTRIC

Anointed or appointed for
a place of trust amongst the rust
the sea of dead technology

You have the right to speak your mind
to your own intelligent design
So shall it be to the end of time

But there will come a time
where only silence will remain

Pray to your
Electric God
Pray to your
ELECTRIC!
Pray to your
Electric God
Pray to your
ELECTRIC GOD!

Eternal

Our ships cast upon the water
Heading across the sea
A different land, a new belief
Is written on the hand

Eternal, we gotta get away
Eternal, nothing more to say
Eternal, the sun is turning grey

As we land upon the soil
Taking what is rightfully ours
Leaving nothing left to spoil
the kind of love that truly sours

Eternal, we gotta get away
Eternal, nothing more to say
Eternal, the sun is turning grey

Left behind within our wake
broken souls and burning homes
two glass eyes upon the snake
written in blood our lying tomes

We Fall Down

We fall down
waiting for a light to shine
We fall down
the making of our own design
We fall down
look upon the face of night
as we fall down
a shadow without light

and every dream
is closer to the edge
with no way to wake up
until you're on the ledge

We fall down
waiting for a light to shine
We fall down
the making of our own design
We fall down
look upon the face of night
as we fall down
a shadow without light

and every step
is next to the abyss
waiting to stumble
into the final kiss

We fall down
waiting for a light to shine
We fall down
the making of our own design
We fall down
look upon the face of night
as we fall down
a shadow without light

We fall down
falling down
falling down
falling...

Barren Lands

Lookin' at the piles of stone
nothing but rubbles and sand
the beauty of our home
destroyed by human hand

no color anywhere to see
everything is turning to dust
no plants, no life, no tree
all steel turned to rust

and if it seems unfair
i really think you must
take a look around
it's just you and I

living in a barren land
you and I, living in a barren land
from sea to sky, living in a barren land
because of you and i, living in a barren land

what have we left behind
a crippled legacy
a future deaf and blind
perpetual war and beggary

our children living in fear
our elderly lost and forgotten
no seas upon the sphere
all flesh is rotten

and if it seems unfair
i really think you must
take a look around
it's just you and I

living in a barren land
you and I, living in a barren land
from sea to sky, living in a barren land
because of you and i, living in a barren land

now we stand together
now we stand alone
dying birds of a feather
only skin and bone

noone else to blame
it wasn't good enough to try
now we wear our shame
it's only you and I

Come Down

I’m not one of your lost sheep
Who follows blindly whilst I sleep
My eyes are open and I’m feeling okay
Despite anything that you have to say

You’re condescending every time you speak
Fortune casts are always bleak
Hope is the shackle tied to your crown
Your Fear shines through your frown
So come down

It is important to always ask why
The wrong perception is the will to defy
Imprisoned mind that won’t let go
Holding on to what you don’t know

The righteous path is just a façade
You make a mockery of your god
As you’re spilling blood you proselytize
A second coming that will never rise
So come down

Call to prayer, a will to die
Every kill you justify
Right is wrong when you don’t try
To discern a prayer from a lie
So come down
Come down

Solar Summer

I remember back in '83
A hollow Earth, only you and me

And I, yes I remember

Sulfur rain and liquid skies
Endless stars written on our eyes
Yes I, I remember summer

Solar winds and gamma rays
supernovas and a cosmic gaze
Yes I, I remember summer

To the pulsar keeping time
a trail of colors so sublime
And I, yes I remember

The Last Grain of Sand

Time, oh time, my bastard friend
So bittersweet, until the end
show me, the universe at hand
yet so high, your final demand

When the last grain of sand falls down
and the stars fade from the sky,
I will wear a robe of earth and stone
If perchance to say goodbye

Time, oh time, you are no friend
one purpose to fulfill
all asunder you shall rend
until everything is still

When the last grain of sand falls down
and the stars fade from the sky,
I will wear a robe of earth and stone
If perchance to say goodbye

Time, oh time, my coldest friend
Just as sure, as the setting sun
everything, I know, and love, will end
and all will come undone

When the last grain of sand falls down
and the stars fade from the sky,
I will wear a robe of earth and stone
If perchance to say goodbye

About Album

The first release from Ironleaf features seven heavy tracks filled with driving riffs and heavy grooves.