It has taken me a while to get round to this album as it has been quite some time now since it was released. But lucky for me I won this in a raffle at a Christmas gig and have been meaning to write about it and ALUNAH for some time.

I have a great love for female fronted bands and particularly in our beloved genre of Doom and Sludge. I feel that we somewhat wipe the floor with our American friends on this subject (with the exception of the mighty Witch Mountain!). Give me the likes of Ishmael and Undersmile over Blood ceremony and Jex Thoth any day of the week and Alunah also follow suit. Sophie has a great and haunting voice that much suits this style of occult doom and further concretes my point that the Brits triumph overall. From the Weedeateresque start of ‘Dementers Grief’ all the way through to the 2 part monolithic track of ‘Oak Ritual’ it is more than an album, Its a journey and an epic one at that!

I may be the last person in this world to have obtained a copy of this album but if you still are yet to hear it or better still buy it you can by clicking on the links, perfect Sunday afternoon trip out tunes!