When you think of mysticism and rural rituals, what’s the first place you picture? It probably isn’t Walthamstow. Nonetheless, this is where Green Lung have holed up to host a secret show and gear up for what could be a breakthrough year to come.
Though they’re based in London, these occultists imbue their stoner/doom metal with folkloric tales from their birthplaces of Devon and Norfolk. Furthermore, they seek to write songs that could have come from mid-’70s metal: an era where the genre dabbled in folk, prog, blues and more, yet to be codified by the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. It’s a fusion that, even when the quintet were self-releasing their music, earned them coverage from national newspapers and radio.
