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Album · 2016

Cold Furnace Hymns

by Iron Marrow

Slow furnaces and long nights: doom-tinged riffs and hymns for the people who work them.

Tracks

  1. 1. Last Truck Leaves at DawnPacked the couch and the amp and drove away at dawn. The groove is the van pulling out.hard rock, southern-tinged metal4:38
  2. 2. Tar Paper Sunrise, Hard Hats OnA hard hat, a cold roof and an early sun. We wanted something that sounded like steel waking up.hard rock, groove metal4:23
  3. 3. Homesick in the Hum of the EngineFar from the harbour and the kitchen where everybody eats. The guitars here are the ache.doom metal, gothic metal4:41
  4. 4. Switchback Sunrise, Brakes SmokingA mountain road at dawn with a guardrail bent and brakes smoking. It is the heaviest riff on the record.doom metal, road metal4:57
  5. 5. Steel Gate, Kept WordI told my brother I would come when the old shop closed. A promise kept in six minutes of harmony.heavy metal, anthemic metal3:49
  6. 6. Warm Light in the Wrong WindowI drove past the house I grew up in and a stranger's light was on. Quiet verses, enormous chorus.power ballad, gothic metal4:19
  7. 7. Cross the Water, Don't Look BackThe horn blowing at the dock and the ramp rattling down. Crossing over and never looking back.power metal, melodic metal4:00
  8. 8. Ladle and Flame, Heart Never ClosesA wok on fire and lanterns in the rafters at the end of the night. We wrote it after a long dinner with the whole crew.heavy metal, anthemic metal4:49
  9. 9. Visiting Hours, Hold the DoorDown a long hall, flowers in hand. A soft song about the hardest visits.power ballad, doom metal4:06
  10. 10. Lantern Ferry, Lost Key, Found WayA ferry, a lost key and a way home found anyway. Smooth, slow and romantic in our own heavy way.romantic metal, power ballad5:02
  11. 11. Kettle Hum, Snow Falling SidewaysA kettle humming and snow falling sideways. We close the record with warm light on purpose.cosy metal, doom metal5:10

Liner notes

Cold Furnace Hymns is where we let the tempo drop and the harmonies stack. We were writing about kitchens and night shifts and rooms we grew up in, and the doom riffs seemed to fit the quiet better than speed ever did. We stacked three guitar lines on most choruses and sang the rest like a church choir that had been awake all night.

Iron Marrow