Purple Lung – Mystic Vision
Self released – 2026
Metal, Doom, Stoner, Fantasy
Rated: ****
Steel gets sharpened. And then, from the first strike of Blademaster to the fading echoes of Dreamwalker’s Lament, the Mystic Vision album unfolds like a proscribed chronicle etched in smoke and fire. Delivered by Pennsylvanian foursome Purple Lung, they charge forward with blade sharp riffs and pounding doom rhythms, turning your world into mythical fable, before bending time itself in Annihilation of Time, before descending into shadowed rituals of Digging Up Snakes. The album prowls through swamp born Witcher curses in Beware The Bog Witch and ominous paranoia beneath The Watchful Eye, weaving occult storytelling into waves of psychedelic metal.
At it’s core, Mystic Vision balances their metal, with crushing stoner grooves, gothic atmosphere, doom tones and flashes of thrash fueled urgency. And above it float the gritty, soulful voice of Toni Pennello who guides the listener like a battle-worn prophet. Always evoking a feeling of danger and you will never feel safe in her custody. The hypnotic pulse of Hum Of The Ancients and the engulfing weight of Swallowed By The Sea deepen the descent, culmination in the onslaught, and monstrous hunger of Desethos, The Starved. And after the 2022 Demo, that featured two of the songs in infant form, and a few two-tracks, this debut feels like they’ve arrived at the edge of the labyrinth. And now, with Mystic Vision, they call out to everyone who dares, to join them on a dark and epic journey… Sharpen your blades!
(Written by JK)
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