Halifax, Nova Scotia based Heavy Space Rockers Earth Altar published the official video for the track “In The Growing Light Of Anthelion.” The song is taken from Earth Altar’s split album with Sun Below, called “Inter Terra Solis,” out on September 15th, 2023 via Black Throne Productions. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Filmed and edited by Dylan French.
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The Progressive Space Rock/Doom Metal hybrid Earth Altar and Heavy Stoner/Doom power trio Sun Below unleash a riff-heavy journey across time and the cosmos on their upcoming split album “Inter Terra Solis.” Having sculpted an epic ride of distorted guitar, vocals and trippy lyrics, the bands explore the labyrinth of the human psyche and the unpredictability of the universe within a ponderous palette of crushing doom and stoner-tinged mystery. Inter Terra Solis is due out on September 15th via Black Throne Productions.
First on the split, Earth Altar is the interplay between the complex, diverse drum style of Jon MacIsaac and the unique, ethereal bass guitar playing of Spencer Trout. Earth Altar seeks to leave these mundane bonds and ascend through the Heavy and the other-worldly. Mixing Stoner Rock, Doom Metal, Space Rock and Psych Rock with Progressive song structures, cosmic musings, and world-wide influences; Earth Altar sounds uniquely themselves.
We begin our journey with “The Descent.” Reminiscent of Dante’s infamous journey, the odyssey begins here. While an opening to the underworld, it is not quite the underworld as we know it. It is not a manifestation of divine justice, but a literal world beneath our feet. The air, initially stifling, comes to grow fresher as we go deeper and further. The purpose of the journey, though obscured, is beginning to reveal itself.
“The Garden Of Earthly Delights” takes the listener through caverns of ethereal light and diverse flora and fauna. All life here is familiar, yet odd like a dream. We press on, “In The Growing Light Of Anthelion,” the light being as warm as the sun, but not as bright. Wrapping with “Transmutation (The Alchemist’s Dream)” the story bears the fruits of the struggles of our journey, the base thrill and pleasure, the acquisition of knowledge of so few before.
SIDE A | Earth Altar
- The Descent
- The Garden of Earthly Delights
- Interlude
- In The Growing Light of Anthelion
- Transmutation (The Alchemist’s Dream)
SIDE B | Sun Below
- Red Giant
- Methuselah Star
- Gravity Tide
