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Old Corpse Road

Old Corpse Road have carved their name into the UK black metal scene by producing classic, yet unique British black metal based on the dark folklore of Britain. The Darlington based 5 piece formed in 2007 and take their name from a coffin road in the Lake District. 

Dynamically their music flows from fierce black metal through to powerful melodic passages and onto serene yet haunting moments. The band incorporate a wide range of vocals from traditional black metal shrieks, guttural lows, spoken word passages and epic folk singing. Old Corpse Road bind these elements together to produce a solid yet original take on the black metal sound.

Old Corpse Road have built up a reputation with their intense and atmospheric live performances during their extensive touring in the UK, having shared the stage with bands such as Alcest, Esoteric, Winterfylleth and Heidevolk. They have also made numerous festival appearances including Bloodstock and Hammerfest.

Releases

On Ghastly Shores Lays the Wreckage of Our Lore

Released through Trollzorn Records in May 2020

 

  1. On Ghastly Shores Lays the Wreckage of Our Lore
  2. Harbingers of Death (Voices in the Tempest)
  3. Black Ship
  4. Sea Fire
  5. As Waves Devour Their Carcasses
  6. Demons of the Farne
  7. The Ghosts of the Ruinous Dunstanburgh Castle
  8. WaterLore
Versions

Of Campfires and Evening Mists

Released through Cacophonous Records in May 2016

 

  1. Opening the Circle – Of Campfires and Evening Mists
  2. The Whispers of Long Meg through the Solstice
  3. Herne of Windsor Forest
  4. Pendle – Daughters of the Black Moon
  5. Sorrow through Pendle Woods
  6. The Great Thunderstorm
  7. Peg Powler
  8.  Closing the Circle – Hail and Farewell
Versions

‘Tis Witching Hour… As Spectres we Haunt this Kingdom

Released through Godreah Records in November 2012

Tracklist:

1. ‘Tis Witching Hour
2. The Cauld Lad of Hylton
3. Hag of the Mist
4. The Buried Moon
5. The Wild Voice Came
6. The Crier of Claiffe
7. The Secret of the Rolling Waves
8. Isobel – Queen of Scottish Witches
9. Glassensikes at Witching Hour
10. As Spectres we Haunt this Kingdom

Versions

 

Insidious Art and Serpentine Rites

Released through Three Swords Records in May 2014

Released as a coloured vinyl limited to 250 copies.

SIDE A – 6:37
The Infernal Sea – Tannis Root

SIDE B – 6:40
Old Corpse Road – The Sockburn Worm

Versions

The Echoes of Tales Once Told

Released through Godreah Records in November 2012

 

  1. The Old Corpse Road
  2. The Wild Hunt
  3. The Oakmen of Naddle Forest

Bonus Tracks (Tape Edition)

4. Hell’s Kettles
5. The Song of Amergin

Versions

Reissued (21/02/2010) on tape limited to 100 handnumbered copies by Darkness Shade Records. The tape features different artwork and 2 bonus tracks not found on the original CD version.

1. The Old Corpse Road 6:37
2. The Wild Hunt 6:46
3. The Oakmen of Naddle Forest 11:22

Bonus Tracks:4. Hell’s Kettles
5. The Song of Amergin
Tape plays all 5 tracks on both sides.
 

The Bones of this Land are not Speechless

Released through Godreah Records in March 2010

1. Hob Headless Rises
2. The Devil’s Footprints
3. The Witch of Wookey Hole
 
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL
English Black Punk Metal

4. Intro / On the Surface
5. Same Mind [Doom cover]
6. Nazi [Hellbastard cover]
7. Protest and Resist [Conflict cover]
8. War Drum [Skeptix cover]
9. You Really Got Me [Kinks cover]

 

Complilations

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Samplers

Live

Edinburgh – June 27th

Darkness Over Edinburgh – Summer Edition

London Camden – September 18 / 19 / 20

Cosmic Void Festival

Darlington – September 24th

Old Corpse Road, Fateweaver and Chump Wrecker

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New Folklore

Hole of Horcum and the Giant Wade

One of the most well-known local tales surrounds the vast natural hollow of the Hole of Horcum. Legend has it that the Hole was made by a giant called Wade who scooped a lump of earth to throw at his wife Bell during an argument, creating the nearby hill of Blakey…

 Lake Gormire

Lake Gormire – the only natural lake in the North York Moors – is cloaked in mystery with some believing it to be bottomless and others that its dark depths hide a submerged town, the rooftops of which can sometimes supposedly be seen by passing walkers.

The Devil and Sutton Bank

The devil makes an appearance in many tales connected to the dramatic landscape of Sutton Bank, be it racing on horseback along the escarpment edge against a Knight, standing astride the gap between Roulston Scar and Hood Hill (known locally as the Devil’s Leap or…

Traditions of Wells

Yorkshire Legends and Traditions of Wells England Springs and wells of water have, in all lands and in all ages, been greatly valued, and in some regarded with a feeling of veneration little, if at all, short of worship. They have yielded their treasure to the…

Wells

BUTTONS, BRAS AND PINS (The Folklore of British Holy Wells) By Rowan First published at Lughnasa 1996 Our ancestors were much given to undertaking visits and pilgrimages to various wells, springs and other bodies of water which were reputed locally (and in some cases…

Henbane

Henbane is one of the legendary “witch” plants, renowned in folklore for its claimed magickal qualities and it features in many of the recipes for witches’ flying ointments which have been preserved in the records of the witch trials in an various…

Alder

The alder is a very ancient tree that has grown in the British Isles for thousands of years. The January tree is easily recognized by its regularly spaced branches and its conical shape. Like the willow, it is a water-loving tree. The timber is oily and…

Apple

All apple trees are descended from the crab apple, which was likely the tree mentioned in the tree Ogham, as it grew wild in the British Isles and across much of Europe during the time of the Druids. The apple represents choice and the letter Q (Quert) in the druidic…

Ash

N~Nuin~Ash The ash tree has deeply penetrating roots and tends to sour the soil, which makes it hard for any other plants to grow around it. Its branches are thick and strong . The ash can grow to one hundred and thirty feet high. The March tree has distinctive black…

Betony

Stachys is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae. The distribution of the genus covers Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America. Common names include Heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony,…

Members

The Dreamer

Percussion and Vocals

Born a long time ago in Hurwoth, The Dreamer trained in brass band music but began playing the drums after wanting to expand his musical horizons. Playing in several metal bands over the years, the Old Corpse Road arose from their ashes and fulfilled his desire to play dark, passionate music with other like minded musicians.

The Revenant

Guitars and Vocals

The Revenant started playing guitar at the age of 15, as a pastime which grew into a full time obsession. At 18 The Revenant joined his first serious metal band, and to the shock of himself and the band he discovered his unique black metal scream.

The Revenant has been very much into art for as long as he can remember. It is on rare occasions you will find him without a pen or pencil in his hand doodling away. These sketches invariably end up becoming a design or the basis for an OCR drawing .

The Watcher

Keyboards and Vocals

The Watcher has been a part of the Darlington music scene since 2000 having been vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Anserine formed whilst still in school. Also playing in bands such as Absent Star and the The Apathy Syndrome he soon took up screaming duties. Later he formed along with members other band members the doom drone band Khunnt. After any years searching the Watcher finally found a place where he could express his darker musical leanings, in the form of Old Corpse Road.

The Prior

Vocals

Known as The Prior to some and Dínenðál to others, he first picked up a guitar at 12. His interest in darker music took hold in 1994 after hearing Emperor for the first time while at college, introduced by a mutual friend of The Dreamer. In 2006 he co-founded the blackened death metal band Acherontia Styx, and by 2017 he committed to working alone as a multi-instrumentalist, creating the black metal project Dinenthal. The project draws heavily on the folklore, landscape, and stories of his Northumbrian roots and his ancestral ties to Scotland. He later launched the atmospheric black metal project Caad to capture the cold distance and solitude of the North. Beyond guitar- and metal-focused work, he also writes electronic music as DTS Overdrive—an electronic project inspired by the sweeping, space-driven sequences and synth washes of Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre.

The Prior is proud to walk alongside his brethren in Old Corpse Road, vowing to be part of the road ahead and honouring the history of the band.

The Wanderer

Bass and Spoken Word

During his 10th year the Wanderers interest in music began to take definite shape mixing as many influences as possible from an eclectic mix of genres. Originally trained in the guitar his soul and passion eventually lead him to the bass guitar.

Bands and live experiences were soon required and followed quickly. The Wanderer continues to be pushed forward through the experiences he undergoes, and those of his greatest friends and companions. Taking as much from life and the nature of the world as possible to further his knowledge. He will continue to push his limits always.

The Redeemer

Guitars

Inspired by his father’s love of folk music the redeemer started playing the guitar in the early 1990’s.
His desire was to form an extreme metal band inspired by his love for death and later black metal.
A founding member of Darlington band Nemain with the Dreamer and the Revenant his passion to create dark yet beautiful music burns bright.
The Redeemer is proud to honour the bands past whilst continuing to walk the old corpse road.

Brownie

The best known of the industrious domestic hobgoblins. The brownie’s land is over all the North of England and up into the highlands of Scotland. They are good-natured, invisible brown elves or household goblins who live in farmhouses and other country dwellings...

Peg Powler

Peg Powler is a hag, who dwells in the River Tees. Although the crown of green tresses is normally sybolic of a water deity, she is believed to be responsible for the deaths of a number of children. Sometimes known as the High Green Ghost by residents in Middleton in...

Pooka

Variants: phouka, puca No fairy is more feared in Ireland than the pooka. This may be because it is always out and about after nightfall, creating harm and mischief, and because it can assume a variety of terrifying forms. The guise in which it most often appears,...

Oakmen

Oakmen are male dwarf faeries who are the guardians of sacred oak groves. They are not very friendly towards people, but no one has ever been harmed by one. They are described as having huge heads being  squat, dwarfish people with red caps....

Fairies

Time and Age The passage of time for faeries is clearly not the same as it is for mortal men. Some legends say that faeries are born old and grow younger as they ‘age’, while many others hold that they are ageless and forever young. While in faerie lands,...

Will-o’-the-Wisp

Also called Fairy Lights, Elf-fire, Hobbedy’s Lantern or Night Whispers. No one is quite sure what these distant floating balls of flame are, but they are generally associated with and are sometimes thought of as faeries in the British Isles. Usually known as small...

Gentle Annis

The weather spirit responsible for the south-westerly gales on the Firth of Cromarty. The Firth is well protected from the north and east, but a gap in the hills allows the entry of spasmodic squally gales. These gives Gentle Annis a bad reputation for treachery. A...

Gentry

The most noble tribe of all the fairies in Ireland. A big race who came from the planets and usually appear in white. The Irish used to bless the Gentry for fear of harm otherwise. One of the many euphemistic names for the fairies, used in Ireland. As Kirk  says,...

Wichtlein

Wichtlein behave in much the same way as goblins. They announce the death of a miner by tapping three times. When a disaster is about to happen they are heard digging, pounding and imitating miners work.

White Ladies

The use of White Ladies for both ghosts and fairies is an indication of the close connection between fairies and the dead. The White Ladies were direct descendants of the Tuatha De Danann.The name “Guinevere” means “white phantom”.They may be...