Emerald Forest and the Black Bird

Swallow the Sun – Emerald Forest and the Black Bird Review

Swallow the Sun – Emerald Forest and the Black Bird Review

Finnish doom sensations Swallow the Sun are back. The morose Finns (that’s redundant) have returned in 2012 with their fifth full length record and most gargantuan release to date. Indeed, having discovered that all their music is put out on compact disc, Swallow the Sun has embarked on a quest to fill the whole damn thing with their plodding, thick doom metal. Unwilling to edit themselves, they instead have produced 67 minutes worth of new doom for the consumption of their adoring fanbase. This massive work, entitled Emerald Forest and the Black Bird has spent a long time in my Review Gestation Chamberâ„¢ due to being so much music that I have been incapable of listening to it in a single go.