Album Review: Occult Hand Order - The Chained, The Burned, The Wounded (2021)
Picture Credit: Occult Hand Order Artwork: Mobsidian Occult Hand Order - The Chained, The Burned, The Wounded Release Date: October 17, 2020 (CD/Digital) / March 05, 2021 (Vinyl) Label: Smokin' Witches Records (CD) / Interstellar Smoke Records (Vinyl) Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 35:57 Genre: Stoner Doom / Heavy Rock Origin: Lyon , France Only one year after their self-titled debut , Occult Hand Order returned with their sophomore album "The Chained,The Burned, The Wounded". Another six months later, this release is now available on vinyl. Time to take a closer listening on those five tracks by the band from Lyon. "The Chained, The Burned, The Wounded" is opened by the acoustic track 'Azazel', but then immediately slides into heavily halting Desert and Doom sounds. The album is a colourful journey to a planet called Earth, ages after humankind has gone extinct. The dusty remains of the place we once called home appears strange to us - and yet ...