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County Durham - Old Corpse Road - The Cauld Lad of Hylton

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Old Corpse Road formed in Autumn 2007 during a brief excursion to the Lake District. The band name was taken from the road of the same name which rises out of the Haweswater valley and leads to Mardale.

Throughout 2008 the band worked on their first output focusing on creating classic British Black Metal fused with the passion and atmospheres created by British folk tales. Crafting each song carefully the band prepared several songs of which five were recorded. Of these three were put forward for the demo.

On 13th March 2009 Old Corpse Road unleashed their first demo "The Echoes of Tales Once Told" in a limited 1st Edition of 1000 hand numbered copies. Old Corpse Road once again entered the studio to record three more songs for the split EP, namely 'Hob Headless Rises', 'The Witch of Wookey Hole' and 'The Devils Footprints'.

As you will be aware the spectrum of Black Metal is as vast as the cosmos that inspires it; selecting the correct course for our creativity was a decision we did not take lightly. With the utmost contempt for religion, a total disregard for humanity, and pity for politicians and our ailing society we concluded that we would only become more bitter and spiteful following these paths.

So after much discussion and introspective travel, we narrowed our focus to the single aim of playing Black Metal inspired by our true passions; nature and British folklore. Combining the dark beauty of British folk tales and the power and majesty of nature, we hope to steal away your soul...

Corpse roads provided a practical means of allowing the transport of corpses to cemeteries that had burial rights. In Britain, such routes can also be known by a number of other names: bier road, burial road, coffin road, coffin line, lyke or lych way, funeral road, procession way, etc. Such "church-ways" have developed a great deal of associated folklore regarding wraiths, spirits, ghosts, and such-like. Many of the corpse roads have long disappeared, while the original
purposes of those that still survive as footpaths have been largely forgotten, especially if features such as coffin stones or crosses no longer exist.

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from Tea, Crumpets & English Metal, released January 19, 2015

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