Album Of The Week

This week's stand-out release has to be the appropriately titled "The Further Adventures Of..." by the mighty Jaldaboath. I have been waiting for this one ever since the debut album blew me away / made me dance and smile like an idiot back in 2010. I have to admit that I was slightly apprehensive about playing it as I was fully expecting to be disappointed. And I was. At first. After repeated listens however, this album just gets better and better. What you can expect is more of the same, unique Jaldaboath brand of "Heraldic Templar Metal", but this time they have ramped up the silliness to a whole new level.

Taking their cues once again from Monty Python and The Holy Grail and Blackadder, but now with even more ridiculous and occasionally puerile lyrics and themes ("Roland The Farter", anyone?) and this time around the band have bolstered their ‘trademark’ Medieval Metal stylings with such diverse influences as (parodies of) Iron Maiden and Metallica through to Eastenders, Black Beauty, The A-Team, Miami Vice, Airwolf and er, Wizbit.

Jaldaboath, the band, is essentially the comedy metal project of one man (The brilliant James Fogarty) and is every bit as clever as one might expect from a man with his musical pedigree (Meads Of Asphodel, Ewigkeit, Bombs Of Enduring Freedom), but it is much lighter in tone and with absolutely NO politics to be found...unless they are very well hidden. If you want an album that is hilarious, catchy and ludicrous in equal measures, you need look no further.

You can pick up your copy directly from the band here:

http://www.deathtomusic.com/JALD2/JALD2.html

An album trailer can be found here:

http://youtu.be/m7l8C_WFaEc

Here's a link to the audio track "Roland The Farter"

https://soundcloud.com/deathtomusic/jaldaboath-roland-the-farter

The rather silly video for "The Wailing Witch Of Mouslecoom"