Sludge riff masters from Finland Black Royal shared the new songs ''13th Moon'' and '' Earthbound'' taken from upcoming album Earthbound, due October 21, 2022.

Band comments about the song'' 13th Moon'': ''The song started as a rehearsal room jam between Pete and Toni. I had the main riff and we were excited to do a more of a up-tempo rocker that would be fun to play live and get some heads moshing!

"When we played the song first time with the whole band it seemed to click instantly and had a great groove to it. Naturally, we couldn’t resist doing a middle part that starts heavy and then takes the song to space. Half of the songs on the album (including 13th Moon) got the final touches from vintage keyboards performed by the great Finnish keyboard player Niko Saarinen who also plays in Finland´s alt pop/rock favorites Lasten Hautausmaa and '70s prog outfit Vesilinja.

"Lyrically the song is about a natural cycle of the following seasons. Modern time is thought of as linear time. Peasant life was cyclical, where the beginning and the end coincide, = cycle of nature, seasons repeat, etc.. The end of the spring harvest, was the end of the year and the new year started a bit later. To balance it evenly there was a twelve day extra time to spend. It was a time for an annual cyclic rebirth where the earth reforms for better and donates plenty of crops. Nature was supposed to stay fertile like before, as well as people were fertile too.''

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