Healing Through Fire
Orange Goblin · 2007
85 min · 26 tracks · heavy metal
A relentless barrage of heavy riffs and gritty vocals forge a visceral soundscape that channels both fury and catharsis.
Top tracks — play these first
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The Ballad of Solomon Eagle — This track encapsulates the album's narrative focus and showcases intricate guitar work while blending storytelling with powerful rhythms.
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Vagrant Stomp — With its infectious groove and lyrical themes of wanderlust, this song exemplifies the band's ability to create engaging anthems that resonate with fans.
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Beginners Guide to Suicide — This lengthy track delves into darker themes with a haunting melody, illustrating the band's capacity for emotional depth alongside their heavy sound.
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Cities of Frost — The atmospheric buildup and dynamic shifts in this song highlight the band's knack for blending heaviness with moments of introspective calm.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- cathartic release through intensity
- late-night headbanging sessions
- pulsating energy for workouts
- gritty storytelling with raw emotion
- immersive experience of heavy riffs
Maybe skip if you
- prefer instant gratification tracks
- avoid lengthy, sprawling albums
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 2007, Healing Through Fire is Orange Goblin's fifth studio album, marking a period of consolidation in their career following the critical success of their previous album, Coup de Grace. By this time, the band had established themselves as a significant force in the stoner metal scene, known for their potent combination of heavy metal and doom influences.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Electric Wizard· Sleep· High on Fire
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 The Ballad of Solomon Eagle 5:19
- 2 Vagrant Stomp 4:11
- 3 The Ale House Braves 3:50
- 4 Cities of Frost 5:35
- 5 Hot Knives and Open Sores 4:22
- 6 Hounds Ditch 5:31
- 7 Mortlake (Dead Water) 2:11
- 8 They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls) 4:45
- 9 Beginners Guide to Suicide 8:07
Disc 2
- 1 Intro 0:52
- 2 Some You Win, Some You Lose 3:35
- 3 Quincy the Pig Boy 3:05
- 4 Interview 0:59
- 5 Getting High on the Bad Times 4:17
- 6 Interview 0:29
- 7 The Ballad of Solomon Eagle 1:38
- 8 Studio Outtake 1:07
- 9 Hot Magic Red Planet 3:59
- 10 Round Up the Horses 5:33
- 11 Interview 0:45
- 12 They Come Back 4:26
- 13 Your World Will Hate This 2:09
- 14 Studio Outtake 0:31
- 15 Blue Snow 3:31
- 16 Interview 0:44
- 17 Scorpionica 3:49
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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