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Release Date: August 15th 2025. Record Label: Metalville. Formats: DD/Vinyl
Home - Tracklisting
Hymns for the Heretic
The Call
Burn Through Time
Frisson
Kaos
Storm King
Celestial Yard
Where You Think You're Going
Beline
Pointed Fire
Enough Of You
Ready To Die
Shadows Grasp
Sweet Blood
Members
Johnny Kelly - Drummer
Dan Lorenzo - Guitar
List Of All Guest Musicians Appearing On The Album
Review
Heavy Rockers Patriarchs In Black return with their latest record Home and like their previous album Visioning it's full of superb collaborations of musicians from the Heavy Rock scene and beyond. Look at the epic guest list for each of the fourteen tracks by looking at the link here. It’s way too many to list here but you have the likes of Kyle Thomas, Karl Angel, Mark Sunshine, DMC, Kelly Abe, Iron Lou Strachan and Dewey Bragg all contributing for this record.
Home is quite action packed with the main members of Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE / DANZIG) and Dan Lorenzo (HADES / NON FICTION) being the constant members playing on every track but they allow their special guests to take the majority of the creative limelight which makes this record such a splendid album to listen to. There’s fourteen tracks with Patriarchs In Black exploring areas of music such as Blues, Doom, Stoner, Funk, Folk, Southern Rock, Rap, Classic Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.
With each song having a different sound, Home is quite consistent with its hard-rocking melodies and soulful energy which is also perhaps the band’s most impressive record to date. The standout tracks on the first half of the album for me personally are: Hymns For The Heretic, The Call, Burn Through Time and Celestial Yard.
As the music effortlessly transitions from HEAVY METAL to CLASSIC ROCK with each guest vocalist bringing their own great style of music to the party. The record can be quite soulful and therapeutic within the quieter and sombre moments. The mood perhaps captures the heavy rock scene from the 1980 to the mid 2000’s which is no bad thing.
With Johnny Kelly and Dan Lorenzo being the main creative masterminds behind the band, they play their signature style of music with sheer enthusiasm with the neverending roster of guest musicians. There’s some inspired musical instruments on this record with viola, strings, violin and flute making appearances throughout which gives Home an unexpected quality whilst still retaining it’s sense of HEAVY METAL.
I wish I could do a song-by-song review but there’s too many tracks to fully detail here but everyone is an absolute BANGER of the highest order with Patriarchs In Black having every aspect of the HEAVY ROCK and HEAVY METAL scene covered and then some. Other standout tracks include: Where You Think You’re Going, Pointed Fire, Enough Of You, Ready To Die and Sweet Blood.
Any HEAVY RAWK record that has HIP HOP and RAP Legend DMC appearing again deserves multiple listens which you may need for this record alone. As HOME takes so many different turns that you don’t expect whilst offering quite a refreshing take on what you can describe as ROCK MUSIC.
Patriarchs In Black have pulled out all the stops here with HOME and created a record that has a timeless quality to it all. The album is topped off with excellent production values that allows everyone the time and space to impress throughout but the real star is Johnny and Dan themselves. Long may their creative and collaborative partnership continue to thrive so we get great albums such as this.
Words by Steve Howe
Links
www.instagram.com/patriarchsinblack
www.facebook.com/people/Patriarchsinblack/61559097640883
www.danlorenzo.net
