Tag: Nine Altars

Recorded at Rocking Horse Studios in Durham and produced once again by Neil Combstock, a sophomore EP “Committed To Flames” from Mortal Chains is in some ways bitter sweet. It marks the end of the first chapter of the Northern creators of all things heavy as bassist Ross Smith and drummer Alex Connor exit stage

Their expressions ranging from the grotesque to the pious, stone figures and faces of forgotten characters can be seen in the stonework of Durham Cathedral that lead to the Chapel of the Nine Altars, a place where Fenwick Lawson’s huge sculpture, ‘Pietà’ of beechwood and brass, depicting a grieving Mary and a dead Jesus is