Hibernaculum is now available on 180 gram clear vinyl! A beautifully packaged LP that continues to explore the incredible country-western post-rock of last years Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method, which took the group in an exciting new direction, sounding like some windswept combination of Low and Ennio Morricone, but still rooted in the spacious drone. Earth mastermind Dylan Carlson (along with Earth drummer Adrienne Davies, bassist Don Mcgreevy, and an assortment of guest apppearances from Steve Moore, Randall Dunn, and Sunn O)))'s Greg Anderson) re-approaches three classic Earth songs from their earlier drone-metal albums and performs them in the style of Hex, turning the heavy riffage and rumbling amp drones of the originals into stark, twangy epics. If yer a long-time Earth fan like me and dug Hex as much as we did here at C-Blast, hearing the Earth classic "Ouroboros Is Broken" (from 1991's Extra-Capsular Extraction) and "Coda Maesoso In F (Flat) Minor" (from 1996's Pentastar: In The Style Of Demons) refitted as slowly unwinding western epics is pretty breathtaking. There's also "Miami Morning Coming Down", a more obscure Earth track that originally appeared on the 1997 compilation Scatter, which becomes equally desolate and gorgeous. The final track on the LP is a new mix of "A Plague of Angels", a 16-minute twilight desert saga which had been previously released on a super-rare, tour-only split 12" with Sunn O))). It's good to heave that one available on this new LP since I never had a chance to get close to the original vinyl release - it's one of Earth's most beautiful pieces. And I love the instrumentation on all of these interpretations, too; Dylan Carlson's twangy, slow-motion Morricone guitar lines sound even more beautiful and dusty when joined with the sounds of a Hammond organ and trombone. An excellent collection of beautiful, heavy darkness.

The Hibernaculum vinyl comes in a full color, heavy 350g jacket with a full color insert jacket that has all of Seldon Hunt's beautiful photos from the original CD/DVD set. Highly recommended!