Truth be told, we fell out of love with Baroness a little while back. No particular reason. No one did anything wrong. Our relationship had just run its’ course. Let’s just call it a “conscious uncoupling” and leave it at that, okay? Cut to last year while attending a Lamb Of God show that featured a stacked line up which included, you guessed it, Baroness. Maybe it was because they were opening for bands like LOG and Killswitch Engage but that set was a fiery reminder of what initially tuned us into the Philadelphia-based quartet so when a new album was announced earlier this year our interest was pretty, pretty piqued. And upon hearing said new record let’s just say that if you, like us, had left the Baroness fold, now might be the time to rethink that decision.
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