Earth – Hibernaculum (2007)

November 27, 2024

Hibernaculum is a series of re-recordings of old “classic” Earth “tracks” in the “new” (for 2007) semi-acoustic, washed out western / Americana style Earth adopted from say 2005 onwards (or thereabouts). The songs are given a new life here, and it was the right move to put “Ouroboros Is Broken” at the start. For me, I find that track dominates the very early Earth days and it also dominates here. Hibernaculum gets more “droney” and spaced out as time goes on, with the 16 minute “A Plague Of Angels” sounding almost magical in its newer, brighter form. Beautiful stuff!