Opium Warlords - Taste My Sword of Understanding 2LP Death Hymns wondering at the fast-scudding clouds

wondering at the fast-scudding clouds and sinister dark shapes playing across the face of the moon

This feverish and unwelcoming side of the music is hard to shake

but the name can also be literally translated as ‘wandering light’ – and therein lies the key to the project’s thematic essence

Covert art by Chase Slaker

Opium Warlords - Taste My Sword of Understanding 2LP Death Hymns wondering at the fast-scudding cloudsTaste My Sword Of Understanding is the third offering of OPIUM WARLORDS, the final project of Sami Albert Hynninen (REVEREND BIZARRE, THE PURITAN, SPIRITUS MORTIS, ARMANENSCHAFT, AZRAEL RISING, THE CANDLES BURNING BLUE, KLV, THTIPORTTI, MARCH 15 and ORNE). In comparison to the earlier albums Live At Colonia Dignidad (Cobra, 2009), and We Meditate Under The Pussy In The Sky (Svart, 2012), it takes a few steps towards more conventional and easy to