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HEAVY TEMPLE crash forth like a roaring mastodon in a thunderstorm with their first official full-length, InchLupi Amoris,Inch and it has all the markings of a landmark record. As progressive as BARONESS but unselfconscious, as heavy as FU MANCHU but more adventurous, this Philadelphia trio throw every lever in the riff-metal machine, yet also wield lyrical concepts that register on literary levels. InchLupi AmorisInch offers a one-way trip through wide-open spaces and deep forests. It's songs wind and deposit heavy flotsam like a mighty musical stream, pushing through swirling rapids, cutting through riff-mountains, and swelling with addictive grooves. Riding atop the sonic waves, singer and bass player High Priestess Nighthawk belts powerfully over the roaring din. When HEAVY TEMPLE came into being on the 2012 winter solstice, the trio were after the pure fun and joy of playing heavy music, illustrated by each founding member's chosen nom de guerre High Priestess Nighthawk, Rattlesnake, and Bearadactyl. At first playing shows locally in Philly, the band quickly gained an excellent live reputation, leading to tours alongside RUBY THE HATCHET, MOTHERSHIP, ROYAL THUNDER and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Invitations to notable festivals included The Maryland Doom Fest, Psycho Las Vegas, and Decibel Metal & Beer, among many others. It's an impressive live showing made even more remarkable when considering that HEAVY TEMPLE have yet to their debut full-length. After their first self-released and self-titled EP InchHeavy TempleInch (2014) was picked up by esteemed German cult tag Ván Records, the self-released single Inch Love You To Death Inch and sophomore EP InchChassitInch followed in 2016. Second single InchKey & BoneInch arrived in 2018, and the split 7Inch InchFrom the Black HoleInch with WOLFBLOOD materialized in 2020, but it took until 2021 for a full album to appea
