There is a stream of deep black magma from the South of Australia coming in as RavenBlack Night are back with Run With The Raven, their first new take after the 2013 MetalBlade release Barbarian Winter.Originating from the Australian city of Adelaide in 1999, Raven Black Night have been takingthe underground scene by storm with their atmospheric live shows and straightforwardattitude ever since. Not only did they have the opportunity to play various festivals across Australia and Europe throughout the years, they even got to be supporting act for hard rocklegends Uriah Heep that Raven Black Night themselves have often been compared to.With two long-players released prior to the upcoming opus, the band contributes to analready two decades spanning legacy. Whereas Raven Black Night’s early work has beenheavily influenced by Black Sabbath, the noticeable impacts have diversified with eachoutput and now emerge into the ode towards doom metal and its traditional roots in bluesrock that is Run With The Raven. Picture Muddy Waters almost drowning in thick, heavy lavabut kept afloat by Geoff Tate, who set out to introduce the iconic slide guitar to some goodold, classic heavy metal.The LP’s first single Sheeba (Queen Of The Ravens) will have both old and new fans thrilledfor the upcoming release – sharp vocals in the manner of Paul DiAnno or Ian Gillianaccompany the raw, organic production of the song that reminds the listener of the dayswhen overly polished productions were still an oncoming and at times even unpleasantprediction. The mystical road that led band leader and songwriter Jim Petkoff to creatingSheeba also connects his past as a fan and his presence as an inspired musician:“I had this melody in my head for ages and it drove me crazy. I finally put some chordsbehind it after I got a vision of the North American Indian landscape.See, Sheeba is like a priestess with powers of seduction and wisdom. The first time I heardthe word Sheeba, though, was when Jimi Hendrix whispers it on Third Stone From the Sun –an ever so haunting experience. I just wanted to have that haunting stretch out into thefuture a bit more!”Dealing with the synergies of male and female souls in a highly spiritual manner while divingdeep into ancient times of ages long past, Run With The Raven brings familiar emotions to aromantic light by partnering lyrical naturalism with heavy instrumentals that express thefeelings of longing and loving just perfectly. It’s doom metal just as it should be: heavy asfuck with a sense of Jim-Morrison’esque spiritualism carved in.